South African Rock

79 artists with 1.1M combined listeners. 90% of them sit in the Afrikaans / South African Rock / Bluegrass community on the map. It shares the most artists with South African Alternative.

Where South African Rock sits on the map

• Afrikaans / South African Rock / Bluegrass · 71 artists (90%)
• Afropop / South African Jazz / South African Hip Hop · 6 artists (8%)
• Modern Blues / Modern Blues Rock / Roots Rock · 1 artists (1%)
• South African Deep House / Gqom / South African House · 1 artists (1%)

Strongest pairings in South African Rock

South African Rock artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Riaan Benade & Brendan Peyper · 21 shared playlists
2. Die Heuwels Fantasties & Francois Van Coke · 18 shared playlists
3. Francois Van Coke & Spoegwolf · 18 shared playlists
4. Juan Boucher & Riaan Benade · 18 shared playlists
5. Juan Boucher & Brendan Peyper · 17 shared playlists
6. Juanita du Plessis & Theuns Jordaan · 17 shared playlists
7. Juanita du Plessis & Brendan Peyper · 17 shared playlists
8. Spoegwolf & Riaan Benade · 17 shared playlists
9. Elandré & Riaan Benade · 16 shared playlists
10. Bok Van Blerk & Riaan Benade · 16 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with South African Rock, for their size.

• South African Alternative · 14 shared artistsBoth: Prime Circle, The Narrow, Gangs of Ballet
• Afrikaans · 31 shared artistsBoth: Prime Circle, Karen Zoid, Francois Van Coke
• South African Pop · 10 shared artistsBoth: Johnny Clegg, Freshlyground, Gangs of Ballet
• South African Jazz · 4 shared artistsBoth: Freshlyground, Mango Groove, Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse
• Indie Folk · 2 shared artistsBoth: Jeremy Loops, Matthew Mole
• Afropop · 2 shared artistsBoth: Mthandazo Gatya, Gallo Music

Artists

79 artists tagged South African Rock, ranked by listeners.

1. Prime Circle129.5K listeners
2. Karen Zoid65.7K listeners
3. Francois Van Coke55.4K listeners · Afrikaans
4. Die Heuwels Fantasties48.6K listeners · Afrikaans
5. Ladysmith Black Mambazo45.1K listeners · Afro Soul
6. Johnny Clegg42.6K listeners
7. Jeremy Loops41.5K listeners
8. Bok Van Blerk41.4K listeners · Afrikaans
9. Fokofpolisiekar40.9K listeners · Afrikaans
10. Juanita du Plessis38.8K listeners · Afrikaans
11. Jack Parow35.4K listeners · Afrikaans
12. Shortstraw33.0K listeners
13. Matthew Mole31.2K listeners · Indie Folk
14. Theuns Jordaan30.6K listeners · Afrikaans
15. The Parlotones29.9K listeners
16. Robbie Wessels29.3K listeners · Afrikaans
17. Brendan Peyper28.1K listeners · Afrikaans
18. Spoegwolf26.9K listeners · Afrikaans
19. Elandré24.0K listeners · Afrikaans
20. Juan Boucher17.4K listeners · Afrikaans
21. Van Coke Kartel16.7K listeners
22. Jan Blohm16.6K listeners · Afrikaans
23. aKING15.9K listeners
24. Dan Patlansky15.7K listeners · Modern Blues
25. Civil Twilight13.9K listeners
26. Beatenberg13.5K listeners
27. Riaan Benade12.7K listeners · Afrikaans
28. Freshlyground10.4K listeners · South African Jazz
29. Glaskas10.1K listeners · Afrikaans
30. Yoav10.1K listeners
31. Andriette10.1K listeners · Afrikaans
32. The Narrow9.3K listeners
33. Gangs of Ballet6.6K listeners
34. Desmond And The Tutus6.5K listeners
35. Tree635.2K listeners
36. The Awakening4.7K listeners
37. Koos Kombuis4.5K listeners
38. Mthandazo Gatya4.3K listeners · Afropop
39. Laurika Rauch4.2K listeners · Afrikaans
40. Zebra & Giraffe4.1K listeners
41. Makgarebe A Bochabela4.1K listeners
42. Springbok Nude Girls3.8K listeners
43. The Plastics3.7K listeners
44. Monark3.5K listeners · Christian Alternative Rock
45. Van Pletzen3.1K listeners
46. Mango Groove3.0K listeners
47. Crashcarburn3.0K listeners
48. Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse2.9K listeners · South African Jazz
49. Arno Carstens2.9K listeners
50. Perez2.8K listeners
51. Taxi Violence2.6K listeners
52. Just Jinger2.5K listeners
53. Just Jinjer2.5K listeners
54. Valiant Swart2.4K listeners · Rock
55. Danny Smoke2.4K listeners · Afrikaans
56. Vanfokkingtasties2.3K listeners
57. Matshikos2.3K listeners · South African Jazz
58. December Streets2.0K listeners · South African Pop
59. Sunset Sweatshop2.0K listeners · South African Pop
60. Plush1.9K listeners
61. Wrestlerish1.8K listeners
62. Zinkplaat1.6K listeners
63. Jakkie Louw1.5K listeners · Afrikaans
64. Rooksein1.5K listeners · Afrikaans
65. Fuzigish1.3K listeners
66. Tweak1.1K listeners
67. Wonderboom1.0K listeners
68. Evoid1.0K listeners
69. Schwabie1.0K listeners · Afrikaans
70. Gallo Music1.0K listeners · Afropop
71. Henry Ate1.0K listeners
72. Reen1.0K listeners · Afrikaans
73. Cutting Jade1.0K listeners
74. Mean Mr Mustard1.0K listeners
75. Saron Gas1.0K listeners
76. Sugardrive1.0K listeners
77. The Usual1.0K listeners
78. Battery 91.0K listeners
79. Ddisselblom1.0K listeners · Afrikaans