Rascasse Audience Intelligence

TV reality shows Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about TV reality shows in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. TV reality shows has an estimated audience of 2,351,665 people in South Africa.

#157among Topic in South Africa
#14in Movies & TV

TV reality shows has an estimated audience of 2,351,665 people in South Africa. 55.3% are female, 44.7% are male, average age 36.5. Top brand affinities: Simon Cowell, Andrew Garfield, Ella Mai, viki, Are You The One?.

Top brand affinities include Simon Cowell, Andrew Garfield, Ella Mai, with strongest over-indexing on Simon Cowell (1.51× the country average).

Demographically, the TV reality shows audience skews more female with an average age of 36.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Travelling.

The typical TV reality shows fan in South Africa is more female, around 36.5 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for Simon Cowell.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: Topic

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the TV reality shows profile in South Africa.

Audience size
2.4M
in South Africa
Gender
55.3%
44.7% male
Age
36.5
average years
Country rank
#241
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-64%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of TV reality shows fans

55.3% are female, 44.7% are male, average age 36.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

55.3%
Female
44.7%
Male
Demographic split for TV reality shows audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female55.3%
Male44.7%
Average age36.5
Estimated audience size2,351,665
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.5
average years
Age distribution of the TV reality shows audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1924%
20-2926%
30-3919%
40-4912%
50+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide TV reality shows audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for TV reality shows
CountryShare
United States24.3%
India5.2%
United Kingdom4.5%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the TV reality shows audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for TV reality shows audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Cathy DennisMusic & Radio1.99×
02The Voice of GermanyMovies & TV1.96×
03Star AcademyMovies & TV1.82×
04Andrew GarfieldMovies & TV1.81×
05Ben PlattMusic & Radio1.81×
06AGT AuditionsEvent1.71×
07Are You The One?Movies & TV1.68×
08Nadja abd el FarragMovies & TV1.68×
09The X Factor (UK TV series)Movies & TV1.63×
10Australia's Got TalentMovies & TV1.61×
11America’s Got Talent LiveMovies & TV1.61×
12Pop IdolMovies & TV1.60×
13Kathryn BigelowMovies & TV1.57×
14Keeping up with the KardashianMovies & TV1.55×
15Ella MaiMusic & Radio1.52×
16vikiMovies & TV1.52×
17Simon CowellMovies & TV1.51×
18Quan (rapper)Music & Radio1.51×
19JWowwMovies & TV1.51×
20John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsArts & Culture1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the TV reality shows audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by TV reality shows audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.90×
TravellingTHRILL0.79×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.73×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by TV reality shows audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.58×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.63×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.73×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in South Africa who actively search for TV reality shows. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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