Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Motorsports in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest motorsports in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 575 motorsports tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and MotoGP lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 71k, and the largest, Max Verstappen, reaches around 654k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each motorsport, 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 Max Verstappen 654k 35.1 33.3% Motorsport
2 Lewis Hamilton 525k 35.2 26.7% Motorsport
3 MotoGP 488k 37.2 25.6% Motorsport
4 MOTO GP (INDONESIA) 394k 28.1 0.0% Motorsport
5 Lando Norris 374k 36.5 30.4% Motorsport
6 MotoGP 314k 37.8 20.7% Motorsport
7 Michael Schumacher 277k 36.2 32.1% Motorsport
8 Charles Leclerc 242k 37.8 31.7% Motorsport
9 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 229k 34.7 26.5% Motorsport
10 Oscar Piastri 216k 37.8 32.6% Motorsport
11 Red Bull Racing 196k 33.7 21.9% Motorsport
12 Kimi Antonelli 141k 38.0 35.3% Motorsport
13 George Russell 135k 35.9 33.6% Motorsport
14 Dakar Rally 118k 40.7 24.8% Motorsport
15 Scuderia Ferrari 117k 35.8 22.3% Motorsport
16 NASCAR 104k 36.6 29.0% Motorsport
17 Multi-sport event 86k 40.3 39.4% Motorsport
18 Brad Binder 85k 37.7 19.2% Motorsport
19 Superbike World Championship 81k 39.0 17.6% Motorsport
20 Toto Wolff 70k 38.4 27.8% Motorsport
21 Yuki Tsunoda 68k 37.4 24.1% Motorsport
22 Fernando Alonso 67k 35.9 27.1% Motorsport
23 Isack Hadjar 60k 37.1 27.3% Motorsport
24 Nico Hülkenberg 55k 37.1 34.3% Motorsport
25 Eddie Jordan 55k 46.9 10.4% Motorsport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular motorsports compiled?

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

Max Verstappen currently leads with an estimated audience of 654k people in South Africa.

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