Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Folks in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest folks in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 153 folks tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Cat Stevens lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 144k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.5k, and the largest, Bob Dylan, reaches around 92k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each folk, 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
51 Crosby & Nash 372 43.9 55.8% Folk
52 Valerie June 372 46.1 55.4% Folk
53 Anna von Hausswolff 355 35.9 40.8% Folk
54 Okkervil River 274 34.1 52.1% Folk
55 Two Gallants 267 43.5 54.4% Folk
56 Lankum 255 30.8 36.4% Folk
57 Michael Hirte 243 55.1 78.9% Folk
58 Glenn Yarbrough 242 54.0 48.5% Folk
59 Keaton Henson 237 23.9 62.4% Folk
60 Samantha Crain 233 37.0 54.5% Folk
61 The Staves 231 45.5 48.3% Folk
62 Luke Jackson 220 0.0 0.0% Folk
63 Nordman 216 48.5 62.7% Folk
64 Adia Victoria 209 47.8 39.8% Folk
65 Rapalje 201 49.1 63.4% Folk
66 Johnnyswim 192 26.7 70.0% Folk
67 Barbara Dane 189 50.2 60.7% Folk
68 The Men They Couldn’t Hang 184 43.6 48.8% Folk
69 The Mary Wallopers 180 39.4 38.3% Folk
70 Jelena Rozga 179 36.5 57.4% Folk
71 The Tannahill Weavers 176 0.0 0.0% Folk
72 Sam Amidon 173 47.0 46.8% Folk
73 Carlos Núñez 167 51.5 60.9% Folk
74 Harrison Storm 166 46.1 55.6% Folk
75 Katherine Priddy 166 51.5 56.0% Folk

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular folks compiled?

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

Bob Dylan currently leads with an estimated audience of 92k people in South Africa.

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