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
76 Nick Jonas 75k 33.8 64.5% Singer-songwriter
77 John Lennon 75k 40.9 55.5% Singer-songwriter
78 Cults 74k 39.6 54.7% Singer-songwriter
79 Stella 74k 41.8 76.3% Singer-songwriter
80 Sorry 73k 40.4 63.1% Singer-songwriter
81 Playboi Carti 72k 26.5 35.6% Singer-songwriter
82 Karlien van Jaarsveld 72k 39.3 81.8% Singer-songwriter
83 BANNERS 71k 33.9 62.0% Singer-songwriter
84 Teddy Swims 71k 31.0 48.0% Singer-songwriter
85 FLO 70k 30.7 56.5% Singer-songwriter
86 Johnny Clegg and Savuka 70k 41.7 44.4% Singer-songwriter
87 Heavenly 69k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
88 Babyface 69k 38.4 52.8% Singer-songwriter
89 Nephew 68k 39.3 60.3% Singer-songwriter
90 Michael Bolton 68k 42.9 57.5% Singer-songwriter
91 Hyphen 67k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
92 HARBOUR 64k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
93 Tracy Chapman 64k 34.6 50.5% Singer-songwriter
94 Roberto Carlos (singer) 63k 49.0 71.6% Singer-songwriter
95 Florist 63k Singer-songwriter
96 DEAD! 63k Singer-songwriter
97 Anthony Hamilton (musician) 62k 38.2 60.7% Singer-songwriter
98 Meghan Trainor 62k 31.8 57.7% Singer-songwriter
99 bleood 62k 35.0 52.6% Singer-songwriter
100 Nicki Nicole 62k 28.4 53.0% 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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