Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Music Instruments in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest music instruments in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 109 music instruments tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ibanez, Roland Corporation and Bongo lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 84k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 4.5k, and the largest, Ibanez, reaches around 38k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each music instrument, 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 Cowbell (instrument) 6.6k 46.6 50.1% Music instrument
27 Rhythm guitar 6.1k 30.5 43.2% Music instrument
28 Yamaha Guitars 5.5k 44.9 0.0% Music instrument
29 Steelpan 5.5k 50.4 61.2% Music instrument
30 Twelve-string guitar 5.4k 47.9 18.9% Music instrument
31 Flugelhorn 5k 45.0 25.5% Music instrument
32 Ocarina 4.7k 36.4 36.1% Music instrument
33 Bouzouki 4.6k 51.1 36.2% Music instrument
34 Steinway & Sons 4.1k 39.5 50.4% Music instrument
35 Crash cymbal 3.3k 39.7 32.9% Music instrument
36 Cort Guitars and Basses 3.1k 44.4 0.0% Music instrument
37 Jazz guitar 3k 49.4 0.0% Music instrument
38 Jackson Guitars 2.8k 36.6 13.4% Music instrument
39 orange amplifiers 2.7k 35.3 34.2% Music instrument
40 novation 2.7k 19.7 33.3% Music instrument
41 Steel-string acoustic guitar 2.5k 50.0 15.5% Music instrument
42 Guzheng 2.3k 43.1 48.0% Music instrument
43 Resonator guitar 2.1k 46.6 78.4% Music instrument
44 Ashdown Engineering 1.9k 44.7 16.6% Music instrument
45 Inlay (guitar) 1.9k 49.5 77.5% Music instrument
46 Peavey Electronics 1.9k 29.6 16.2% Music instrument
47 Rute (music) 1.8k 44.8 77.0% Music instrument
48 Seven-string guitar 1.7k 38.4 4.5% Music instrument
49 Soundcraft 1.7k 30.9 31.9% Music instrument
50 Acoustic-electric guitar 1.7k 27.8 0.0% Music instrument

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Frequently asked questions

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

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

Ibanez currently leads with an estimated audience of 38k people in South Africa.

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