Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Singer-songwriters in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest singer-songwriters in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 6.1k singer-songwriters tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. S.A.R.S., Shelf Lives and G.E.M. lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 217k, and the largest, S.A.R.S., reaches around 7.7M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each singer-songwriter, 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
1 S.A.R.S. 7.7M 37.6 52.7% Singer-songwriter
2 Shelf Lives 995k 37.7 69.3% Singer-songwriter
3 G.E.M. 639k 36.8 49.0% Singer-songwriter
4 Tyla 483k 27.9 55.5% Singer-songwriter
5 Flo Rida 463k 33.6 49.4% Singer-songwriter
6 Raf (singer) 432k Singer-songwriter
7 G.E.M. (singer) 392k 39.1 28.4% Singer-songwriter
8 Citizen 389k 38.2 50.2% Singer-songwriter
9 Billie Eilish 327k 27.9 64.5% Singer-songwriter
10 GloRilla 320k 29.6 61.9% Singer-songwriter
11 Cynthia Erivo 306k 47.6 54.8% Singer-songwriter
12 Therapy? 244k 42.9 50.3% Singer-songwriter
13 pronoun 206k 37.1 57.1% Singer-songwriter
14 FEET 205k 37.7 69.3% Singer-songwriter
15 Extreme 178k 46.0 39.8% Singer-songwriter
16 Jujutsu Kaisen 175k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
17 Bobby van Jaarsveld 174k 46.0 63.2% Singer-songwriter
18 LØLØ 165k 37.7 69.3% Singer-songwriter
19 Bobby Brown 164k 38.3 55.6% Singer-songwriter
20 EDEN 158k 38.8 53.0% Singer-songwriter
21 Tourist 154k 35.6 44.8% Singer-songwriter
22 Angie Stone 153k 30.3 42.5% Singer-songwriter
23 Mae Martin 151k 42.4 50.7% Singer-songwriter
24 Benson Boone 148k 30.6 77.3% Singer-songwriter
25 Lucero (entertainer) 141k 41.7 58.6% Singer-songwriter

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular singer-songwriters compiled?

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

S.A.R.S. currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.7M people in South Africa.

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