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
26 Jacob Zuma 547k 40.9 37.8% Politician
27 Ana de Armas 544k 45.5 0.0% Actor Actress or TV Star
28 Kylian Mbappé 527k 32.4 27.6% Soccer
29 Lewis Hamilton 525k 35.2 26.7% Motorsport
30 Michael Jackson 518k 37.2 72.4% Pop
31 Rihanna 517k 30.5 61.4% R&B
32 Benjamin Netanyahu 506k 47.1 54.2% Politician
33 Taylor Swift 496k 33.5 59.5% Pop
34 Karl Lagerfeld 488k 35.5 64.9% Fashion designer
35 Tyla 483k 27.9 55.5% Singer-songwriter
36 Lionel Messi 481k 32.3 24.3% Soccer
37 Drake 470k 28.9 44.9% Hip hop
38 Val Kilmer 469k 50.1 42.4% Actor Actress or TV Star
39 Elon Musk 464k 40.4 36.9% Entrepreneur
40 Flo Rida 463k 33.6 49.4% Singer-songwriter
41 Jenna Ortega 460k 39.3 70.7% Actor Actress or TV Star
42 Rory McIlroy 437k 38.2 25.5% Golf
43 Kim Kardashian 434k 30.6 80.0% TV personality
44 Raf (singer) 432k Singer-songwriter
45 Phoenix 432k
46 Aryna Sabalenka 428k 34.9 38.5% Tennis
47 Chuck Norris 423k 25.3 0.0% Actor Actress or TV Star
48 Justin Bieber 419k 31.7 63.2% Pop
49 Pope Francis 418k 41.3 58.6% Pope
50 Jude Bellingham 410k 28.6 14.7% 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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