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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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
76 Credit Suisse 2.1k 27.2 60.8% Bank
77 Nordea 2.1k 49.9 51.8% Bank
78 L-Bank 2.1k 38.8 38.1% Bank
79 Saxo Bank 2.1k 31.3 24.4% Bank
80 Scotiabank 2k 22.3 48.9% Bank
81 China Construction Bank (Asia) 2k 28.0 43.3% Bank
82 M&T Bank 2k 31.0 44.2% Bank
83 Inter-American Development Bank 2k 43.3 41.5% Bank
84 Bank of Baroda 1.9k 28.7 31.6% Bank
85 Caixabank 1.9k 49.4 58.4% Bank
86 RAKBANK 1.8k 36.9 20.2% Bank
87 Bank of Scotland 1.8k 35.5 57.4% Bank
88 Sparkasse 1.8k 40.9 46.1% Bank
89 Intesa Sanpaolo 1.8k 49.3 44.2% Bank
90 Bank of Ireland 1.7k 31.8 24.8% Bank
91 Security Bank 1.7k 30.7 56.9% Bank
92 St.George Bank 1.7k 43.3 48.2% Bank
93 Consorsbank 1.7k 38.2 42.3% Bank
94 China UnionPay 1.6k 41.6 68.6% Bank
95 Fifth Third Bank 1.6k 45.7 43.1% Bank
96 Bunq 1.6k 35.6 51.0% Bank
97 Bankwest 1.5k 42.8 46.4% Bank
98 Meezan Bank 1.4k 35.4 7.6% Bank
99 UniCredit 1.4k 27.3 54.4% Bank
100 Hong Leong Bank 1.3k 40.0 50.8% 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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