Listener and follower figures as of Oct 21, 2026; observation coverage varies by metric.
Pop, Hip Hop, R&B, Dance, Other
2.2 million people listened to Sjava in the last month, up 8% in 30 days.
Sjava ranks #7,438 worldwide and currently has 2,171,865 monthly listeners and 3,751,912 followers. StreamClout groups Sjava in the mainstream tier, its band for artists of comparable reach. The catalog spans 28 albums and 170 tracks and has drawn 516,009,416 Spotify streams in total.
Sjava gained 12.9K monthly listeners (+0.6%) over the last 7 days and gained 167.6K monthly listeners (+8.4%) over the last 30 days. Followers gained 23.0K (+0.6%) over the last 7 days.
The most-streamed release is Isina Muva (Gold Deluxe) with 88,852,032 streams. The first release on record dates to 2015 — 11 years of releases tracked. Listening concentrates in Johannesburg (648.5K listeners), Pretoria (393.6K listeners) and Durban (335.4K listeners).
Sjava (Jabulani Makhubo-Hadebe) is a multi-award-winning artist from KwaZulu-Natal whose raw storytelling and soulful sound have reshaped the Afro Soul and Hip Hop landscape. Since his 2016 debut Isina Muva which went straight to #1 on iTunes and won multiple awards. Sjava has built a legacy rooted in authenticity and cultural pride.
He has released acclaimed projects including Umqhele (Album of the Year, SAMAs), Umsebenzi, and Isibuko (certified Gold within a month, 5 SAMA nominations).
Sjava has 2.2M monthly listeners on Spotify, up 12.9K (0.6%) this week and 8.4% over 30 days. StreamClout updates this figure every day from Spotify's public data.
Sjava has 516M streams on Spotify across 170 tracked tracks.
Sjava is gaining monthly listeners: up 12.9K (0.6%) this week and 8.4% over 30 days.
Sjava's top cities by Spotify listeners are Johannesburg (648K listeners), Pretoria (394K listeners), Durban (335K listeners), Cape Town (192K listeners), Port Elizabeth (67.5K listeners).
Isina Muva (Gold Deluxe) is Sjava's most streamed release on Spotify with 88.9M total streams, released on Jan 1, 2015.