Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 17 most popular Online Games in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 17 largest online games in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. League of Legends, Zynga and Neverwinter (video game) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 227k people. Across all 17 entries the average audience size is 14k, and the largest, League of Legends, reaches around 220k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each online game, 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 17, 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 League of Legends 220k 29.4 35.9% Online game
2 Zynga 4.2k 37.8 41.5% Online game
3 Neverwinter (video game) 2.4k 29.6 37.9% Online game
4 Vindictus 1.1k 34.0 37.2% Online game
5 Gameforge 525 29.8 0.0% Online game
6 Wooga 473 35.3 47.5% Online game
7 Ikariam 376 44.1 50.5% Online game
8 GunZ: The Duel 323 40.5 40.2% Online game
9 AdventureQuest Worlds 198 37.3 39.2% Online game
10 Seven Knights 195 27.2 73.8% Online game
11 Gameduell 100 37.9 64.2% Online game
12 Rohan: Blood Feud 93 33.4 35.9% Online game
13 Travian Games 92 28.2 16.6% Online game
14 Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade 64 23.4 25.8% Online game
15 Knight Online 63 21.5 17.7% Online game
16 Crazy Arcade 57 20.6 60.6% Online game
17 Liên Minh Huyền Thoại 31 40.9 35.4% Online game

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular online games compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each online game 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 online game in South Africa?

League of Legends currently leads with an estimated audience of 220k people in South Africa.

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