Browse the Mzansi Archive
Every South African record in Viral Archive ZA, ranked by views in Mzansi. All figures verified August 2026.
2020
Master KG — Jerusalema ft. Nomcebo Zikode (2020)
300M+ views in Mzansi · 30x growth
Made by a producer from Calais village in Limpopo with vocals by Nomcebo Zikode, Jerusalema became the biggest South African song ever recorded and the dance challenge that carried Mzansi through lockdown.
2023
Tyla — Water (2023)
260M+ views in Mzansi · 26x growth
A 21-year-old from Edenvale, Johannesburg turned an amapiano-pop record and one bacardi-inspired dance into the first Grammy for Best African Music Performance — the biggest SA pop moment since Jerusalema.
2010
Bafana Bafana & The Vuvuzela — 2010 World Cup (2010)
120M+ views in Mzansi · 12x growth
Siphiwe Tshabalala's opening goal at Soccer City in Soweto, a country in Bafana jerseys every Friday, and the vuvuzela becoming the sound of the planet for a month. South Africa's largest shared internet moment.
2019
Sho Madjozi — John Cena (2019)
95M+ views in Mzansi · 9.5x growth
A Limpopo artist rapping in Xitsonga, in xibelani skirts and coloured braids, made the biggest SA crossover of 2019 — and got John Cena himself to respond on live television.
2016
Babes Wodumo — Wololo ft. Mampintsha (2016)
48M+ views in Mzansi · 16x growth
The Durban gqom record that took KZN's underground sound national. Bhampa dance clips filmed in Umlazi and Inanda flooded SA Facebook and became the country's first true dance-challenge wave.
1998
Brenda Fassie — Vulindlela (1998)
35M+ views in Mzansi · 35x growth
MaBrrr's wedding anthem is the most played South African song in history. From Langa to Soweto to Bothaville, no Mzansi wedding starts without Vulindlela, and the video is the oldest SA clip still passed around on WhatsApp.
2000
Mandoza — Nkalakatha (2000)
31M+ views in Mzansi · 31x growth
The Zola-born kwaito record that broke out of the townships and onto every radio format in South Africa. Nkalakatha is still the song that turns any shisanyama, from Soweto to Durban, into a singalong.
1999
TKZee Family — Shibobo ft. Benni McCarthy (1999)
28M+ views in Mzansi · 28x growth
Bafana Bafana's official France '98 song, made by Soweto kwaito trio TKZee with striker Benni McCarthy on the hook. It is still the loudest thing you will hear in an SA stadium, from FNB in Soweto to Cape Town Stadium.
2004
Zola 7 — Mdlwembe (2004)
22M+ views in Mzansi · 22x growth
Bonginkosi Dlamini took his name from Zola, Soweto, and turned kwaito into kasi journalism. Mdlwembe soundtracked Tsotsi and the SABC 1 show Zola 7, and every taxi in Mzansi played it.
2007
Limpopo Wedding Dance — The Entrance Mzansi Copied (2007)
18M+ views in Mzansi · 18x growth
A Limpopo wedding party danced their way into the reception hall, the videographer's DVD got copied across the province, and every South African wedding since — Venda, Zulu, Tswana, Xhosa — has tried to out-dance it.