South AfricaKhathapillar is an Afro House act from South Africa, ranked #1456 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 174,400 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #24 in South Africa and #48 in Afro House among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has grown 3% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 170K to 174K. Their tracked peak was 178,800 in Aug 24, 2026. They have 65,967 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 38/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Diqabang”.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Khathapillar, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
DiqabangKhathapillar · 2024542
MotoaitoaiKhathapillar · 2024323
Diqabang - Radio EditDiqabang (Radio Edit) · 2024304
LebeloKhathapillar · 2025295
UmswenkoKhathapillar · 2025296Umlil'Ovuthayo (feat. Nokwazi)Lebelo · 2025297
Iminyaka (feat. Xylokeys & Shane907)Next Gen · 2025218
HlokomelaKhathapillar · 2025189
LeratoKganya · 20251710Pelo Tsa BonaKganya · 202516Latest releases
14 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
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7 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 179K in the week of Aug 24, 2026.
Scene ranks
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Artists to compare
Acts at a similar level in afro house, and the biggest names from South Africa.
Khathapillar vs the field
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Khathapillar in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does Khathapillar have?
Khathapillar has 174,400 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Khathapillar's world ranking?
Khathapillar is ranked #1456 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Khathapillar from?
Khathapillar is from South Africa, where they rank #24 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Khathapillar make?
Khathapillar is categorised as Afro House in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as private school piano, amapiano, 3 step, gqom.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.