Rascasse Audience Intelligence

X Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about X in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. X has an estimated audience of 6,746,326 people in South Africa.

#3among Social media in South Africa
#6among Website / Newspaper / Magazine in South Africa
#3in Internet & Social Media

X has an estimated audience of 6,746,326 people in South Africa. 52.8% are female, 47.2% are male, average age 35.8. Top brand affinities: Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, Opera (web browser), Tile-matching video game, Opera News.

Top brand affinities include Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, Opera (web browser), with strongest over-indexing on Metropolitan Opera (2.55× the country average).

Demographically, the X audience skews balanced with an average age of 35.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Travelling.

The typical X fan in South Africa is balanced, around 35.8 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for Metropolitan Opera.

Category: Internet & Social Media · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Social media

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 X profile in South Africa.

Audience size
6.7M
in South Africa
Gender
52.8%
47.2% male
Age
35.8
average years
Country rank
#19
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-6%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of X

52.8% are female, 47.2% are male, average age 35.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.8%
Female
47.2%
Male
Demographic split for X audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female52.8%
Male47.2%
Average age35.8
Estimated audience size6,746,326
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 35.8
average years
Age distribution of the X audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1926%
20-2926%
30-3919%
40-4911%
50+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.0%

of the worldwide X audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for X
CountryShare
United States16.6%
China7.4%
United Kingdom3.4%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for X audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Lincoln CenterArts & Culture2.68×
02Metropolitan OperaArts & Culture2.55×
03Opera NewsNews2.54×
04Opera (web browser)Internet & Social Media1.82×
05Closed-circuit television cameraTechnology & Electronics1.77×
06Tile-matching video gameGames1.76×
07Matthias SchlitteSports1.76×
08Fabio De MasiPolitics & Society1.76×
09The WeirdosMusic & Radio1.76×
10El HotzoInternet & Social Media1.76×
11VolksverpetzerNews1.76×
12Ruprecht PolenzPolitics & Society1.76×
13Lilly BlaudszunPolitics & Society1.76×
14Viko63Music & Radio1.76×
15Fetchin BonesMusic & Radio1.76×
16The MekonsMusic & Radio1.70×
17Cinema of NigeriaMovies & TV1.54×
18The Inspiration NetworksMovies & TV1.53×
19Boston CollegeBusiness & Career1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the X 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 X audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.56×
TravellingTHRILL0.41×
Social Media UsageJOY0.37×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by X audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.26×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.35×
Social Media UsageJOY0.37×
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 X. 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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