Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Country Musics in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest country musics in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 450 country musics tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Dolly Parton, Jelly Roll and Johnny Cash lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 325k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 10k, and the largest, Dolly Parton, reaches around 189k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each country music, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Jason Aldean 4k 38.3 62.3% Country music
52 Trace Adkins 3.7k 41.4 85.5% Country music
53 Trisha Yearwood 3.4k 50.1 73.7% Country music
54 Drake Milligan 3.4k 37.6 57.2% Country music
55 Gretchen Wilson 3.3k 48.7 66.7% Country music
56 Maren Morris 3.3k 31.0 58.6% Country music
57 Jimmy Buffett 3.3k 29.8 60.4% Country music
58 John Prine 3.3k 36.8 57.1% Country music
59 Emmylou Harris 3.2k 29.2 79.1% Country music
60 Alison Krauss 3k 41.1 57.7% Country music
61 Charley Crockett 2.8k 42.0 42.4% Country music
62 John West (musician) 2.8k 44.4 60.0% Country music
63 Ben Harper 2.7k 28.3 48.6% Country music
64 Brad Paisley 2.7k 34.0 62.0% Country music
65 Josh Ross 2.7k 34.8 52.0% Country music
66 Gusttavo Lima 2.7k 34.7 45.9% Country music
67 Wheeler Walker Jr. 2.5k 46.9 51.7% Country music
68 Billy Strings 2.4k 38.8 53.9% Country music
69 Tyler Childers 2.4k 41.3 44.7% Country music
70 Morgan Evans 2.3k 41.9 67.5% Country music
71 Nate Smith 2.2k 34.5 54.7% Country music
72 Shenandoah 2.2k 48.9 56.3% Country music
73 Gavin Adcock 2.2k 38.4 46.1% Country music
74 Bailey Zimmerman 2.1k 33.2 50.4% Country music
75 Hank Williams Jr. 2.1k 46.7 35.1% Country music

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular country musics compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each country music by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest country music in South Africa?

Dolly Parton currently leads with an estimated audience of 189k people in South Africa.

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