A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Xhosa language in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Xhosa language has an estimated audience of 3,021,886 people in South Africa.
Xhosa language has an estimated audience of 3,021,886 people in South Africa. 53.5% are female, 46.5% are male, average age 38.0.
Demographically, the Xhosa language audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Tradition.
The key figures that characterise the Xhosa language profile in South Africa.
53.5% are female, 46.5% are male, average age 38.0.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 53.5% |
| Male | 46.5% |
| Average age | 38.0 |
| Estimated audience size | 3,021,886 |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-19 | 20% | |
| 20-29 | 27% | |
| 30-39 | 18% | |
| 40-49 | 14% | |
| 50+ | 22% |
of the worldwide Xhosa language audience comes from South Africa.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 91.2% |
| United Kingdom | 2.5% |
| United States | 1.8% |
Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indulgence | JOY | 1.16× | |
| Tradition | CONSERVATISM | 1.09× | |
| Spirituality | BALANCE | 1.06× |
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness | BALANCE | 0.83× | |
| Risk Appetite | THRILL | 0.86× | |
| Social Media Usage | JOY | 0.88× |
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Audience size is the estimated number of people in South Africa who actively search for Xhosa language. 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.
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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