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
76 Fredl Fesl 159 45.5 52.7% Folk
77 Ahmet Kaya 154 40.9 52.6% Folk
78 Dimitris Mitropanos 151 46.3 64.1% Folk
79 Luluc 145 43.4 47.8% Folk
80 Lael Neale 140 35.0 34.2% Folk
81 José González (singer) 138 43.0 52.7% Folk
82 The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats 137 42.2 53.7% Folk
83 Zeca Afonso 136 42.3 50.4% Folk
84 Marissa Nadler 135 32.0 56.4% Folk
85 Neşet Ertaş 135 40.9 50.5% Folk
86 Nadia Reid 132 0.0 0.0% Folk
87 Soledad Pastorutti 132 41.0 71.7% Folk
88 Matthew and the Atlas 130 37.0 44.1% Folk
89 John Francis Flynn 129 36.0 44.1% Folk
90 Azer Bülbül 128 44.6 24.7% Folk
91 Darlingside 128 38.9 59.9% Folk
92 The Longest Johns 128 40.1 46.4% Folk
93 The Incredible String Band 125 36.4 48.8% Folk
94 King Dude 123 40.6 53.5% Folk
95 Jonathan Hultén 122 41.6 48.5% Folk
96 Željko Joksimović 122 39.0 59.7% Folk
97 Axel Flóvent 121 39.8 54.5% Folk
98 Ebru Gündeş 121 38.1 59.7% Folk
99 Bellowhead 120 39.0 92.4% Folk
100 The Ballroom Thieves 117 39.6 58.3% 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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