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
51 Warren G 11k 28.7 22.0% R&B
52 Ginuwine 11k 31.7 46.0% R&B
53 Jay Sean 10k 33.1 43.6% R&B
54 Jacquees 8.1k 28.0 40.5% R&B
55 Jeremih 6.7k 25.3 58.5% R&B
56 Kelly Price 6.5k 30.1 40.2% R&B
57 Emeli Sandé 6.3k 31.8 100.0% R&B
58 Indila 6.3k 31.1 71.7% R&B
59 Nia Peeples 6.2k 47.9 47.2% R&B
60 Charlie Wilson (singer) 6.1k 26.8 41.4% R&B
61 Daesung 6k 40.6 81.2% R&B
62 Maxi Priest 5.9k 40.3 4.0% R&B
63 Sheila E. 5.9k 42.2 56.0% R&B
64 Chrisette Michele 5.7k 35.2 63.4% R&B
65 Raphael Saadiq 5.7k 33.1 45.5% R&B
66 Ryan Leslie 5.2k 29.1 41.0% R&B
67 Ledisi 4.9k 45.1 66.4% R&B
68 D'banj 4.7k 32.6 37.6% R&B
69 Charice Pempengco 4.5k 34.1 67.9% R&B
70 Xscape 4.1k 33.8 46.7% R&B
71 PJ Morton 3.2k 34.6 34.3% R&B
72 Jessica Mauboy 2.8k 44.2 71.2% R&B
73 Zack Knight 2.7k 21.0 14.6% R&B
74 Blackbear 2.7k 32.5 51.1% R&B
75 X-Quisite 2.6k 39.2 67.4% 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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