Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 10 most popular Pay TVs in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 10 largest pay tvs in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. HBO, Sky Go and Sky Sports lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 215k people. Across all 10 entries the average audience size is 25k, and the largest, HBO, reaches around 92k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each pay tv, 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 10, 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 HBO 92k 35.4 48.3% Pay TV
2 Sky Go 77k 38.8 30.6% Pay TV
3 Sky Sports 46k 34.2 31.4% Pay TV
4 Sky Deutschland 33k 40.9 29.7% Pay TV
5 Sky Atlantic 1.7k 37.9 19.5% Pay TV
6 Fox Nation 728 53.3 47.1% Pay TV
7 AspireTV 81 25.8 75.5% Pay TV
8 Sky Sport (Italy) 20 33.0 42.8% Pay TV
9 TNT Serie 20 37.5 41.8% Pay TV
10 AXN Latinoamérica 8 31.9 41.2% Pay TV

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular pay tvs compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each pay tv 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 pay tv in South Africa?

HBO currently leads with an estimated audience of 92k people in South Africa.

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