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
26 Champ Car 54k 45.2 55.6% Motorsport
27 Daniel Ricciardo 52k 35.1 26.6% Motorsport
28 Monster Jam 52k 37.8 75.7% Motorsport
29 Marc Márquez 52k 38.9 16.1% Motorsport
30 McLaren F1 47k 37.6 27.3% Motorsport
31 Martin Brundle 46k 45.0 22.9% Motorsport
32 United States Grand Prix 46k 38.7 20.3% Motorsport
33 24 Hours of Le Mans 45k 34.7 21.1% Motorsport
34 Mick Schumacher 45k 35.6 33.2% Motorsport
35 Liam Lawson 44k 34.7 27.4% Motorsport
36 Carlos Sainz 44k 36.0 28.7% Motorsport
37 Lance Stroll 42k 36.2 20.6% Motorsport
38 Ayrton Senna 39k 35.9 2.9% Motorsport
39 Chinese Grand Prix 34k 39.2 31.9% Motorsport
40 Monaco Grand Prix 34k 38.9 23.3% Motorsport
41 Carlos Sainz Jr. 33k 36.5 29.3% Motorsport
42 Danica Patrick 33k 48.0 22.0% Motorsport
43 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 33k 38.5 24.9% Motorsport
44 Bahrain Grand Prix 31k 41.9 22.8% Motorsport
45 M-Sport 31k 39.5 29.8% Motorsport
46 Oliver Bearman 31k 38.4 31.2% Motorsport
47 Canadian Grand Prix 31k 37.4 27.7% Motorsport
48 Jack Doohan 30k 40.1 23.1% Motorsport
49 Valentino Rossi 30k 38.1 17.0% Motorsport
50 Mexico Grand Prix 30k 36.5 30.9% 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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