Popularity ranking · South Africa

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
76 Bhad Bhabie 47k 30.9 66.5% Hip hop
77 E.S.G. 47k Hip hop
78 DJ Fresh 47k 33.0 44.4% Hip hop
79 Logic (rapper) 45k 26.2 32.4% Hip hop
80 Gucci Mane 45k 27.5 41.8% Hip hop
81 Saigon (rapper) 45k Hip hop
82 Mac Miller 44k 26.4 35.2% Hip hop
83 The Box 44k 42.3 69.5% Hip hop
84 B.o.B 44k 24.0 36.4% Hip hop
85 Nipsey Hussle 43k 28.5 50.4% Hip hop
86 LL Cool J 42k 35.0 42.5% Hip hop
87 CJ 41k 27.9 34.6% Hip hop
88 Eazy-E 41k 28.6 21.7% Hip hop
89 Lil' Kim 40k 29.7 46.3% Hip hop
90 Slug (rapper) 40k 37.1 0.0% Hip hop
91 Common (rapper) 39k 32.9 44.9% Hip hop
92 Gentleman (musician) 39k Hip hop
93 Lil Tjay 39k 26.0 28.3% Hip hop
94 Quavo 37k 27.9 45.8% Hip hop
95 Ja Rule 37k 31.1 40.7% Hip hop
96 Method Man 37k 37.3 34.0% Hip hop
97 P.O.S 37k 30.1 27.1% Hip hop
98 Germ 36k 30.1 40.3% Hip hop
99 Curse (rapper) 36k 38.8 53.9% Hip hop
100 Soprano 36k 41.8 62.3% 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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