Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 91 most popular Horrors in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 91 largest horrors in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Saw (2004 film), The Conjuring and 28 Weeks Later lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 376k people. Across all 91 entries the average audience size is 19k, and the largest, Saw (2004 film), reaches around 157k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each horror, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 91, 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 The Ring (2002 film) 2.1k 33.0 71.9% Horror
77 Dead Snow 1.9k 39.4 22.2% Horror
78 Itsy Bitsy 1.8k 34.5 55.5% Horror
79 Friday the 13th Part 2 1.8k 28.5 71.1% Horror
80 Braindead (film) 1.6k 37.9 64.2% Horror
81 Turistas 1.5k 39.1 74.9% Horror
82 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) 1.4k 37.6 39.3% Horror
83 Friday the 13th Part III 1.3k 36.0 59.8% Horror
84 Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood 1.2k 41.4 35.2% Horror
85 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1.2k 48.5 67.0% Horror
86 The Untold Story 601 44.8 67.5% Horror
87 Friday the 13th: The Series 536 34.4 75.9% Horror
88 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives 321 32.1 49.4% Horror
89 Saw II 319 30.6 51.9% Horror
90 Horror Society 80 28.2 41.9% Horror
91 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 64 40.4 56.3% Horror

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular horrors compiled?

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

Saw (2004 film) currently leads with an estimated audience of 157k people in South Africa.

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