Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Realities in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest realities in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 101 realities tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Married at First Sight (U.S. TV series), Too Hot to Handle and Sugar Rush (TV series) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 115k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 4.3k, and the largest, Married at First Sight (U.S. TV series), reaches around 62k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each reality, 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 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
1 Married at First Sight (U.S. TV series) 62k 34.9 80.5% Reality
2 Too Hot to Handle 29k 35.0 52.4% Reality
3 Sugar Rush (TV series) 24k 33.7 80.7% Reality
4 The Choice (TV series) 22k 45.4 15.7% Reality
5 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 21k 37.0 78.6% Reality
6 Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta 18k 35.2 84.0% Reality
7 Let's Dance (German TV series) 17k 43.5 81.0% Reality
8 The Real Housewives of Potomac 17k 44.9 87.0% Reality
9 The Circle (TV program) 17k 36.0 83.3% Reality
10 Are You The One? 16k 37.4 76.4% Reality
11 Below Deck 16k 26.7 47.4% Reality
12 The Real Housewives 10k 33.9 73.7% Reality
13 Southern Charm 9.9k 52.5 65.2% Reality
14 House Hunters 9.7k 39.3 62.0% Reality
15 Keeping up with the Kardashian 9.7k 22.3 100.0% Reality
16 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 8.2k 30.8 66.9% Reality
17 MeatEater 7.9k 45.1 23.9% Reality
18 real housewives miami 6.6k 36.6 82.1% Reality
19 The Valleys (TV series) 6.5k 25.1 73.2% Reality
20 The Osbournes 6.2k 40.5 87.3% Reality
21 The Bachelor 5.6k 33.2 72.8% Reality
22 The Real Housewives of Miami 5.3k 33.4 77.7% Reality
23 Botched (TV series) 4.6k 29.8 80.8% Reality
24 Mountain Men (TV series) 4.4k 47.4 43.8% Reality
25 Extreme Makeover 3.5k 41.8 89.7% Reality

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular realities compiled?

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

Married at First Sight (U.S. TV series) currently leads with an estimated audience of 62k people in South Africa.

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