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
76 Web service 136k 37.4 44.4%
77 Proxy server 134k 40.2 45.6%
78 DNA (magazine) 133k 43.5 27.3%
79 Panorama (magazine) 133k 46.6 49.1%
80 Threads 132k 35.0 54.8% Social media
81 Anonymous 132k 37.5 49.0%
82 Web analytics 131k 38.7 55.1%
83 Pixel 130k 35.0 42.6%
84 Kai Cenat 130k 38.0 29.3% Social media influencer
85 OmeTV 130k 34.8 51.2%
86 Google Analytics 128k 33.6 47.1%
87 9GAG 126k 33.0 50.2% Humor website
88 Internet slang 123k 29.9 53.3%
89 Internet café 123k 37.8 52.0%
90 okcupid 123k 35.4 46.7% Humor website
91 Discord 123k 27.7 21.8%
92 Bluesky 121k 35.1 51.5% Social media
93 HubSpot 121k 29.7 59.3%
94 Jake Paul 120k 29.4 43.4% Social media influencer
95 Opera (web browser) 119k 39.0 44.1% Browser
96 Web series 119k 35.4 47.9% Content type
97 Patreon 117k 40.3 45.1%
98 Groupon 114k 37.0 68.0%
99 MrBeast 113k 21.5 39.4% Social media influencer
100 Firefox 112k 39.7 36.3% Browser

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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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