Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 68 most popular Winter Sports in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 68 largest winter sports in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Winter Olympic Games, Desi Johnson and Femke Kok lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 85k people. Across all 68 entries the average audience size is 1.5k, and the largest, Winter Olympic Games, reaches around 78k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each winter sports, 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 68, 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 Winter Olympic Games 78k 38.1 39.1% Winter sports
2 Desi Johnson 5.4k 32.8 29.2% Winter sports
3 Femke Kok 2.4k 37.8 39.6% Winter sports
4 Gus Kenworthy 2.3k 39.5 42.5% Winter sports
5 Jordan Stolz 1.2k 37.8 39.6% Winter sports
6 Franjo von Allmen 1k 37.1 41.8% Winter sports
7 Tanner Hall 972 39.6 53.4% Winter sports
8 Marco Odermatt 959 40.1 40.6% Winter sports
9 Francesca Lollobrigida 757 37.8 39.6% Winter sports
10 Arianna Fontana 611 44.7 29.2% Winter sports
11 Emma Aicher 600 38.8 44.2% Winter sports
12 Ski Austria 594 37.4 40.3% Winter sports
13 Matt Weston 455 37.8 45.2% Winter sports
14 Julia Taubitz 391 40.1 39.7% Winter sports
15 Nika Prevc 334 34.1 36.2% Winter sports
16 Loïc Meillard 322 36.0 44.5% Winter sports
17 Frida Karlsson 273 39.4 36.3% Winter sports
18 Benjamin Karl 267 36.6 45.4% Winter sports
19 Johannes Klæbo 250 38.9 40.7% Winter sports
20 Jonna Sundling 198 Winter sports
21 Domen Prevc 155 35.7 42.2% Winter sports
22 Vincent Kriechmayr 144 38.8 44.6% Winter sports
23 Anna Veith 137 41.0 41.3% Winter sports
24 Einar Hedegart 137 30.1 21.8% Winter sports
25 Ebba Andersson 132 Winter sports

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular winter sports compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each winter sports 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 winter sports in South Africa?

Winter Olympic Games currently leads with an estimated audience of 78k people in South Africa.

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