Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 7 most popular Extreme Sports in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 7 largest extreme sports in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. X Games, Red Bull Rampage and Red Bull Air Race World Championship lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8k people. Across all 7 entries the average audience size is 1.4k, and the largest, X Games, reaches around 5k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each extreme 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 7, 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 X Games 5k 29.8 38.1% Extreme sports
2 Red Bull Rampage 1.9k 39.7 18.0% Extreme sports
3 Red Bull Air Race World Championship 1.1k 47.5 24.6% Extreme sports
4 Red Bull X-Alps 909 40.3 49.5% Extreme sports
5 Red Bull Cliff Diving 452 41.6 35.9% Extreme sports
6 Red Bull X-Fighters 316 34.9 9.9% Extreme sports
7 Crashed Ice 156 24.7 18.4% Extreme sports

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular extreme sports compiled?

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

X Games currently leads with an estimated audience of 5k people in South Africa.

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