Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 39 most popular Playbacks in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 39 largest playbacks in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal and Lata Mangeshkar lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 30k people. Across all 39 entries the average audience size is 1.3k, and the largest, Arijit Singh, reaches around 15k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each playback, 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 39, 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 Arijit Singh 15k 30.9 52.9% Playback
2 Shreya Ghoshal 10k 34.5 48.7% Playback
3 Lata Mangeshkar 4.2k 35.0 64.0% Playback
4 Jessica Taylor 3.2k 37.6 96.2% Playback
5 Sunidhi Chauhan 2.5k 30.4 46.1% Playback
6 Shaan (singer) 2.4k 35.8 29.8% Playback
7 Mohammed Rafi 2.3k 41.7 29.9% Playback
8 Hariharan (singer) 1.6k 35.7 54.3% Playback
9 Jazzy B 1.2k 25.5 80.6% Playback
10 Amit Kumar 987 36.5 16.9% Playback
11 Kavita Krishnamurthy 984 31.2 13.7% Playback
12 Shankar Mahadevan 872 33.7 38.4% Playback
13 Jonita Gandhi 723 30.4 18.0% Playback
14 Karthik (singer) 667 31.2 29.4% Playback
15 Tulsi Kumar 605 25.7 29.5% Playback
16 Jasmine Sandlas 595 24.8 15.5% Playback
17 S. Janaki 456 34.3 26.1% Playback
18 Shweta Mohan 414 33.1 31.3% Playback
19 Sujatha Mohan 335 37.0 36.3% Playback
20 Suresh Wadkar 334 36.9 33.0% Playback
21 Mohit Chauhan 312 32.0 43.8% Playback
22 K.J Yesudas 280 32.8 14.3% Playback
23 K. J. Yesudas 278 35.6 29.4% Playback
24 Anuradha Sriram 271 35.5 33.0% Playback
25 Sunitha Upadrashta 155 31.2 16.8% Playback

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular playbacks compiled?

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

Arijit Singh currently leads with an estimated audience of 15k people in South Africa.

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