Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Teams in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest teams in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 3.5k teams tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Kaizer Chiefs F.C., Orlando Pirates and Manchester United F.C. lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 24M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 847k, and the largest, Kaizer Chiefs F.C., reaches around 10M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each team, 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 Kaizer Chiefs F.C. 10M 36.7 45.7% Soccer
2 Orlando Pirates 7.8M 35.2 49.7% Soccer
3 Manchester United F.C. 6.6M 33.8 30.2% Soccer
4 Manchester City F.C. 4.9M 32.2 24.7% Soccer
5 Real Madrid C.F. 4.2M 32.4 28.9% Soccer
6 Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. 2.4M 36.7 36.5% Soccer
7 Springboks 2.4M 39.1 39.9%
8 FC Barcelona 2.3M 33.2 27.3% Soccer
9 Springbok 2.3M 39.4 40.0%
10 Girona FC 1.9M 43.5 33.4% Soccer
11 Al Nassr FC 1.9M 30.6 7.6% Soccer
12 Soccer-Laduma 1.7M 36.8 10.0%
13 Paris Saint-Germain 1.6M 29.1 16.0% Soccer
14 FC Bayern Munich 1.4M 31.5 23.3% Soccer
15 Liverpool F.C. 1.3M 33.8 27.3% Soccer
16 Inter Milan 1.2M 30.9 22.6% Soccer
17 South Africa national cricket team 1M 38.2 49.2% Cricket
18 Chelsea F.C. 854k 33.5 30.0% Soccer
19 A.C. Milan 814k 31.5 24.9% Soccer
20 Arsenal F.C. 788k 33.5 30.1% Soccer
21 Atlético Madrid 786k 31.5 18.8% Soccer
22 Al-Jazira 781k 35.5 63.4% Soccer
23 Aston Villa F.C. 776k 34.2 44.3% Soccer
24 Stormers 776k 39.1 50.0%
25 South Australia cricket team 614k 24.7 3.2% Cricket

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular teams compiled?

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

Kaizer Chiefs F.C. currently leads with an estimated audience of 10M people in South Africa.

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