Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Internet & Social Media audiences in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest internet & social media audiences in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.4k internet & social media audiences tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Instagram, WhatsApp and X lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 22M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1M, and the largest, Instagram, reaches around 7.7M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each internet & social media 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
26 Snapchat 786k 33.3 50.0% Social media
27 Telegram 750k 31.5 18.0% Communication
28 Domain Name System 712k 39.6 46.1%
29 SHAREit 681k 21.3 9.4%
30 Omegle 671k 30.4 55.8%
31 Badoo 669k 35.4 47.9% Search engine
32 Digital wallet 659k 35.9 49.6%
33 Yahoo! 612k 37.3 53.5%
34 Tinder 538k 30.6 46.0% Dating
35 Online marketplace 528k 38.6 54.5%
36 Web portal 505k 36.6 51.6%
37 Google Calendar 495k 29.4 50.7%
38 Tumblr 415k 34.2 58.8% Social media
39 Email address 403k 34.1 75.7%
40 Search engine marketing 398k 38.2 49.0%
41 Google Docs 388k 25.2 36.8%
42 Funny Videos 362k 36.1 43.0% Content type
43 Internet Archive 359k 44.2 49.0%
44 Opera Mini 346k 37.1 41.8% Browser
45 Influencer marketing 332k 34.1 56.8% Content type
46 Wikia 320k 33.6 48.0%
47 Waze 319k 39.9 37.5%
48 Video blog 317k 31.4 51.3%
49 GitHub 315k 32.2 48.3% Productivity
50 Google Earth 294k 40.1 67.7%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular internet & social media audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each internet & social media 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 internet & social media audience in South Africa?

Instagram currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.7M people in South Africa.

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