Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 87 most popular Schlagers in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 87 largest schlagers in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Amigos, Nicole (German singer) and Roger Whittaker lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 98k people. Across all 87 entries the average audience size is 1.7k, and the largest, Amigos, reaches around 59k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each schlager, 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 87, 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 Amigos 59k 47.0 60.8% Schlager
2 Nicole (German singer) 30k 47.0 60.6% Schlager
3 Roger Whittaker 8.5k 34.8 56.6% Schlager
4 Tony Bennett 7.6k 48.6 48.5% Schlager
5 Helene Fischer 6.9k 36.8 55.3% Schlager
6 Heino 2.9k 43.4 62.7% Schlager
7 Jacques Brel 2.9k 49.8 55.6% Schlager
8 Andrea Berg 2k 46.2 64.5% Schlager
9 Nino de Angelo 1.9k 42.9 66.6% Schlager
10 Beatrice Egli 1.6k 34.6 59.2% Schlager
11 Roland Kaiser 1.4k 49.0 66.5% Schlager
12 Françoise Hardy 1.4k 54.2 72.7% Schlager
13 Howard Carpendale 1.4k 39.4 62.6% Schlager
14 Semino Rossi 1.3k 53.9 73.7% Schlager
15 Udo Jürgens 1.2k 48.5 64.1% Schlager
16 Vanessa Mai 1.1k 37.8 58.4% Schlager
17 Kerstin Ott 987 43.5 66.7% Schlager
18 Florian Silbereisen 949 33.4 54.5% Schlager
19 Andy Borg 797 52.7 70.5% Schlager
20 DJ Ötzi 767 39.6 53.4% Schlager
21 Jan Smit (singer) 743 21.7 0.0% Schlager
22 Wolfgang Petry 645 49.1 61.4% Schlager
23 Andrea Jürgens 596 53.5 70.6% Schlager
24 Andreas Gabalier 539 36.4 63.7% Schlager
25 Melissa Naschenweng 526 34.8 59.2% Schlager

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular schlagers compiled?

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

Amigos currently leads with an estimated audience of 59k people in South Africa.

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