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
51 Omar Lye-Fook 285 42.8 39.3% Soul
52 Nils Landgren Funk Unit 273 49.0 45.8% Soul
53 Liv Warfield 259 35.7 46.0% Soul
54 Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio 235 41.8 66.6% Soul
55 The Budos Band 195 49.6 40.8% Soul
56 Son Little 194 37.3 54.1% Soul
57 Kim Weston 155 44.0 59.3% Soul
58 Turkuaz 141 43.6 43.6% Soul
59 Lee Fields 128 39.3 53.5% Soul
60 The Suffers 126 43.1 48.3% Soul
61 Mel Brown 111 35.7 51.5% Soul
62 JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound 109 48.0 45.0% Soul
63 Jr. Walker & the All Stars 106 42.0 61.2% Soul
64 Fred Wesley 102 35.7 51.5% Soul
65 The Allergies 102 35.7 51.5% Soul
66 The Motet 84 43.5 53.1% Soul
67 Marv Johnson 75 54.2 56.2% Soul
68 George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars 67 41.4 36.8% Soul
69 Brother Strut 60 35.7 51.5% Soul
70 Los Tetas 41 39.2 58.1% Soul
71 The Pimps of Joytime 40 46.4 43.4% Soul
72 Big Sam’s Funky Nation 21 39.2 58.1% Soul
73 Choker Campbell 21 39.2 58.1% Soul
74 The Floozies 19 38.2 55.4% 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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