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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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
76 Comic Book Men 174 41.5 48.8% Reality
77 Ace of Cakes 173 34.3 54.1% Reality
78 Platinum Hit 167 44.5 42.6% Reality
79 X Factor Indonesia 163 44.0 86.8% Reality
80 Rock of Love with Bret Michaels 161 45.1 38.7% Reality
81 Cupcake Wars 160 36.8 79.1% Reality
82 Való Világ 146 35.7 67.8% Reality
83 PrankStars 143 33.3 14.7% Reality
84 Property Wars 140 36.9 51.0% Reality
85 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles 126 40.0 54.2% Reality
86 UFO Hunters 123 39.8 40.3% Reality
87 RuPaul's Drag U 122 24.9 57.5% Reality
88 Hgtv House Hunters 118 37.5 68.0% Reality
89 The Real Housewives of Vancouver 108 26.9 82.8% Reality
90 Tiny and Toya 97 33.7 73.4% Reality
91 Best Ink 94 30.4 53.1% Reality
92 Frauentausch 94 40.1 51.0% Reality
93 Sing My Song 92 19.0 38.0% Reality
94 DC Cupcakes 89 29.4 62.8% Reality
95 Warsaw Shore 82 24.0 62.4% Reality
96 American Hot Rod 78 19.0 100.0% Reality
97 The X Factor Israel 70 23.9 100.0% Reality
98 Die Geissens - Eine schrecklich glamouröse Familie 64 36.2 60.2% Reality
99 Köln 50667 61 28.4 67.8% Reality
100 Liebe macht blind 27 34.6 51.7% 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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