Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 31 most popular Sci-fis in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 31 largest sci-fis in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Brazil (1985 film), Planet of the Apes (2001 film) and The Outer Limits (1995 TV series) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 638k people. Across all 31 entries the average audience size is 31k, and the largest, Brazil (1985 film), reaches around 496k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each sci-fi, 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 31, 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 Brazil (1985 film) 496k 47.6 44.8% Sci-fi
2 Planet of the Apes (2001 film) 82k 52.9 32.4% Sci-fi
3 The Outer Limits (1995 TV series) 60k 41.0 57.8% Sci-fi
4 Tenet 41k 35.9 47.8% Sci-fi
5 Green Lantern 36k 39.2 52.9% Sci-fi
6 Colony (TV series) 31k 44.6 54.3% Sci-fi
7 Behind the Scenes (SPACE TV series) 22k 50.3 42.8% Sci-fi
8 Annihilation 22k 21.6 0.0% Sci-fi
9 They Live 20k 42.4 49.2% Sci-fi
10 Raised by Wolves 19k 34.8 36.9% Sci-fi
11 Total Recall 16k 35.4 6.2% Sci-fi
12 Event Horizon (film) 14k 42.7 19.1% Sci-fi
13 Second Chance 14k 25.1 41.1% Sci-fi
14 Artemis Fowl 12k 39.3 77.3% Sci-fi
15 Soylent Green 12k 36.6 56.6% Sci-fi
16 Mars Attacks! 10k 45.8 42.4% Sci-fi
17 Total Recall (2012 film) 9.9k 25.6 57.8% Sci-fi
18 A Clockwork Orange 8.8k 35.5 57.3% Sci-fi
19 Red Planet (film) 6.6k 37.7 77.3% Sci-fi
20 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 5.2k 30.4 59.3% Sci-fi
21 The Time Machine (2002 film) 4.9k 43.0 42.8% Sci-fi
22 Dark Star (film) 4.8k 38.4 39.0% Sci-fi
23 Star-crossed 3.3k 42.2 84.1% Sci-fi
24 Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series) 2.7k 29.6 44.6% Sci-fi
25 Mission to Mars 2.4k 44.9 37.2% Sci-fi

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sci-fis compiled?

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

Brazil (1985 film) currently leads with an estimated audience of 496k people in South Africa.

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