Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 44 most popular Guitarists in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 44 largest guitarists in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. David Parland, Tony Iommi and Mike Rutherford lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 38k people. Across all 44 entries the average audience size is 2.5k, and the largest, David Parland, reaches around 24k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each guitarist, 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 44, 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 Duane Allman 1.1k 53.0 10.3% Guitarist
27 Guthrie Govan 1.1k 44.1 0.0% Guitarist
28 Paul Gilbert 815 45.9 16.4% Guitarist
29 Dave Davies 798 53.9 29.7% Guitarist
30 Frank Iero 709 23.9 69.1% Guitarist
31 Warren Haynes 604 52.5 41.3% Guitarist
32 Mike Dawes 498 49.3 16.6% Guitarist
33 John Squire 459 42.9 0.0% Guitarist
34 Paul Landers 402 37.9 43.1% Guitarist
35 Ray Toro 334 27.7 73.1% Guitarist
36 Michael Angelo Batio 322 33.1 27.6% Guitarist
37 Anthony Santos 293 31.7 57.8% Guitarist
38 Walter Trout 279 52.0 34.4% Guitarist
39 Jerry Douglas 242 51.3 42.3% Guitarist
40 Lincoln Brewster 206 38.2 52.5% Guitarist
41 Damien Jurado 192 41.4 47.3% Guitarist
42 Doug Sahm 163 45.0 53.0% Guitarist
43 Cássia Eller 98 46.0 58.4% Guitarist
44 Uki Noah 35 28.8 26.2% Guitarist

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular guitarists compiled?

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

David Parland currently leads with an estimated audience of 24k people in South Africa.

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