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
51 Ariana Grande 395k 29.2 64.8% Pop
52 Sabrina Carpenter 393k 39.9 55.4% Pop
53 G.E.M. (singer) 392k 39.1 28.4% Singer-songwriter
54 Diddy 390k 33.7 35.3% Hip hop
55 Citizen 389k 38.2 50.2% Singer-songwriter
56 Chris Brown 389k 28.7 49.2% Hip hop
57 Fabrizio Romano 385k 34.5 36.5% Soccer
58 Nicki Minaj 384k 29.2 55.2% Hip hop
59 Alexander Isak 379k 33.4 27.7% Soccer
60 Robert Redford 374k 52.7 62.2% Actor Actress or TV Star
61 Lando Norris 374k 36.5 30.4% Motorsport
62 Michelle Trachtenberg 371k 34.2 32.3% Actor Actress or TV Star
63 Neymar 360k 31.3 27.2% Soccer
64 Marcus Rashford 358k 33.2 29.5% Soccer
65 Ash (band) 356k
66 Rachel's 354k 44.3 83.9% Band
67 Travis Scott 347k 27.7 42.5% Hip hop
68 Tyler Perry 344k 34.8 72.6% Actor Actress or TV Star
69 Bruce Willis 335k 36.6 45.3% Actor Actress or TV Star
70 Cardi B 330k 28.8 56.1% Hip hop
71 Mohamed Salah 328k 34.0 27.9% Soccer
72 Uncle Waffles 327k
73 Billie Eilish 327k 27.9 64.5% Singer-songwriter
74 GloRilla 320k 29.6 61.9% Singer-songwriter
75 Jackie Chan 318k 35.4 37.6% Actor Actress or TV Star

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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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