Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Shopping audiences in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest shopping audiences in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.1k shopping audiences tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Takealot, Woolworths and Pick n Pay Stores lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 13M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 727k, and the largest, Takealot, reaches around 5.4M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each shopping 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
1 Takealot 5.4M 34.5 60.2%
2 Woolworths 4.1M 37.2 59.6% Supermarket
3 Pick n Pay Stores 3.2M 36.9 60.9% Supermarket
4 Shopping malls 3.1M 37.4 62.5%
5 Sales promotion 2.8M 38.0 61.0%
6 Ackermans 2.5M 35.3 70.7% Apparel
7 Price 2.3M 38.3 51.6%
8 Gift 2.2M 38.1 64.3%
9 Coupons 2M 38.3 64.3% E-Commerce
10 Temu 1.9M 38.3 53.2%
11 Supermarket 1.9M 38.3 61.0%
12 Spar (retailer) 1.8M 36.9 59.8% Supermarket
13 Auction 1.7M 40.2 40.3% E-Commerce
14 Black Friday (shopping) 1.6M 38.5 66.8%
15 Sportscene 1.5M 31.0 58.3% TV series
16 Edgars 1.3M 33.4 74.9%
17 Warehouse 1.3M 38.1 55.9%
18 Discounts and allowances 1.2M 38.0 66.8%
19 Chain store 1.2M 37.6 64.7%
20 Deal of the day 1.1M 37.4 61.6%
21 Sandton City 1.1M 38.2 58.3% Shopping mall
22 First-time buyer 1.1M 41.4 52.8%
23 Hypermarket 1.1M 38.1 64.1%
24 Subscription business model 976k 37.3 51.3% E-Commerce
25 H&M 865k 35.2 68.8% Fashion

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Frequently asked questions

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

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

Takealot currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.4M people in South Africa.

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