Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Alcohol in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest alcohol in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 161 alcohol tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Beer, Gin and Whisky lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 160k, and the largest, Beer, reaches around 2.6M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each alcohol, 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 Old ale 49k 42.9 66.1% Alcohol
52 Martini (cocktail) 48k 34.3 57.7% Alcohol
53 Sake 48k 42.2 54.9% Alcohol
54 Amaretto 46k 51.0 100.0% Alcohol
55 Screwdriver (cocktail) 44k 45.2 42.3% Alcohol
56 Mojito 43k 35.3 52.1% Alcohol
57 Margarita 37k 34.4 56.1% Alcohol
58 Bloody Mary (cocktail) 35k 34.4 57.1% Alcohol
59 Piña colada 35k 34.3 41.3% Alcohol
60 Boilermaker 35k 33.7 22.4% Alcohol
61 Bellini (cocktail) 34k 49.4 93.5% Alcohol
62 Kombucha 34k 42.1 68.6% Alcohol
63 Sea Breeze (cocktail) 31k 39.8 100.0% Alcohol
64 Jenever 31k 35.6 63.2% Alcohol
65 Old Fashioned 27k 34.0 37.0% Alcohol
66 Tequila Sunrise (cocktail) 27k 29.0 100.0% Alcohol
67 Light beer 26k 34.9 49.2% Alcohol
68 Vermouth 25k 30.7 49.2% Alcohol
69 Americano (cocktail) 25k 35.3 37.1% Alcohol
70 Pale ale 24k 36.2 46.5% Alcohol
71 Bitters 24k 34.2 60.8% Alcohol
72 Ginger beer 23k 37.8 47.5% Alcohol
73 Spritz (alcoholic beverage) 23k 33.0 61.3% Alcohol
74 Moscow mule 22k 41.7 59.1% Alcohol
75 Absinthe 21k 32.4 50.0% Alcohol

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular alcohol compiled?

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

Beer currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.6M people in South Africa.

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