Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 23 most popular Pokers in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 23 largest pokers in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Gavin Smith (poker player), Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 7.8k people. Across all 23 entries the average audience size is 608, and the largest, Gavin Smith (poker player), reaches around 3.5k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each poker, 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 23, 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 Gavin Smith (poker player) 3.5k 42.4 55.7% Poker
2 Phil Ivey 2.5k 40.2 32.6% Poker
3 Daniel Negreanu 1.8k 41.5 13.2% Poker
4 Phil Laak 1.7k 41.9 60.2% Poker
5 World Poker Tour 1.1k 39.1 46.6% Poker
6 Poker tournament 591 37.2 36.2% Poker
7 Poker strategy 533 39.0 44.6% Poker
8 Tom Dwan 352 32.7 52.6% Poker
9 Vanessa Rousso 210 42.2 52.8% Poker
10 Mike Sexton 208 47.7 0.0% Poker
11 Sky Poker 180 40.9 0.0% Poker
12 Phil Galfond 148 33.9 39.7% Poker
13 Antonio Esfandiari 142 40.7 37.2% Poker
14 High Stakes Poker 140 37.0 55.7% Poker
15 Poker After Dark 124 38.3 64.0% Poker
16 European Poker Tour 123 38.8 40.8% Poker
17 World Series of Poker Europe 122 40.3 30.1% Poker
18 Luca Pagano 110 42.5 63.0% Poker
19 Erik Seidel 109 37.6 29.2% Poker
20 Bertrand Grospellier 101 35.7 50.0% Poker
21 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 88 40.4 39.4% Poker
22 WSOP – Texas Holdem Poker 82 30.2 16.8% Poker
23 UK and Ireland Poker Tour 50 43.3 44.5% Poker

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular pokers compiled?

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

Gavin Smith (poker player) currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.5k people in South Africa.

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