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
26 Deutsche Bank 17k 48.4 41.9% Bank
27 Zenith Bank 16k 34.3 62.9% Bank
28 Royal Bank of Canada 15k 36.9 55.5% Bank
29 JPMorgan Chase 15k 35.9 39.2% Bank
30 Maybank 13k 36.2 63.8% Bank
31 ICICI Bank 12k 30.3 42.7% Bank
32 NatWest 12k 44.0 48.6% Bank
33 African Development Bank 11k 35.5 32.3% Bank
34 BNP Paribas 11k 38.1 57.5% Bank
35 HDFC Bank 11k 29.6 37.5% Bank
36 State Bank of India 10k 43.3 68.0% Bank
37 City Bank 9.9k 29.0 48.2% Bank
38 Axis Bank 9.7k 32.9 44.0% Bank
39 Santander Group 9.2k 37.3 58.7% Bank
40 Bank Negara Indonesia 9k 31.5 46.0% Bank
41 Santander Bank 8.4k 45.9 56.7% Bank
42 Halifax (United Kingdom bank) 8.3k 19.0 53.3% Bank
43 Bank of China 8.3k 30.4 40.1% Bank
44 Allied Irish Banks 7.6k 45.7 47.5% Bank
45 Nationwide Building Society 7.6k 46.4 58.1% Bank
46 Diamond Bank 7k 28.4 58.9% Bank
47 Commonwealth Bank 6.9k 37.9 60.4% Bank
48 GTBank 6.7k 28.3 57.2% Bank
49 ABN AMRO 6.7k 45.1 68.2% Bank
50 First Bank of Nigeria 6.7k 33.2 71.9% 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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