Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Jazzes in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest jazzes in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 190 jazzes tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Weather Report, Kenny G and Frank Sinatra lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 268k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 7.4k, and the largest, Weather Report, reaches around 139k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each jazz, 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 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
1 Weather Report 139k 45.2 45.4% Jazz
2 Kenny G 74k 29.2 46.1% Jazz
3 Frank Sinatra 54k 44.6 51.6% Jazz
4 George Benson 37k 52.7 48.8% Jazz
5 Michael Bublé 33k 42.5 65.1% Jazz
6 Janis Joplin 32k 51.2 53.5% Jazz
7 Gregory Porter 31k 24.5 44.1% Jazz
8 Billie Holiday 29k 52.0 68.8% Jazz
9 Chuck Mangione 21k 0.0 0.0% Jazz
10 Kirk Whalum 20k 51.7 59.7% Jazz
11 Louis Armstrong 17k 34.4 69.4% Jazz
12 Miles Davis 16k 38.1 35.1% Jazz
13 Angelina Jordan 12k 37.7 74.6% Jazz
14 Duke Ellington 12k 49.7 54.7% Jazz
15 John Coltrane 10k 52.5 55.5% Jazz
16 Nat King Cole 9.8k 37.6 62.6% Jazz
17 Dave Koz 9.8k 51.9 58.8% Jazz
18 Ella Fitzgerald 7.6k 37.0 62.4% Jazz
19 Dizzy Gillespie 6.6k 50.5 43.5% Jazz
20 Esperanza Spalding 6.4k 47.0 48.4% Jazz
21 Wynton Marsalis 6.4k 53.1 49.5% Jazz
22 Dave Brubeck 6k 50.3 35.1% Jazz
23 Charlie Parker 5.8k 46.3 47.4% Jazz
24 Oscar Peterson 5.6k 52.0 32.5% Jazz
25 Samara Joy 5.6k 44.0 54.9% Jazz

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular jazzes compiled?

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

Weather Report currently leads with an estimated audience of 139k people in South Africa.

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