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
51 M.O.P. 99k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
52 Complete 97k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
53 Miriam Makeba 97k 39.5 37.2% Singer-songwriter
54 Neil Diamond 96k 46.3 64.5% Singer-songwriter
55 Calum Scott 95k 38.3 79.4% Singer-songwriter
56 Luther Vandross 95k 34.3 46.4% Singer-songwriter
57 Orca 93k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
58 Example 93k 32.0 53.6% Singer-songwriter
59 Dead Poet Society 91k 42.7 44.4% Singer-songwriter
60 Tate McRae 91k 28.9 65.4% Singer-songwriter
61 Lisa Marie Presley 89k 39.5 100.0% Singer-songwriter
62 LICE 86k 39.0 58.8% Singer-songwriter
63 YUNGBLUD 86k 35.9 52.9% Singer-songwriter
64 Dizzy 84k 38.0 55.7% Singer-songwriter
65 Theuns Jordaan 83k 47.0 60.9% Singer-songwriter
66 Acetone 82k 37.7 35.9% Singer-songwriter
67 Chris Rea 81k 44.5 55.8% Singer-songwriter
68 Mine 80k 33.0 60.2% Singer-songwriter
69 Lansdowne 80k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
70 Kehlani 80k 26.6 58.5% Singer-songwriter
71 Lil’ Kim 79k 37.7 69.3% Singer-songwriter
72 Overcoats 78k 31.2 49.2% Singer-songwriter
73 Rehab 78k 38.6 44.3% Singer-songwriter
74 Aries 77k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
75 Conflict 76k 41.0 41.9% 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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