Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Food & Beverages audiences in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest food & beverages audiences in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 5.7k food & beverages audiences tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Makro, Recipes and KFC lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.3M, and the largest, Makro, reaches around 3.5M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each food & beverages audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Diners 1.1M 37.7 60.5%
52 Bakery 1.1M 38.7 69.7%
53 Steak 1.1M 37.8 63.1% Dish
54 Catering 1.1M 38.1 70.0%
55 Sugar 1.1M 37.5 61.5% Spice
56 Seafood 1.1M 39.2 64.8% Dish
57 Hamburger 1M 36.1 62.6% Dish
58 Wine tasting 1M 39.4 57.7%
59 Chicken Licken (restaurant) 1M 33.9 57.0%
60 Beef 1M 38.8 59.7%
61 Chef 983k 37.1 69.2%
62 Confectionery 982k 36.6 69.0%
63 Cookie 947k 37.2 75.3% Sweet
64 Gin 946k 36.5 56.0% Alcohol
65 Whisky 928k 37.0 46.6% Alcohol
66 Flavor 927k 35.4 63.7%
67 Cream 914k 36.8 79.0%
68 Drinking 892k 36.0 55.7%
69 French cuisine 892k 38.4 56.9% Cuisine
70 Steakhouse 881k 37.9 62.8%
71 Cupcake 881k 37.6 80.7% Sweet
72 Tableware 878k 40.9 74.5%
73 Indian cuisine 874k 38.5 55.5% Cuisine
74 Herb 862k 39.1 65.5% Spice
75 Organic product 830k 40.6 72.8%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular food & beverages audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each food & beverages audience by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest food & beverages audience in South Africa?

Makro currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.5M people in South Africa.

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