Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 86 most popular Gaming Genres in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 86 largest gaming genres in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Video games, Online games and Mobile game lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 7.1M people. Across all 86 entries the average audience size is 311k, and the largest, Video games, reaches around 3.5M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each gaming genre, 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 86, 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 Kart racing game 196 37.4 47.1% Gaming genre
77 Serious game 188 24.9 22.9% Gaming genre
78 Three-dimensional space 160 35.1 44.2% Gaming genre
79 Bishōjo game 137 30.9 39.5% Gaming genre
80 Indie role-playing game 129 32.9 50.1% Gaming genre
81 Alternate reality game 121 34.6 38.1% Gaming genre
82 Tactical wargame 97 34.5 0.0% Gaming genre
83 Light gun shooter 93 35.2 47.4% Gaming genre
84 Turn-based tactics 80 24.3 55.7% Gaming genre
85 Social simulation game 69 29.2 51.7% Gaming genre
86 Social network game 56 21.8 32.3% Gaming genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular gaming genres compiled?

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

Video games currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.5M people in South Africa.

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