Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Rugby in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest rugby in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 145 rugby tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Super Rugby, Rugby World Cup and South Africa national rugby union team (sevens) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 75k, and the largest, Super Rugby, reaches around 1.9M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each rugby, 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
26 Chiefs (rugby union) 46k 34.3 42.8% Rugby
27 Varsity Cup 44k 30.4 36.1% Rugby
28 Challenge Cup 44k 45.4 64.9% Rugby
29 Dan Carter 42k 42.2 36.1% Rugby
30 Owen Farrell 38k 45.7 32.6% Rugby
31 Argentina national rugby union team 38k 35.3 32.4% Rugby
32 England Rugby 36k 34.3 32.5% Rugby
33 Scotland Rugby 34k 38.5 27.7% Rugby
34 Italy national rugby union team 33k 36.0 28.3% Rugby
35 Nigel Owens 31k 34.9 11.5% Rugby
36 Israel Dagg 28k 52.9 100.0% Rugby
37 Wales national rugby union team 28k 33.0 22.5% Rugby
38 Pierre Spies 28k 40.1 41.1% Rugby
39 Ireland national rugby union team 27k 33.4 30.2% Rugby
40 France national rugby union team 26k 35.2 24.6% Rugby
41 Scotland national rugby union team 25k 36.0 28.4% Rugby
42 Union Bordeaux Bègles 24k 40.1 37.1% Rugby
43 Racing 92 24k 36.6 0.0% Rugby
44 Ilona Maher 24k 38.4 38.3% Rugby
45 Maro Itoje 22k 37.1 45.0% Rugby
46 Brian O'Driscoll 21k 44.0 3.7% Rugby
47 New Zealand Warriors 18k 35.1 31.6% Rugby
48 Cardiff Blues 15k 39.4 34.2% Rugby
49 Sonny Bill Williams 15k 29.7 38.8% Rugby
50 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 15k 38.1 47.3% Rugby

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular rugby compiled?

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

Super Rugby currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.9M people in South Africa.

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