Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Persons in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest persons in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 42k persons tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. S.A.R.S., Pep's and Victoria & Alfred Waterfront lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 11M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 564k, and the largest, S.A.R.S., reaches around 7.7M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each person, 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
1 S.A.R.S. 7.7M 37.6 52.7% Singer-songwriter
2 Pep's 2M 31.7 71.3% Composer
3 Victoria & Alfred Waterfront 1.8M 36.5 64.4%
4 Red Velvet (band) 1.1M 26.5 71.5% Band
5 Cristiano Ronaldo 1.1M 32.7 26.6% Soccer
6 Carlos Alcaraz 1.1M 34.8 38.0% Tennis
7 Shelf Lives 995k 37.7 69.3% Singer-songwriter
8 Nasty 994k 29.7 32.4% Punk
9 Lamine Yamal 894k 31.6 23.6% Soccer
10 Fastway 862k 0.0 0.0% Rock
11 Pedro 832k 30.7 22.6% Soccer
12 Jannik Sinner 829k 36.2 38.9% Tennis
13 Julius Malema 772k 37.9 37.6% Politician
14 XXXTentacion 692k 28.5 43.1% Hip hop
15 Rhianna (singer) 688k R&B
16 Nelson Mandela 660k 37.4 48.0% Politician
17 Max Verstappen 654k 35.1 33.3% Motorsport
18 G.E.M. 639k 36.8 49.0% Singer-songwriter
19 Diane Keaton 613k 52.3 83.9% Actor Actress or TV Star
20 Coco Gauff 601k 36.4 41.6% Tennis
21 Greyhounds 579k 44.7 53.1% Blues
22 Novak Djokovic 577k 32.4 45.2% Tennis
23 Sydney Sweeney 563k 36.0 51.1% Actor Actress or TV Star
24 John Cena 555k 31.3 27.4% Wrestling
25 MC Alger 551k 38.2 23.4% Soccer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular persons compiled?

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

S.A.R.S. currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.7M people in South Africa.

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