Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Music Festivals in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest music festivals in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 492 music festivals tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ultra Music Festival, Ultra Music and Woodstock lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 344k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 13k, and the largest, Ultra Music Festival, reaches around 157k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each music festival, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

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 Ultra Music Festival 157k 30.3 40.0% Music festival
2 Ultra Music 95k 31.1 48.1% Music festival
3 Woodstock 92k 41.3 63.5% Music festival
4 American Music Award 89k 35.2 51.4% Music festival
5 Exit (festival) 80k 44.3 43.6% Music festival
6 Lollapalooza 77k 27.7 41.7% Music festival
7 Country Music Association Awards 73k 44.9 62.2% Music festival
8 Tomorrowland 70k 30.9 38.0% Music festival
9 Black Girls Rock! 55k 33.0 67.4% Music festival
10 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 48k 31.0 54.3% Music festival
11 Ministry of Sound 46k 37.6 38.7% Music festival
12 Burning Man 44k 30.3 44.6% Music festival
13 Hard (music festival) 35k 33.1 49.6% Music festival
14 Sónar 30k 39.3 39.0% Music festival
15 Champions Tour 22k 49.3 17.4% Music festival
16 Awakenings 19k 37.5 35.6% Music festival
17 Festival Corona Capital 18k 44.0 86.6% Music festival
18 Electric Daisy Carnival 18k 28.8 41.8% Music festival
19 Glastonbury Festival 16k 29.3 34.6% Music festival
20 Groovin' the Moo 12k 34.2 56.1% Music festival
21 Boom Festival 11k 32.1 43.5% Music festival
22 YouTube Live 11k 29.8 23.3% Music festival
23 Download Festival 9.8k 34.7 64.2% Music festival
24 Melt! Festival 9.1k 29.2 47.7% Music festival
25 Oppikoppi Festival 8.5k 30.9 43.4% Music festival

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular music festivals compiled?

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

Ultra Music Festival currently leads with an estimated audience of 157k people in South Africa.

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