Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Authors in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest authors in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 825 authors tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Candace Owens, Helen Keller and Sarah, Duchess of York lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 492k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 27k, and the largest, Candace Owens, reaches around 234k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each author, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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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 John C. Maxwell 16k 39.9 62.6% Author
52 Eckart Tolle 16k 40.3 54.2% Author
53 Salman Rushdie 16k 50.6 74.0% Author
54 Jeffrey Archer 16k 55.8 70.6% Author
55 Franz Kafka 15k 30.4 51.0% Author
56 Ellen G. White 15k 43.7 59.4% Author
57 Paulo Coelho 15k 40.7 62.3% Author
58 Creflo Dollar 15k 38.8 60.7% Author
59 Anton LaVey 14k 41.5 32.6% Author
60 Saki 14k 41.1 34.8% Author
61 Beatrix Potter 14k 46.2 75.9% Author
62 David Icke 14k 43.9 32.6% Author
63 Reinhard Bonnke 14k 42.3 50.3% Author
64 Eckhart Tolle 14k 35.9 66.1% Author
65 Temple Grandin 13k 44.4 85.3% Author
66 Dale Carnegie 13k 41.8 62.7% Author
67 Danielle Steel 12k 34.8 65.7% Author
68 Neil Gaiman 12k 28.8 67.7% Author
69 Francine Rivers 12k 42.9 70.4% Author
70 Tom Clancy 12k 35.4 39.4% Author
71 Isaac Asimov 11k 48.5 30.9% Author
72 Virginia Woolf 11k 41.7 74.8% Author
73 John Hagee 11k 42.8 73.0% Author
74 Dan Brown 11k 33.0 63.0% Author
75 Watchman Nee 11k 55.4 61.5% Author

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular authors compiled?

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

Candace Owens currently leads with an estimated audience of 234k people in South Africa.

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