Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Banks in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest banks in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 467 banks tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. FNB, Standard Bank and Nedbank lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 11M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 152k, and the largest, FNB, reaches around 5.3M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each bank, 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 FNB 5.3M 39.1 43.9% Bank
2 Standard Bank 3.3M 37.6 58.2% Bank
3 Nedbank 2.2M 39.3 51.2% Bank
4 Capitec Bank 1.6M 36.7 59.6% Bank
5 First National Bank (South Africa) 757k 38.0 59.2% Bank
6 African Bank Limited 743k 40.7 48.1% Bank
7 Turquoise (trading platform) 110k 44.4 100.0% Bank
8 Bidvest Bank 108k 38.3 42.7% Bank
9 Postbank 100k 47.7 43.3% Bank
10 Chase 63k 46.6 56.0% Bank
11 Westpac 52k 43.1 55.7% Bank
12 Access Bank 46k 26.0 23.0% Bank
13 Goldman Sachs 36k 45.1 26.4% Bank
14 Caixa Econômica Federal 35k 38.0 65.1% Bank
15 Bank of America 34k 40.3 49.0% Bank
16 Barclays 34k 32.2 44.3% Bank
17 HSBC 34k 41.7 38.8% Bank
18 Morgan Stanley 29k 42.5 46.6% Bank
19 Capital One 28k 45.6 44.4% Bank
20 National Bank of Egypt 24k 40.8 54.2% Bank
21 UBS 24k 44.4 27.9% Bank
22 Lloyds Bank 24k 40.1 59.7% Bank
23 Volkswagen Financial Services 22k 37.2 36.4% Bank
24 Citibank 19k 38.4 54.4% Bank
25 Standard Chartered 18k 32.4 39.1% Bank

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular banks compiled?

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

FNB currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.3M people in South Africa.

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