Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 53 most popular K-pops in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 53 largest k-pops in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. BTS, Woods and BLACKPINK lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 395k people. Across all 53 entries the average audience size is 15k, and the largest, BTS, reaches around 184k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each k-pop, 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 53, 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 KWON EUNBI 3.6k 34.1 71.9% K-pop
27 NCT 127 3.6k 34.1 71.9% K-pop
28 BTOB 2.9k 29.1 67.6% K-pop
29 NCT WISH 2.7k 34.1 71.9% K-pop
30 tripleS 2.5k 27.4 79.8% K-pop
31 NCT DREAM 2.5k 34.1 71.9% K-pop
32 TOMORROW X TOGETHER 2.3k 27.5 69.7% K-pop
33 EVERGLOW 2.2k 36.3 66.6% K-pop
34 KARD 2k 30.5 78.0% K-pop
35 Xdinary Heroes 2k 25.7 78.9% K-pop
36 SF9 1.8k 25.6 77.8% K-pop
37 &TEAM 1.7k 26.7 68.8% K-pop
38 Kep1er 1.7k 34.1 71.9% K-pop
39 PURPLE KISS 1.4k 40.4 82.8% K-pop
40 STAYC 1.4k 31.9 61.0% K-pop
41 CRAVITY 1.4k 34.1 71.9% K-pop
42 ONEUS 1.1k 26.4 81.1% K-pop
43 Lalisa Manobal 1.1k 29.0 65.8% K-pop
44 QWER 1.1k 21.1 89.6% K-pop
45 VIVIZ 841 34.1 71.9% K-pop
46 EVNNE 732 34.1 71.9% K-pop
47 OnlyOneOf 514 34.1 71.9% K-pop
48 ARTMS 483 27.4 79.8% K-pop
49 FTISLAND 387 27.7 82.6% K-pop
50 N.Flying 362 23.0 76.9% K-pop

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular k-pops compiled?

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

BTS currently leads with an estimated audience of 184k people in South Africa.

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