Top Rated Stars, TV Shows And Magazines In South Africa

The holidays are a time to release and indulge in some television viewing or reading that magzine. If you are curious to know what South Africans were watching and reading to pass time here are the latest available figures as compiled by the organisations that monitor the magazine sales and tv viewership . Please note that the figures depicted here are a round-up of the total number per show or magazine not the exact figure. 

Rounding up the numbers means we had to take a figure like 3 576 980 and just make it 3.5 mil. 

Top Rated TV Stars

	STAR	SHOW	VIEWERS
1		Inside Access	3.5 mil
2	Thomas Malambo*	SoccerZone	-
3	Pearl Modiadie	Zaziwa	2.4 mil
4	Zizo Beda  Lunga Shabalala	Selimathunzi	2.2 mil
5	Andile Gaelisiwe	Khumbul'ekhaya	1.9
6	Dingaan Mokebe	Speak Out	1.mil
7	Nokuthula Radebe  Elric Versatyle Prinsloo	Vaya Mzansi	1.1 mil
8	Valiant Swart  Denvor Phokaners	Mooi Loop	1.1 mil
9	Lerato Kganyago	The Link	1 mil
10	Kwena Moabelo	Leihlo La Sechaba	900 K

* Thomas Mlambo comes in at number 2 because beside hosting SoccerZone he also hosts match day shows thus giving him a bigger pull of audiences.

Top Rated TV Shows (Regular shows)

	SHOW	CHANNEL	VIEWERS
1	Generations	SABC 1	7. 3 mil
2	Shakespeare in Mzansi	SABC 1	4. 7 mil
3	Society	SABC 1	4.1 mil
4	Muvhango	SABC 2	3.5 mil
5	Inside Access	SABC 1	3.4 mil
6	End Game	SABC 1	3 mil
7	Scandal	etv	3 mil
8	Rhythm City	etv	2.6 mil
9	Thokoloshi	SABC 2	2.4 mil
10	Ga Re Dumele	SABC 2	2.3 mil

Top Rated Magazines (Circulation figures)

	MAGAZINE	LANGUAGE	CIRCULATION
1	Huisgenoot	Afrikaans	277 000
2	YOU	English	161 000
3	Move!	English	123 000
4	Drum	English	113 000
5	Woman and Home	English	106 000
6	Bona	English	104 000
7	Kuier	Afrikaans	102 000
8	Rooi Rose	Afrikaans	94 000
9	Sarie	Afrikaans	92 000
10	Tuis/Home	English/Afrikaans	82 000