Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 44 most popular Sitcoms in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 44 largest sitcoms in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Mr. D, American Housewife and Blackish lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 741k people. Across all 44 entries the average audience size is 25k, and the largest, Mr. D, reaches around 601k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each sitcom, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 44, 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 Mr. D 601k 45.9 64.4% Sitcom
2 American Housewife 74k 39.5 92.2% Sitcom
3 Blackish 66k 39.7 49.3% Sitcom
4 The Ranch (TV series) 58k 47.8 57.7% Sitcom
5 Girlfriends 45k 36.0 75.5% Sitcom
6 Schitt's Creek 45k 33.3 65.5% Sitcom
7 Kickin' It 32k 32.7 56.7% Sitcom
8 Good Place 27k 44.0 68.7% Sitcom
9 Mind Your Language 19k 27.4 19.4% Sitcom
10 Raising Hope 13k 33.2 100.0% Sitcom
11 threes company 12k 47.5 67.4% Sitcom
12 WandaVision 10k 39.4 42.8% Sitcom
13 Green Acres 9.6k 50.5 73.1% Sitcom
14 A.N.T. Farm 8.8k 21.1 70.2% Sitcom
15 sanford son 8.7k 44.3 28.9% Sitcom
16 The Bernie Mac Show 7.7k 38.8 26.5% Sitcom
17 Peep Show (TV series) 6.9k 44.5 47.0% Sitcom
18 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 6.6k 35.4 72.1% Sitcom
19 Tabitha (TV series) 6.2k 50.3 72.7% Sitcom
20 The Thin Blue Line (TV series) 5.3k 49.6 49.3% Sitcom
21 It's About Time (TV series) 5.1k 49.7 29.9% Sitcom
22 The Parkers 4.7k 43.2 75.1% Sitcom
23 Mad About You 3.8k 28.8 100.0% Sitcom
24 The New Normal 3.1k 42.7 45.7% Sitcom
25 Doctor Doctor (1989 TV series) 3k 43.0 100.0% Sitcom

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sitcoms compiled?

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

Mr. D currently leads with an estimated audience of 601k people in South Africa.

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