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
26 ESEA 658 30.1 8.7% E-sports
27 IEM Cologne 641 26.7 25.1% E-sports
28 Fnatic 630 27.2 43.1% E-sports
29 Astralis 603 36.4 50.8% E-sports
30 League of Legends World Championships 567 29.4 60.1% E-sports
31 Sheepy 479 46.7 100.0% E-sports
32 aa9skillz 401 28.1 17.4% E-sports
33 Natus Vincere 372 25.3 59.7% E-sports
34 OpTic Gaming 369 20.1 3.1% E-sports
35 Castro1021 236 29.6 18.7% E-sports
36 Virtus.pro 176 22.3 9.3% E-sports
37 Team Razer 174 23.5 33.4% E-sports
38 bateson87 168 28.1 17.4% E-sports
39 MAD Lions 167 29.0 32.0% E-sports
40 ELeague 155 42.0 66.9% E-sports
41 Ninjas in Pyjamas 155 33.5 69.7% E-sports
42 FlyQuest 142 29.4 29.6% E-sports
43 Spencer FC 141 32.7 22.5% E-sports
44 League of Legends Championship Series 130 36.5 40.3% E-sports
45 Misfits Gaming 125 28.2 37.2% E-sports
46 JD Gaming 117 29.4 29.6% E-sports
47 TheGrefg 114 33.9 50.7% E-sports
48 Johan Sundstein 109 31.3 36.8% E-sports
49 NRG eSports 105 24.0 25.3% E-sports
50 Top Esports 105 29.4 29.6% 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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