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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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
51 PGA European Tour 218k 39.2 26.8% Golf
52 Barcelona Open (tennis) 209k 47.3 45.8% Tennis
53 Davis Cup 204k 36.5 52.6% Tennis
54 NBA playoffs 200k 27.7 31.3% Basketball
55 US Open (tennis) 199k 35.6 50.4% Tennis
56 NHL 196k 35.7 30.0% Ice hockey
57 Tour de France 195k 40.0 28.1% Cycling
58 The Open Championship 195k 38.9 29.8% Golf
59 IAAF World Championships in Athletics 184k 35.9 44.5% Track and field
60 Top 14 183k 33.3 22.7% Rugby
61 Superleague Greece 181k 31.8 11.3% Soccer
62 Currie Cup 179k 42.8 23.2% Rugby
63 WWE SmackDown 178k 32.2 17.7% Wrestling
64 Miss South Africa 176k 34.7 79.0%
65 Miss Universe 173k 34.9 71.2%
66 American League 167k 42.7 61.7% Baseball
67 Smash (tennis) 163k 35.7 46.3% Tennis
68 Emmy Award 162k 40.2 49.6% Award
69 Ultra Music Festival 157k 30.3 40.0% Music festival
70 The Tour Championship 156k 46.1 21.6% Golf
71 Super Bowl 148k 29.3 38.3% American football
72 WrestleMania 136k 32.8 15.6% Wrestling
73 Asia Cup 133k 27.2 9.6%
74 Royal Rumble 132k 34.8 25.1% Wrestling
75 Parkrun 131k 40.7 57.5%

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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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