Rascasse Audience Intelligence

UEFA Champions League Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about UEFA Champions League in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. UEFA Champions League has an estimated audience of 2,080,888 people in South Africa.

#11among Soccer in South Africa
#4among Event in South Africa
#24in Sports

UEFA Champions League has an estimated audience of 2,080,888 people in South Africa. 31.0% are female, 69.0% are male, average age 33.9. Top brand affinities: Manchester City F.C., Manchester United F.C., Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs F.C., Sofascore.

Top brand affinities include Manchester City F.C., Manchester United F.C., Orlando Pirates, with strongest over-indexing on Manchester City F.C. (3.33× the country average).

Demographically, the UEFA Champions League audience skews more male with an average age of 33.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Travelling.

The typical UEFA Champions League fan in South Africa is more male, around 33.9 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Manchester City F.C..

Category: Sports · Type: Event · Subtype: Soccer

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 UEFA Champions League profile in South Africa.

Audience size
2.1M
in South Africa
Gender
31.0%
69.0% male
Age
33.9
average years
Country rank
#298
Event in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+3%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of UEFA Champions League fans

31.0% are female, 69.0% are male, average age 33.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

31.0%
Female
69.0%
Male
Demographic split for UEFA Champions League audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female31.0%
Male69.0%
Average age33.9
Estimated audience size2,080,888
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 33.9
average years
Age distribution of the UEFA Champions League audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1931%
20-2928%
30-3918%
40-499%
50+15%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide UEFA Champions League audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for UEFA Champions League
CountryShare
United States8.8%
Italy7.7%
Brazil7.2%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the UEFA Champions League audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for UEFA Champions League audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01UEFA Europa LeagueSports3.82×
02SofascoreSports3.75×
03La LigaSports3.45×
04PedroSports3.37×
05Manchester City F.C.Sports3.33×
06FC Bayern MunichSports3.29×
07Premier LeagueSports3.25×
08Atlético MadridSports3.10×
09Inter MilanSports3.00×
10FIFA World CupSports2.91×
11Cristiano RonaldoSports2.91×
12Manchester United F.C.Sports2.85×
13Soccer-LadumaSports2.84×
14Liverpool F.C.Sports2.78×
15Paris Saint-GermainSports2.56×
16FC BarcelonaSports2.54×
17Real Madrid C.F.Sports2.41×
18Orlando PiratesSports2.11×
19Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.Sports2.09×
20Kaizer Chiefs F.C.Sports1.85×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the UEFA Champions League 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 UEFA Champions League audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.49×
TravellingTHRILL0.97×
Social Media UsageJOY0.84×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by UEFA Champions League audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.62×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.77×
Social Media UsageJOY0.84×
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 UEFA Champions League. 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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