Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 22 most popular Dancers in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 22 largest dancers in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Julianne Hough, Artem Chigvintsev and Maddie Ziegler lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 71k people. Across all 22 entries the average audience size is 6k, and the largest, Julianne Hough, reaches around 38k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each dancer, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 22, 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
1 Julianne Hough 38k 41.6 48.1% Dancer
2 Artem Chigvintsev 17k 45.7 92.7% Dancer
3 Maddie Ziegler 16k 24.4 81.9% Dancer
4 Bruno Tonioli 13k 53.2 100.0% Dancer
5 Anton du Beke 12k 46.4 88.4% Dancer
6 Derek Hough 10k 44.5 76.6% Dancer
7 Witney Carson 7.5k 35.1 20.8% Dancer
8 Bob Fosse 2.9k 49.8 65.8% Dancer
9 Martha Graham 2.6k 49.5 81.1% Dancer
10 Maksim Chmerkovskiy 2.3k 43.6 63.2% Dancer
11 Alvin Ailey 2.2k 47.8 80.7% Dancer
12 Carrie Ann Inaba 2.1k 45.6 86.1% Dancer
13 Roberto Bolle 1.4k 49.2 70.6% Dancer
14 Darcey Bussell 1.3k 44.6 82.9% Dancer
15 Peta Murgatroyd 1.2k 49.6 83.5% Dancer
16 George Balanchine 759 47.0 79.1% Dancer
17 Sahara Davenport 423 40.3 63.6% Dancer
18 Beto Perez 282 43.1 92.6% Dancer
19 Akram Khan (dancer) 269 43.2 100.0% Dancer
20 Marius Petipa 166 43.5 85.9% Dancer
21 Yanis Marshall 135 28.3 88.6% Dancer
22 Twist and Pulse 76 24.2 72.2% Dancer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular dancers compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each dancer 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 dancer in South Africa?

Julianne Hough currently leads with an estimated audience of 38k people in South Africa.

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