Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular EDMs in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest edms in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 240 edms tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. SNAILS, DJ Khaled and Shaquille O’Neal lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 167k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 8.3k, and the largest, SNAILS, reaches around 64k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each edm, 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 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
1 SNAILS 64k 32.1 51.2% EDM
2 DJ Khaled 51k 27.2 41.8% EDM
3 Shaquille O’Neal 51k 32.7 48.2% EDM
4 Dimension 50k 29.0 40.3% EDM
5 Avicii 47k 29.7 40.1% EDM
6 PAWS 47k 39.1 45.9% EDM
7 David Guetta 31k 28.4 40.9% EDM
8 Calvin Harris 30k 27.6 45.0% EDM
9 The Field 30k 40.4 33.5% EDM
10 Major League 28k 40.9 54.8% EDM
11 Moby 25k 38.2 39.8% EDM
12 Dixon 24k 36.8 41.7% EDM
13 Sasha (DJ) 19k 37.5 55.2% EDM
14 James Blake (musician) 18k 47.1 91.8% EDM
15 Martin Garrix 17k 29.1 37.3% EDM
16 Particle 17k 42.2 47.5% EDM
17 D.O.D 16k 30.5 42.4% EDM
18 Armin van Buuren 16k 30.2 38.3% EDM
19 Tiësto 16k 28.7 40.7% EDM
20 Gloria Estefan 15k 31.8 70.3% EDM
21 Steve Aoki 13k 31.9 40.4% EDM
22 Nora en Pure 9.7k 35.0 60.5% EDM
23 Carl Cox 8.7k 31.5 39.5% EDM
24 Afrojack 6.9k 28.2 36.0% EDM
25 Flume (musician) 6.6k 28.7 42.7% EDM

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular edms compiled?

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

SNAILS currently leads with an estimated audience of 64k people in South Africa.

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