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The 100 most popular Musical Genres in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musical genres in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 635 musical genres tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Hip hop music, Pop music and Rock music lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 715k, and the largest, Hip hop music, reaches around 3.6M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each musical genre, 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
26 Southern hip hop 793k 30.0 44.5% Musical genre
27 East Coast hip hop 724k 30.4 35.0% Musical genre
28 Chicano rap 675k 31.3 45.5% Musical genre
29 World music 671k 36.2 47.0% Musical genre
30 Bounce music 663k 31.3 33.0% Musical genre
31 Christian hip hop 661k 31.3 42.6% Musical genre
32 Electronic dance music 661k 32.0 43.2% Musical genre
33 British hip hop 655k 30.4 44.3% Musical genre
34 Electronica 642k 33.1 43.7% Musical genre
35 Midwest hip hop 641k 30.4 43.3% Musical genre
36 French hip hop 634k 30.5 43.6% Musical genre
37 Korean hip hop 631k 30.4 45.2% Musical genre
38 Country rap 626k 30.4 43.4% Musical genre
39 Japanese hip hop 624k 30.5 43.9% Musical genre
40 African popular music 606k 34.9 50.1% Musical genre
41 Film score 604k 33.8 52.1% Musical genre
42 Chicago house 583k 32.1 43.0% Musical genre
43 K-pop 582k 33.6 58.3% Musical genre
44 Music of Africa 579k 33.3 49.0% Musical genre
45 Punk rock 556k 34.9 49.1% Musical genre
46 Reggaeton 555k 30.2 45.7% Musical genre
47 American rock 546k 36.6 64.4% Musical genre
48 American folk music 544k 38.2 55.7% Musical genre
49 Jazz fusion 515k 35.4 55.4% Musical genre
50 Contemporary Christian music 514k 36.7 61.5% Musical genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular musical genres compiled?

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

Hip hop music currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.6M people in South Africa.

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