Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular News audiences in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest news audiences in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2k news audiences tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. News24, Daily Maverick and Local news lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 358k, and the largest, News24, reaches around 6.9M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each news 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 Göteborgs-Posten 95k 44.7 52.3% Newspaper
77 DR Nyheder 94k 41.6 55.2%
78 The Times of Israel 92k 55.1 49.7%
79 The Herald (Plymouth) 90k 43.4 59.8%
80 News.com.au 90k 40.6 57.2%
81 Haaretz 90k 52.2 52.4%
82 Resumé (magazine) 90k 37.1 51.8% Newspaper
83 New Era (Namibia) 86k 33.4 58.1%
84 The Herald (Glasgow) 84k 48.4 54.4% Newspaper
85 Daily News and Analysis 82k 44.6 35.8% Newspaper
86 Current affairs (news format) 81k 38.9 40.8%
87 Daily News 80k 41.4 45.4% Newspaper
88 Evening Times 79k 40.6 100.0% Newspaper
89 Life sciences 79k 38.5 49.0%
90 Editorial 74k 38.2 48.1%
91 Ynetnews 73k 48.0 62.5%
92 The Washington Post 70k 43.7 49.0% Newspaper
93 The Jerusalem Post 65k 48.9 60.0% Newspaper
94 OK! 64k 44.4 64.3%
95 TES (magazine) 63k 42.3 85.7%
96 Atlanta Times 62k 35.6 53.2% Newspaper
97 New Era (magazine) 60k 25.6 54.1%
98 Ynet 59k 52.2 53.6%
99 Press (newspaper) 59k
100 The Atlantic 58k 43.1 54.6% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular news audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each news 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 news audience in South Africa?

News24 currently leads with an estimated audience of 6.9M people in South Africa.

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