Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Video / Board Games in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest video / board games in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.9k video / board games tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ultimate Fighting Championship (video game), Cars (video game) and Fuel (video game) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 179k, and the largest, Ultimate Fighting Championship (video game), reaches around 2.4M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each video / board game, 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 Unicorn (Dungeons & Dragons) 116k 38.6 46.0%
52 Slime (Dragon Quest) 115k 47.8 84.9%
53 grand theft auto 108k 23.2 11.0% Video game
54 South Park (video game) 108k 42.1 29.3%
55 Call of Duty 102k 29.6 33.8% Shooter
56 Unibet 100k 35.2 45.4% Gambling
57 Illuminati (game) 99k 29.7 12.5% Card game
58 Mortal Kombat (2011 video game) 99k 29.0 25.7% Video game
59 Runes of Magic 96k 33.9 35.3% Video game
60 Resistance (series) 95k 38.2 52.6%
61 Worms (series) 89k 47.6 62.9%
62 FIFA 14 89k 34.4 45.8% Soccer
63 The King of Fighters 89k 39.8 0.0%
64 Rust 88k 42.2 54.5%
65 Spyro (series) 88k 28.5 32.4%
66 The Punisher (2005 video game) 86k
67 Mother (video game) 85k 20.5 70.9%
68 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 84k 28.0 38.8% Open world game
69 Spider-Man 2 (video game) 84k 45.1 28.5% Video game
70 Bubble Shooter 82k 39.6 67.3% Video game
71 Tetris (Game Boy) 79k 27.3 45.9%
72 Mario (franchise) 77k 37.0 46.4%
73 Halo (series) 77k 38.2 54.5% Shooter
74 Subway Surfers 76k 32.3 43.9% Video game
75 Delta Force (video game) 76k

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular video / board games compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each video / board game 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 video / board game in South Africa?

Ultimate Fighting Championship (video game) currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.4M people in South Africa.

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