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
76 Christiane Amanpour 14k 44.9 57.7% TV personality
77 Jonathan Ross 14k 39.0 47.4% TV personality
78 Olivia Culpo 14k 38.5 66.7% TV personality
79 Paula White 14k 39.3 67.8% TV personality
80 Holly Willoughby 14k 42.8 64.7% TV personality
81 Rachel Maddow 13k 39.9 100.0% TV personality
82 Motsi Mabuse 13k 39.2 72.9% TV personality
83 Mathew Knowles 13k 35.0 38.5% TV personality
84 Tami Roman 13k 28.2 100.0% TV personality
85 Katie Piper 12k 42.4 86.2% TV personality
86 Kimberly Guilfoyle 12k 49.5 49.8% TV personality
87 Vicky Pattison 12k 40.4 72.1% TV personality
88 Gayle King 12k 38.2 55.7% TV personality
89 Jamie Chung 12k 23.4 45.1% TV personality
90 Carl Sagan 12k 42.9 27.0% TV personality
91 Drew Scott 12k 47.4 100.0% TV personality
92 Kim Zolciak 12k 42.2 89.6% TV personality
93 Louis Theroux 11k 40.3 0.0% TV personality
94 George Clarke (architect) 11k 45.9 79.8% TV personality
95 Joanna Gaines 11k 43.5 94.6% TV personality
96 Phaedra Parks 11k 36.1 92.1% TV personality
97 Rachel Riley 11k 33.2 17.7% TV personality
98 Lady Colin Campbell 11k 43.2 70.7% TV personality
99 Rachael Ray 10k 39.6 70.7% TV personality
100 Mark Levin 10k 45.5 51.4% 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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