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
26 Karel Gott 511 51.8 100.0% Schlager
27 Stefanie Hertel 458 49.5 53.0% Schlager
28 Matthias Reim 457 45.3 67.6% Schlager
29 Katja Ebstein 444 51.8 63.9% Schlager
30 Ben Zucker 392 38.9 63.3% Schlager
31 Claudia Jung 360 51.3 57.3% Schlager
32 Mary Roos 300 55.7 61.4% Schlager
33 Frank Zander 297 50.8 44.7% Schlager
34 Roberto Blanco 262 43.0 63.6% Schlager
35 Wolkenfrei 257 46.4 69.2% Schlager
36 Bernhard Brink 240 51.0 68.8% Schlager
37 Die Amigos 234 52.6 64.6% Schlager
38 Claudio Baglioni 231 50.6 68.3% Schlager
39 Die Flippers 228 44.0 58.2% Schlager
40 Marianne Rosenberg 227 40.6 61.2% Schlager
41 Puhdys 224 51.2 39.6% Schlager
42 Kastelruther Spatzen 221 53.2 62.7% Schlager
43 Marie Reim 218 41.7 65.8% Schlager
44 Jürgen Drews 216 46.2 59.8% Schlager
45 Mia Magma 211 24.4 24.8% Schlager
46 Bata Illic 206 43.8 63.5% Schlager
47 Olaf Henning 203 49.0 61.4% Schlager
48 Münchner Freiheit 197 41.8 55.0% Schlager
49 Christian Steiffen 192 42.2 59.0% Schlager
50 Juliane Werding 192 42.2 58.0% 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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