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
26 Mork & Mindy 2.8k 50.6 28.3% Sitcom
27 Yes, Dear 2.8k 48.9 56.6% Sitcom
28 How to Rock 2.7k 46.5 52.8% Sitcom
29 Bosom Buddies 1.8k 50.1 100.0% Sitcom
30 The Young Ones (TV series) 1.8k 40.6 34.6% Sitcom
31 The Beverly Hillbillies 1.8k 53.2 53.7% Sitcom
32 The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1.6k 41.2 84.5% Sitcom
33 Open All Hours 1.3k 46.5 48.6% Sitcom
34 Welcome Back, Kotter 1.3k 45.7 65.6% Sitcom
35 Last of the Summer Wine 1k 31.9 88.4% Sitcom
36 Undeclared 810 30.8 34.4% Sitcom
37 Tyler Perry's House of Payne 789 32.4 66.5% Sitcom
38 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 775 46.8 47.1% Sitcom
39 Mission Hill 596 26.3 45.4% Sitcom
40 My Three Sons 554 54.3 43.5% Sitcom
41 Petticoat Junction 404 53.2 77.3% Sitcom
42 Amrutham (Telugu serial) 83 29.1 33.2% Sitcom
43 Notes from the Underbelly 76 25.3 85.2% Sitcom
44 O sa mirë 8 29.6 15.8% 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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