Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 73 most popular E-sports in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 73 largest e-sports in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Ninja (gamer), OMG (eSports) and Major League Gaming lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 98k people. Across all 73 entries the average audience size is 2.8k, and the largest, Ninja (gamer), reaches around 57k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each e-sports, 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 73, 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 Ninja (gamer) 57k 31.1 37.1% E-sports
2 OMG (eSports) 22k 37.1 46.2% E-sports
3 Major League Gaming 19k 37.5 55.8% E-sports
4 cloud9 13k 33.2 70.6% E-sports
5 Goldenboy 13k 37.2 54.4% E-sports
6 Team SoloMid 12k 34.4 31.9% E-sports
7 FACEIT 9.8k 24.7 41.9% E-sports
8 FaZe 8.6k 27.9 19.2% E-sports
9 Teemo 7.8k 33.5 46.9% E-sports
10 DreamHack 6.5k 34.7 57.4% E-sports
11 Team Vitality 5.3k 28.6 35.1% E-sports
12 League of Legends Champions 4.1k 21.9 45.1% E-sports
13 Team Liquid 4k 27.9 40.3% E-sports
14 E-Sports World Cup 2.9k 30.9 36.5% E-sports
15 Calfreezy 2.3k 28.4 19.3% E-sports
16 Evil Geniuses 1.7k 33.9 27.6% E-sports
17 Origen 1.5k 32.9 52.6% E-sports
18 Team Dignitas 1.4k 32.2 11.5% E-sports
19 Evil Geniuses 1.4k 31.5 36.3% E-sports
20 eLigue 1 1.3k 25.3 8.2% E-sports
21 SK Gaming 1.1k 26.9 51.5% E-sports
22 Anders Vejrgang 815 32.2 31.8% E-sports
23 League of Legends Champions Korea 763 39.1 70.0% E-sports
24 NepentheZ 727 29.6 18.7% E-sports
25 Electronic Sports League 680 31.2 50.4% E-sports

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular e-sports compiled?

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

Ninja (gamer) currently leads with an estimated audience of 57k people in South Africa.

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