Celebrating South Africa’s Top Sports Brands and their Social Media Leaders
The SportXAwards Social Media PowerList50 recognises the most impactful sports brands and their digital leaders shaping fan engagement, storytelling, and commercial value across South African sport.
The PowerList50 ranks social media performance across respective sports codes and leagues, based on engagement metrics.
This includes all clubs in the Premier Soccer League, URC franchises, the four teams that have qualified for the 2026 Carling Currie Cup, Cricket South Africa’s domestic and SA20 franchises, as well as the national teams in football, rugby, and cricket.
In addition, the ranking extends to major mass participation events, covering leading marathons, cycle races, and national road running series.
The Rankings will feature the below and their respective places will be announced during the SportXAwards on 3 December 2026:-
- PSL Clubs
- URC South African franchises
- Currie Cup qualifying unions
- Cricket Domestic franchises
- SA20 franchises
- National Teams: Bafana Bafana, Springboks and the Proteas
- Two Oceans Marathon
- Cape Town Marathon
- Comrades Marathon
- Soweto Marathon
- Cape Town Cycle Tour
- Ride Joburg
- Amashova National Classic Race
- Herald Cycle Tour
- Absa Run Your City Series
- TotalSports Women’s Race
- SPAR Women’s Challenge
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Please Note: No nominations will be made, as the shortlisted nominees and eventual winners will be determined based on verified data extracted from Meta (Facebook).