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
26 Fabio (DJ) 6.4k 27.8 52.5% EDM
27 FISHER 6.3k 28.6 42.6% EDM
28 Alesso 5.9k 29.4 36.0% EDM
29 Excision (musician) 5.5k 28.9 35.8% EDM
30 DJ Jazzy Jeff 5.4k 44.2 39.8% EDM
31 Jeff Mills 5.2k 32.6 34.6% EDM
32 Shapeshifter 5.2k 29.0 26.8% EDM
33 Hardwell 5.1k 30.9 37.7% EDM
34 Kabuki 5.1k 42.8 68.0% EDM
35 John Summit 5k 28.7 42.9% EDM
36 Jamie Jones (DJ) 4.9k 33.8 34.2% EDM
37 Deadmau5 4.8k 27.4 37.0% EDM
38 Wooli 4.3k 32.7 51.6% EDM
39 Robin Schulz 4k 28.9 39.9% EDM
40 Axwell 4k 28.3 34.4% EDM
41 DJ Premier 4k 33.0 31.9% EDM
42 Aphex Twin 3.9k 32.0 70.6% EDM
43 Getter 3.9k 32.2 53.5% EDM
44 Grandmaster Flash 3.9k 31.8 26.0% EDM
45 R3hab 3.6k 30.7 36.8% EDM
46 SABAI 3.2k 30.5 42.4% EDM
47 Nicky Romero 3k 28.3 36.0% EDM
48 Stephan Bodzin 3k 36.4 35.2% EDM
49 Chuckie (DJ) 2.7k 28.8 40.8% EDM
50 Lost Frequencies 2.7k 32.1 46.0% 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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