Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Directors in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest directors in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 292 directors tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Rob Reiner, Justin Baldoni and Christopher Nolan lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 510k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 21k, and the largest, Rob Reiner, reaches around 245k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each director, 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
76 Christopher McQuarrie 5.4k 51.6 23.0% Director
77 Michael Moore 5.3k 45.7 61.2% Director
78 Noah Baumbach 5.3k 49.3 81.6% Director
79 Sam Raimi 5.2k 26.5 34.3% Director
80 Antoine Fuqua 5.2k 25.1 100.0% Director
81 John Hughes (filmmaker) 5.1k 39.7 45.8% Director
82 Coen brothers 4.9k 46.5 43.5% Director
83 David Cronenberg 4.9k 45.7 51.8% Director
84 Graham Linehan 4.7k 38.0 38.6% Director
85 Matthew Vaughn 4.7k 37.2 36.5% Director
86 Dinesh D'Souza 4.6k 51.8 47.8% Director
87 Vivek Oberoi 4.5k 31.1 13.8% Director
88 Kenny Ortega 4.4k 34.0 73.4% Director
89 Russo brothers 4.3k 27.0 43.2% Director
90 Edward Zwick 4.1k 42.7 66.8% Director
91 Eric Kripke 4.1k 35.6 62.5% Director
92 Lars von Trier 4.1k 39.3 54.4% Director
93 Greg Gutfeld 4k 49.7 48.4% Director
94 Adam McKay 3.9k 42.6 49.7% Director
95 John Waters 3.9k 45.1 54.6% Director
96 Steven Soderbergh 3.9k 38.6 66.5% Director
97 Rian Johnson 3.8k 38.1 28.1% Director
98 Wong Kar-wai 3.8k 40.7 39.7% Director
99 Brad Bird 3.8k 30.6 53.9% Director
100 Bryan Singer 3.8k 37.3 29.5% Director

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular directors compiled?

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

Rob Reiner currently leads with an estimated audience of 245k people in South Africa.

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