Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Metals in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest metals in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 998 metals tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Schizophrenia, Sentenced and Integrity (band) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 568k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 43k, and the largest, Schizophrenia, reaches around 246k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each metal, 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
26 Sacrifice 53k 37.0 41.5% Metal
27 Extortionist 52k 37.1 35.0% Metal
28 Mesh 52k 38.3 53.1% Metal
29 Monarch! 52k 0.0 0.0% Metal
30 Traitors 49k 38.8 46.5% Metal
31 Thornhill 49k 33.5 38.4% Metal
32 Coffins 48k 38.1 29.8% Metal
33 Deceased 46k Metal
34 Malevolence 45k 26.8 17.4% Metal
35 Carnation 45k 40.8 27.4% Metal
36 Arroganz 44k 37.7 47.8% Metal
37 Abigail 43k 36.7 15.9% Metal
38 Boundaries 42k 36.7 42.3% Metal
39 Possessed 41k 38.8 39.7% Metal
40 Convictions 40k 32.7 41.7% Metal
41 Sleep Token 40k 0.0 0.0% Metal
42 Dysentery 40k 37.7 47.8% Metal
43 Orthodox 39k 36.8 50.7% Metal
44 Animosity 38k 36.5 26.9% Metal
45 Voyager 37k 38.1 29.8% Metal
46 Grim Reaper 36k 37.1 51.9% Metal
47 Malignancy 35k 38.1 29.8% Metal
48 Esoteric 34k 40.4 59.8% Metal
49 SUMAC 34k 40.1 69.5% Metal
50 Inertia 33k 33.6 27.6% Metal

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular metals compiled?

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

Schizophrenia currently leads with an estimated audience of 246k people in South Africa.

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