Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Pops in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest pops in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1k pops tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 81k, and the largest, Michael Jackson, reaches around 518k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each pop, 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 Kelly Osbourne 87k 40.9 77.6% Pop
27 Demi Lovato 82k 32.1 65.3% Pop
28 Lana Del Rey 80k 28.7 64.3% Pop
29 Justin Timberlake 77k 27.9 54.9% Pop
30 Christina Milian 76k 39.4 78.3% Pop
31 Alex Warren 74k 39.4 62.9% Pop
32 Robbie Williams 74k 44.8 66.5% Pop
33 Shania Twain 72k 43.8 55.5% Pop
34 Nothing 71k 31.0 77.8% Pop
35 Barbra Streisand 71k 39.1 56.1% Pop
36 Julio Iglesias 66k 53.1 64.3% Pop
37 Grace Jones 63k 45.1 35.8% Pop
38 Dionne Warwick 63k 51.9 58.3% Pop
39 George Michael 59k 34.2 48.3% Pop
40 David Bowie 58k 35.6 57.3% Pop
41 Nicole Scherzinger 57k 32.2 68.2% Pop
42 Jennifer Hudson 56k 33.0 59.3% Pop
43 Johnny Clegg 54k 46.2 60.5% Pop
44 Paul McCartney 54k 36.7 64.3% Pop
45 Mel B 53k 41.4 64.2% Pop
46 Tuna (singer) 52k 26.2 40.1% Pop
47 Charli XCX 51k 32.9 60.9% Pop
48 Shawn Mendes 50k 30.2 62.4% Pop
49 Enrique Iglesias 50k 36.1 58.6% Pop
50 Zara Larsson 49k 29.2 52.0% Pop

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular pops compiled?

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

Michael Jackson currently leads with an estimated audience of 518k people in South Africa.

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