Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 25 most popular Video Game Developers in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 25 largest video game developers in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Nintendo, Rockstar Games and Activision lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 248k people. Across all 25 entries the average audience size is 17k, and the largest, Nintendo, reaches around 153k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each video game developer, 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 25, 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 Nintendo 153k 31.7 38.7% Video game developer
2 Rockstar Games 54k 28.5 24.7% Video game developer
3 Activision 41k 37.6 49.2% Video game developer
4 Ubisoft 40k 30.3 37.4% Video game developer
5 Electronic Arts 33k 29.8 19.6% Video game developer
6 Sega 19k 31.6 35.7% Video game developer
7 GameStop 17k 34.4 38.3% Video game developer
8 2K Games 11k 29.1 50.2% Video game developer
9 Nexon 10k 34.8 42.3% Video game developer
10 Square Enix 10k 37.8 57.2% Video game developer
11 Capcom 7.7k 32.2 43.3% Video game developer
12 Atari 7.7k 38.5 33.2% Video game developer
13 Bethesda Softworks 4.7k 34.3 31.9% Video game developer
14 Bandai Namco 3.5k 32.7 37.1% Video game developer
15 Bandai Namco Games 829 31.2 54.6% Video game developer
16 THQ 769 33.8 30.9% Video game developer
17 Devolver Digital 672 37.0 45.1% Video game developer
18 Cygames 586 29.6 36.2% Video game developer
19 Dontnod Entertainment 406 29.3 19.9% Video game developer
20 Art Co., Ltd 368 43.2 58.8% Video game developer
21 Bethesda Game Studios 300 28.8 11.0% Video game developer
22 GameStar 146 29.1 38.0% Video game developer
23 Sony Computer Entertainment 144 31.6 52.6% Video game developer
24 Nippon Ichi Software 73 31.0 16.2% Video game developer
25 Webzen Games 44 24.1 51.1% Video game developer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular video game developers compiled?

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

Nintendo currently leads with an estimated audience of 153k people in South Africa.

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