Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Beverages in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest beverages in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 140 beverages tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Water, Tea and Soft drinks lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 156k, and the largest, Water, reaches around 2.4M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each beverage, 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 Instant coffee 104k 34.3 56.7% Beverage
27 Lemonade 95k 36.6 66.6% Beverage
28 Iced tea 91k 34.2 59.8% Beverage
29 Orange juice 87k 38.4 60.2% Beverage
30 Oasis (drink) 83k 36.0 65.3% Beverage
31 Tonic water 66k 35.2 59.3% Beverage
32 Arabic coffee 66k 37.6 64.9% Beverage
33 Apple juice 64k 35.7 66.0% Beverage
34 Cranberry juice 63k 38.2 69.7% Beverage
35 Almond milk 61k 41.6 72.1% Beverage
36 Lactose Free Milk 59k 33.8 57.9% Beverage
37 Bubble tea 56k 35.6 71.6% Beverage
38 Matcha 55k 37.5 71.9% Beverage
39 Cola 44k 30.8 60.2% Beverage
40 Eggnog 43k 42.4 75.9% Beverage
41 Mocaccino 42k 31.9 72.0% Beverage
42 Theobroma cacao 41k 36.6 63.4% Beverage
43 Buttermilk 40k 39.0 70.6% Beverage
44 Yerba mate 37k 36.1 52.1% Beverage
45 Mate (beverage) 34k 42.2 53.2% Beverage
46 Diet soda 33k 36.1 71.7% Beverage
47 Irish coffee 30k 45.9 68.3% Beverage
48 Drip brew 30k 36.8 59.5% Beverage
49 Macha 29k 40.7 73.4% Beverage
50 Caffè Americano 27k 38.9 60.4% Beverage

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular beverages compiled?

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

Water currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.4M people in South Africa.

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