Rascasse Audience Intelligence

World Wide Web Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about World Wide Web in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. World Wide Web has an estimated audience of 1,804,768 people in South Africa.

#236among Topic in South Africa
#17in Internet & Social Media

World Wide Web has an estimated audience of 1,804,768 people in South Africa. 54.4% are female, 45.6% are male, average age 36.7. Top brand affinities: Social shopping, Malt whisky, Massive open online course, Emma Watson, Private equity.

Top brand affinities include Social shopping, Malt whisky, Massive open online course, with strongest over-indexing on Social shopping (2.42× the country average).

Demographically, the World Wide Web audience skews balanced with an average age of 36.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Early Adopter Mentality.

The typical World Wide Web fan in South Africa is balanced, around 36.7 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Social shopping.

Category: Internet & Social Media · 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 World Wide Web profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.8M
in South Africa
Gender
54.4%
45.6% male
Age
36.7
average years
Country rank
#355
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-20%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of World Wide Web fans

54.4% are female, 45.6% are male, average age 36.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.4%
Female
45.6%
Male
Demographic split for World Wide Web audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female54.4%
Male45.6%
Average age36.7
Estimated audience size1,804,768
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.7
average years
Age distribution of the World Wide Web audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1925%
20-2924%
30-3918%
40-4913%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide World Wide Web audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for World Wide Web
CountryShare
United States19.0%
Italy6.4%
Brazil5.6%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the World Wide Web audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for World Wide Web audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Social shoppingShopping2.42×
02Udinese CalcioSports1.67×
03Malt whiskyFood & Beverages1.66×
04Toyota PriusCars & Mobility1.66×
05Massive open online courseBusiness & Career1.65×
06Derivative (finance)Business & Career1.61×
07Emma WatsonMovies & TV1.58×
08Alexander McQueen (brand)Fashion & Accessoires1.58×
09Boat showTravel & Leisure1.57×
10Private equityBusiness & Career1.56×
11Better Call SaulMovies & TV1.56×
12Gillette (brand)Beauty & Wellness1.55×
13Work From HomeBusiness & Career1.55×
14Bottega VenetaFashion & Accessoires1.54×
15Buffy the Vampire SlayerMovies & TV1.54×
16Bangkok AirwaysTravel & Leisure1.53×
17Porsche BoxsterCars & Mobility1.52×
18Vietnam AirlinesTravel & Leisure1.52×
19PfizerHealth1.51×
20Deportivo AlavésSports1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the World Wide Web 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 World Wide Web audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY1.25×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.17×
SustainabilityBALANCE1.16×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by World Wide Web audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.60×
Social Media UsageJOY0.80×
CreativityOPEN0.85×
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 World Wide Web. 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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