Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 74 most popular Souls in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 74 largest souls in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. The Time, Prince (musician) and Lionel Richie lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 447k people. Across all 74 entries the average audience size is 17k, and the largest, The Time, reaches around 232k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each soul, 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 74, 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 The Time 232k 44.8 57.2% Soul
2 Prince (musician) 109k 32.9 49.9% Soul
3 Lionel Richie 106k 41.2 61.0% Soul
4 Barry White 96k 51.3 59.2% Soul
5 Stevie Wonder 78k 37.1 55.3% Soul
6 Diana Ross 72k 33.5 65.1% Soul
7 Erykah Badu 68k 30.5 63.4% Soul
8 Moonchild 60k 33.2 33.1% Soul
9 Aretha Franklin 59k 34.6 57.8% Soul
10 Ray Charles 55k 50.3 50.2% Soul
11 Marvin Gaye 50k 35.7 61.4% Soul
12 James Brown 41k 40.2 58.5% Soul
13 Rare Earth 35k 47.7 40.1% Soul
14 Chaka Khan 31k 42.0 46.5% Soul
15 Janelle Monáe 25k 28.2 57.5% Soul
16 High Fade 24k 40.2 52.9% Soul
17 Ari Lennox 14k 27.4 57.6% Soul
18 Solange 13k 30.2 63.6% Soul
19 Otis Redding 8.1k 34.9 63.4% Soul
20 The Internet 6.5k 28.8 51.0% Soul
21 Bilal 5.9k 29.4 17.8% Soul
22 Aloe Blacc 5.6k 32.9 45.3% Soul
23 Corinne Bailey Rae 5.1k 34.4 47.2% Soul
24 George Clinton (musician) 4.9k 50.1 44.3% Soul
25 Durand Bernarr 4.5k 35.6 48.9% Soul

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular souls compiled?

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

The Time currently leads with an estimated audience of 232k people in South Africa.

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