Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 99 most popular R&Bs in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 99 largest r&bs in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Rhianna (singer), Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.5M people. Across all 99 entries the average audience size is 43k, and the largest, Rhianna (singer), reaches around 688k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each r&b, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 99, 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 Rhianna (singer) 688k R&B
2 Rihanna 517k 30.5 61.4% R&B
3 Jennifer Lopez 259k 35.3 58.3% R&B
4 R. Kelly 199k 34.0 43.9% R&B
5 Summer Walker 184k 27.0 60.2% R&B
6 Beyoncé 176k 30.8 62.6% R&B
7 Whitney Houston 169k 36.5 56.7% R&B
8 D'Angelo 125k 41.2 48.5% R&B
9 Madison Beer 121k 35.0 52.7% R&B
10 Aaliyah 119k 36.5 58.5% R&B
11 Alicia Keys 109k 31.3 61.2% R&B
12 Janet Jackson 102k 33.6 55.2% R&B
13 USHER 93k 35.7 51.5% R&B
14 H.E.R. 92k 27.1 61.9% R&B
15 Nelly Furtado 77k 31.5 42.9% R&B
16 Mary J. Blige 71k 32.1 62.8% R&B
17 Kelly Rowland 66k 32.3 57.7% R&B
18 Ashanti (singer) 64k 37.1 62.4% R&B
19 Sia 58k 27.2 65.5% R&B
20 Lira (singer) 57k 36.4 61.7% R&B
21 Tyrese Gibson 50k 34.0 38.5% R&B
22 Faith Evans 45k 32.4 42.6% R&B
23 Boyz II Men 41k 34.4 50.0% R&B
24 Billy Ocean 40k 51.8 60.6% R&B
25 Raye 36k 26.4 44.2% R&B

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular r&bs compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each r&b 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 r&b in South Africa?

Rhianna (singer) currently leads with an estimated audience of 688k people in South Africa.

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