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The 100 most popular Hip Hops in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest hip hops in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 924 hip hops tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. XXXTentacion, Drake and Diddy lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 112k, and the largest, XXXTentacion, reaches around 692k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each hip hop, 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 Jack Parow 71k 41.4 53.0% Hip hop
52 Frank Ocean 71k 27.1 53.8% Hip hop
53 Post Malone 70k 27.4 39.4% Hip hop
54 Scarface 69k 37.5 52.4% Hip hop
55 Usher (entertainer) 69k 28.7 55.4% Hip hop
56 Tyler, The Creator 68k 25.2 44.4% Hip hop
57 21 Savage 68k 29.9 31.8% Hip hop
58 Iggy Azalea 68k 29.8 54.2% Hip hop
59 Migos 67k 27.7 44.6% Hip hop
60 Dr. Dre 66k 27.2 42.3% Hip hop
61 M.I.A. (rapper) 65k 34.4 72.9% Hip hop
62 KWESTA 63k 31.4 39.3% Hip hop
63 Bow Wow (rapper) 63k 29.4 49.1% Hip hop
64 Suge Knight 63k 28.2 8.9% Hip hop
65 T.I. 62k 28.7 32.8% Hip hop
66 Atmosphere (music group) 62k — — Hip hop
67 Torch (rapper) 60k 26.1 16.1% Hip hop
68 Plan B (musician) 59k — — Hip hop
69 Elemental 57k 47.3 43.5% Hip hop
70 Ice-T 54k 42.2 50.8% Hip hop
71 Wiz Khalifa 53k 27.0 37.1% Hip hop
72 Cheek 53k 39.2 79.8% Hip hop
73 Nelly 52k 31.6 49.9% Hip hop
74 Meek Mill 50k 27.5 42.7% Hip hop
75 Ludacris 48k 33.7 44.0% Hip hop

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular hip hops compiled?

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

XXXTentacion currently leads with an estimated audience of 692k people in South Africa.

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