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
51 League of Legends Master Series 101 37.4 58.1% E-sports
52 League of Legends - Brasil 96 37.9 48.0% E-sports
53 Rainbow7 89 27.1 28.3% E-sports
54 Olympic Esports Games 86 28.6 33.4% E-sports
55 League of Legends PH 82 27.3 48.2% E-sports
56 Berlin International Gaming 81 32.0 33.1% E-sports
57 Mousesports 81 34.1 24.8% E-sports
58 Mineski 79 23.9 9.2% E-sports
59 Matt Craig 77 33.9 22.7% E-sports
60 LGD Gaming 70 27.6 34.6% E-sports
61 League of Legends Pro League 70 23.2 9.4% E-sports
62 World Cyber Games 68 30.3 17.7% E-sports
63 Andy Castell 62 29.0 17.5% E-sports
64 ESEA League 59 21.7 62.9% E-sports
65 DAMWON Gaming 47 28.5 25.9% E-sports
66 Henrik Ahnberg 39 31.3 36.8% E-sports
67 Artour Babaev 36 31.3 36.8% E-sports
68 Esports Nations Cup 29 27.3 33.5% E-sports
69 Danil Ishutin 25 30.0 43.8% E-sports
70 Wedgeman Simon 18 33.9 22.7% E-sports
71 Jarosław pasha Jarząbkowski 16 23.3 4.1% E-sports
72 Suning Gaming 9 28.8 22.7% E-sports
73 Machi Esports 6 28.8 22.7% 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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