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
76 Asia Cup 129k 25.7 40.7%
77 Basketball Bundesliga 128k 41.4 53.0% Basketball
78 Ryder Cup 127k 37.3 42.0% Golf
79 Diwali 125k 42.5 80.9%
80 WNBA 125k 30.2 51.4% Basketball
81 Mainfest 121k 39.9 45.7% Volksfest
82 Copa del Rey 120k 34.1 42.5% Soccer
83 Swiss Super League 119k 26.3 0.0% Soccer
84 Ramadan (calendar month) 118k 41.4 55.2%
85 Dakar Rally 118k 40.7 24.8% Motorsport
86 UEFA Nations League 116k 29.6 23.4% Soccer
87 English Premiership (rugby union) 114k 38.8 45.8% Rugby
88 FIFA World Cup 2026 113k 33.8 40.4% Soccer
89 Roland Garros 107k 43.8 43.1% Tennis
90 Pentecost 106k 39.3 60.9%
91 Shanghai Masters (tennis) 105k 21.7 51.1% Tennis
92 NASCAR 104k 36.6 29.0% Motorsport
93 Serbian SuperLiga 101k 26.2 70.2%
94 Eid al-Fitr 101k 37.0 61.7%
95 Tie (draw) 100k 46.2 49.6%
96 UEFA European Championship 99k 32.5 31.1% Soccer
97 Cannes Film Festival 97k 34.7 50.9% Film festival
98 Ultra Music 95k 31.1 48.1% Music festival
99 Eredivisie 93k 35.4 41.0% Soccer
100 Indian Wells Masters 92k 48.0 48.0%

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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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