Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 49 most popular Surfing in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 49 largest surfing in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. World Surf League, Jordy Smith and Wavelength Magazine lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 104k people. Across all 49 entries the average audience size is 3.6k, and the largest, World Surf League, reaches around 66k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each surfing, 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 49, 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 Surfer (magazine) 319 37.0 40.8% Surfing
27 Maya Gabeira 288 33.4 60.8% Surfing
28 Tyler Wright 275 27.5 81.3% Surfing
29 Sally Fitzgibbons 257 25.4 54.2% Surfing
30 Bruce Irons (surfer) 250 24.7 33.0% Surfing
31 Mark Occhilupo 205 25.2 39.5% Surfing
32 Coco Ho 197 27.9 31.8% Surfing
33 Dane Reynolds 160 26.5 32.7% Surfing
34 Triple Crown of Surfing 157 31.5 40.1% Surfing
35 The Surfer's Journal 149 38.4 58.7% Surfing
36 Mark Foo 144 38.6 42.5% Surfing
37 Michael Ho 144 38.6 42.5% Surfing
38 owen wright 141 41.3 45.2% Surfing
39 Courtney Conlogue 134 39.8 43.1% Surfing
40 US Open of Surfing 130 36.5 47.9% Surfing
41 Surfing World Magazine 121 37.3 41.0% Surfing
42 Surf Session Magazine 118 35.1 47.1% Surfing
43 Joel Parkinson 109 25.4 37.2% Surfing
44 Adriano De Souza 108 34.8 29.8% Surfing
45 Taj Burrow 103 26.5 32.9% Surfing
46 Sage Erickson 91 29.9 58.6% Surfing
47 Billabong Pipeline Masters 86 27.7 30.3% Surfing
48 Michel Bourez 78 29.1 51.9% Surfing
49 Kolohe Andino 66 21.4 56.2% Surfing

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular surfing compiled?

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

World Surf League currently leads with an estimated audience of 66k people in South Africa.

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