Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Video Games in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest video games in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.7k video games tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Breaking news, Rings of Saturn and Housekeeping lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 127k, and the largest, Breaking news, reaches around 2.3M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each video game, 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 Breaking news 2.3M 38.6 49.4% Video game
2 Rings of Saturn 1M 36.2 60.0% Video game
3 Housekeeping 718k 37.9 70.6% Video game
4 Private Eye 349k 44.6 48.6% Video game
5 Motorcycle club 334k 39.4 21.6% Video game
6 High fidelity 321k 38.3 31.8% Video game
7 EA Sports FC 293k 28.7 11.2% Video game
8 UFL 264k 24.6 8.2% Video game
9 Scrapbooking 255k 37.4 70.5% Video game
10 1080p 247k 33.4 44.8% Video game
11 Roblox 242k 33.1 45.8% Video game
12 Blackjack 222k 36.7 54.2% Video game
13 Grand Theft Auto VI 196k 22.3 5.5% Video game
14 Texting 185k 33.2 52.0% Video game
15 World of Warcraft 178k 28.8 39.9% Video game
16 Dota 2 175k 28.9 37.2% Video game
17 FIFA 23 174k 29.1 22.0% Video game
18 Landline 165k 36.9 51.1% Video game
19 Summer camp 149k 37.3 59.6% Video game
20 Balloon 133k 36.5 84.1% Video game
21 Beetlejuice 125k 40.6 63.9% Video game
22 Fable (video game series) 122k 37.6 35.6% Video game
23 Flashlight 121k 42.5 25.7% Video game
24 Pocket watch 112k 38.1 48.0% Video game
25 grand theft auto 108k 23.2 11.0% Video game

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular video games compiled?

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

Breaking news currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.3M people in South Africa.

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