Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Events in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest events in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 3.1k events tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. FIFA World Cup, Premier League and Australian Open (golf) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 417k, and the largest, FIFA World Cup, reaches around 3.5M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each event, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

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 Serie A 432k 32.5 32.0% Soccer
27 MOTO GP (INDONESIA) 394k 28.1 0.0% Motorsport
28 National Rugby League 371k 36.8 47.7% Rugby
29 Ballon d'Or (1956–2009) 356k Soccer
30 Major League Soccer 319k 33.1 32.9% Soccer
31 MotoGP 314k 37.8 20.7% Motorsport
32 MLB 311k 31.9 38.6% Baseball
33 Indian Premier League 308k 38.3 37.9% Cricket
34 FA Cup 304k 34.8 40.6% Soccer
35 FIFA U-20 World Cup 300k 32.6 50.2% Soccer
36 The Championships, Wimbledon 298k 37.3 41.7% Tennis
37 Six Nations Championship 293k 37.8 52.6% Rugby
38 CAF Champions League 283k 34.7 11.1%
39 Pakistan Super League 278k 36.4 13.0%
40 Masters Tournament 266k 39.2 28.5% Golf
41 Grammy Award 259k 37.9 50.2% Award
42 Cricket World Cup 256k 38.2 34.8% Cricket
43 Golden Globe Award 250k 37.1 59.4% Award
44 Chinese Super League 248k 35.8 0.0% Soccer
45 ATP World Tour Finals 240k 48.0 24.6% Tennis
46 NBA Finals 231k 27.9 32.2% Basketball
47 Primeira Liga 229k 35.1 23.3%
48 Ligue 1 224k 32.3 30.8% Soccer
49 Australian Open 224k 40.8 39.4% Tennis
50 PGA Championship 219k 38.5 27.5% Golf

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular events compiled?

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

FIFA World Cup currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.5M people in South Africa.

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