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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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
76 charvel guitars 484 33.5 46.9% Music instrument
77 Archtop guitar 472 48.8 7.0% Music instrument
78 Softube 454 22.2 24.0% Music instrument
79 Dean Guitars 445 20.0 39.3% Music instrument
80 Bowed string instrument 432 28.2 0.0% Music instrument
81 JHS Pedals 398 37.4 8.7% Music instrument
82 Hughes & Kettner 386 41.5 42.0% Music instrument
83 Player piano 371 36.2 39.8% Music instrument
84 Blüthner 360 39.4 12.5% Music instrument
85 Shehnai 328 30.1 60.0% Music instrument
86 Mesa Boogie 327 33.2 30.5% Music instrument
87 Paiste 297 38.4 25.3% Music instrument
88 Collings Guitars 274 45.6 21.2% Music instrument
89 Bare Knuckle Pickups 273 32.0 0.0% Music instrument
90 Cavaquinho 248 36.3 31.6% Music instrument
91 Ddrum 210 48.5 14.7% Music instrument
92 Kemenche 149 45.3 18.9% Music instrument
93 Surdo 142 42.6 64.8% Music instrument
94 Kit violin 131 43.9 56.6% Music instrument
95 Music workstation 131 43.1 6.2% Music instrument
96 Rebab 129 30.5 5.2% Music instrument
97 Analog modeling synthesizer 118 41.7 30.9% Music instrument
98 Pro-Mark 114 33.7 28.6% Music instrument
99 Gibson Guitar Corporation 108 35.1 32.6% Music instrument
100 Tamborim 104 37.3 58.1% 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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