Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 80 most popular Topics in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 80 largest topics in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 22k topics tracked in South Africa, the 80 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Arsenal, Afrikaans and Beauty lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 17M people. Across all 80 entries the average audience size is 3.1M, and the largest, Arsenal, reaches around 6.3M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each topic, 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 80, 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 Photograph 2.7M 36.9 52.1%
52 Motor vehicle 2.7M 37.3 40.6%
53 Crafts 2.7M 38.2 57.0%
54 Learning 2.7M 36.9 59.4%
55 Health care 2.7M 39.0 59.4%
56 Weddings 2.7M 37.9 65.3%
57 Happiness 2.7M 37.1 59.5%
58 Printing 2.7M 37.1 54.2%
59 Motivation 2.7M 36.7 54.8%
60 Humour 2.7M 35.3 50.0% Literary genre
61 Employment 2.7M 36.9 55.1%
62 Wine 2.7M 38.8 57.9%
63 Small business 2.7M 37.4 52.9%
64 Student 2.7M 35.6 55.5%
65 Telecommunication 2.7M 36.9 50.2%
66 Philosophy 2.6M 35.9 56.9% Field of study
67 Home Appliances 2.6M 39.2 56.6%
68 Economics 2.6M 37.9 50.6% Field of study
69 School 2.6M 36.8 60.0% Education
70 Communication 2.6M 36.9 52.2%
71 Beer 2.6M 37.6 51.7% Alcohol
72 SUVs 2.6M 39.1 42.7% Car type
73 Medicine 2.6M 38.3 60.9% Field of study
74 Law 2.6M 38.5 52.0%
75 Rhythm and blues music 2.6M 34.8 50.3% Musical genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular topics compiled?

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

Arsenal currently leads with an estimated audience of 6.3M people in South Africa.

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