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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How to read this list

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
26 Quincy Jones 33k 34.1 43.7% R&B
27 Brandy Norwood 33k 33.8 46.0% R&B
28 Rita Ora 33k 28.7 66.0% R&B
29 Keri Hilson 32k 30.4 54.5% R&B
30 Monica (singer) 31k 37.4 59.7% R&B
31 Giveon 29k 28.9 54.7% R&B
32 Jason Derulo 29k 32.5 54.3% R&B
33 Tamar Braxton 28k 32.3 58.4% R&B
34 Jewel (singer) 27k 37.0 60.1% R&B
35 Miguel 26k 27.8 52.7% R&B
36 Fantasia 21k 31.7 49.7% R&B
37 Craig David 20k 31.3 42.5% R&B
38 Jhené Aiko 20k 27.2 58.1% R&B
39 Lloyd (singer) 19k 32.0 36.0% R&B
40 Selena 17k 37.0 69.0% R&B
41 FKA Twigs 16k 25.8 41.2% R&B
42 Maher Zain 16k 38.8 53.7% R&B
43 Nate Dogg 14k 29.6 0.0% R&B
44 Aaron Neville 14k 39.5 61.9% R&B
45 Little Richard 13k 49.9 47.6% R&B
46 Jaheim 13k 32.1 47.1% R&B
47 Faith Hill 12k 30.9 39.1% R&B
48 Amerie 12k 38.0 83.4% R&B
49 Don Jazzy 11k 31.8 50.3% R&B
50 Marques Houston 11k 31.3 61.3% 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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