Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular TV Series in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv series in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2k tv series tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Sportscene, Gold rush and Motorcycles lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 239k, and the largest, Sportscene, reaches around 1.5M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each tv series, 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
26 Muvhango 240k 34.5 72.6% TV series
27 What's Happening!! 238k 45.9 71.9% TV series
28 PAW Patrol 228k 32.3 71.5% TV series
29 Sex education 224k 26.6 19.0% TV series
30 Kings (U.S. TV series) 223k 33.5 38.4% TV series
31 Teen drama 218k 35.6 68.0% TV series
32 One Piece 217k 27.8 39.3% TV series
33 5G 207k 35.5 46.3% TV series
34 7de Laan 204k 41.8 62.2% TV series
35 E! News 194k 34.5 77.5% TV series
36 Roots (TV miniseries) 192k 43.6 55.3% TV series
37 Wedding Planners 191k 36.8 87.4% TV series
38 Peaky Blinders (TV series) 190k 35.0 50.7% TV series
39 Young Sheldon 184k 38.2 72.6% TV series
40 The Pitt 182k 37.8 69.4% TV series
41 Yellowjackets 178k 45.4 50.3% TV series
42 Shameless (U.S. TV series) 178k 33.4 50.5% TV series
43 Sunday Brunch 175k 38.4 67.4% TV series
44 Matlock (TV series) 171k 53.1 51.3% TV series
45 Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series) 170k 41.4 71.0% TV series
46 Dexter (TV series) 168k 34.3 50.0% TV series
47 Summer Time 160k 38.5 56.0% TV series
48 Peacemaker 158k 44.6 29.7% TV series
49 Prison Break 157k 34.5 41.0% TV series
50 The White Lotus 152k 38.0 58.3% TV series

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Frequently asked questions

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

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

Sportscene currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.5M people in South Africa.

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