Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular TV Personalities in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv personalities in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 820 tv personalities tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and Oprah Winfrey lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 847k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 41k, and the largest, Kim Kardashian, reaches around 434k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each tv personality, 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 100, 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 Kim Kardashian 434k 30.6 80.0% TV personality
2 Kylie Jenner 256k 30.2 77.5% TV personality
3 Oprah Winfrey 157k 37.4 69.2% TV personality
4 Sharon Osbourne 150k 47.4 77.7% TV personality
5 Kris Jenner 127k 29.9 68.7% TV personality
6 Steve Harvey 126k 34.2 57.7% TV personality
7 Bonang Matheba 126k 33.2 67.9% TV personality
8 Simon Cowell 110k 38.2 50.3% TV personality
9 Jimmy Kimmel 101k 34.5 49.0% TV personality
10 Jeremy Clarkson 96k 37.8 16.7% TV personality
11 JoJo Siwa 94k 34.6 78.5% TV personality
12 ellen degeneres 85k 36.5 65.4% TV personality
13 Khloé Kardashian 72k 29.1 76.2% TV personality
14 Piers Morgan 64k 39.9 13.1% TV personality
15 Jerry Springer 57k 40.3 37.9% TV personality
16 Tucker Carlson 57k 45.4 20.4% TV personality
17 Olivia Munn 57k 40.1 64.7% TV personality
18 Hunter Schafer 56k 33.9 69.4% TV personality
19 John Stossel 55k 49.2 31.3% TV personality
20 Ben Shapiro 53k 42.5 47.5% TV personality
21 Wendy Williams 50k 34.8 74.6% TV personality
22 Stephen Colbert 48k 45.5 69.4% TV personality
23 Bob Ross 45k 39.7 62.1% TV personality
24 Steve Irwin 44k 36.8 53.4% TV personality
25 Maria Shriver 44k 51.6 77.7% TV personality

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular tv personalities compiled?

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

Kim Kardashian currently leads with an estimated audience of 434k people in South Africa.

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