Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 31 most popular Beaches in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 31 largest beaches in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Sunset Beach (Oahu), Diani Beach and Nineveh lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 213k people. Across all 31 entries the average audience size is 8.2k, and the largest, Sunset Beach (Oahu), reaches around 177k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each beach, 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 31, 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 Sunset Beach (Oahu) 177k 46.8 100.0% Beach
2 Diani Beach 26k 49.7 95.9% Beach
3 Nineveh 9.9k 46.0 59.6% Beach
4 Angkor Wat 8.9k 37.7 10.7% Beach
5 Ludus Magnus 8.1k 35.8 82.5% Beach
6 Jumeirah Beach 4.1k 36.6 37.0% Beach
7 Praia da Rocha 3.9k 45.6 69.4% Beach
8 Banna (Birdoswald) 3.1k 28.7 23.5% Beach
9 Whitehaven Beach 2.3k 42.5 69.8% Beach
10 Gezer 1.3k 41.7 26.6% Beach
11 Teotihuacan 1.3k 34.2 52.7% Beach
12 Samarra 1k 34.4 5.4% Beach
13 Dendera 866 43.1 68.1% Beach
14 Camber Sands 711 45.9 81.3% Beach
15 House of the Virgin Mary 707 48.4 70.9% Beach
16 Porto de Galinhas 666 33.4 63.5% Beach
17 Halicarnassus 546 47.2 45.4% Beach
18 Tiwanaku 462 43.4 4.0% Beach
19 Nissi beach 381 21.6 59.4% Beach
20 Sunny Beach Bulgaria 356 37.9 74.1% Beach
21 Dorchester, Dorset 327 44.0 63.0% Beach
22 Lincoln Castle 316 43.9 94.2% Beach
23 Alys Beach 282 44.8 66.5% Beach
24 Taybeh 225 32.2 79.0% Beach
25 Belmar Beach NJ 163 49.2 68.9% Beach

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular beaches compiled?

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

Sunset Beach (Oahu) currently leads with an estimated audience of 177k people in South Africa.

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