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
51 Rose water 24k 32.0 88.0% Beverage
52 Maizena 24k 37.7 62.0% Beverage
53 Grenadine 23k 29.9 59.6% Beverage
54 Tap water 23k 40.5 52.5% Beverage
55 Nectar (drink) 22k 43.3 68.3% Beverage
56 Skimmed milk 22k 28.2 100.0% Beverage
57 Condensed milk 22k 40.7 92.8% Beverage
58 Coffea arabica 22k 36.3 61.0% Beverage
59 Chocolate milk 22k 33.0 61.1% Beverage
60 Frappuccino 21k 37.4 65.0% Beverage
61 White tea 21k 36.8 69.2% Beverage
62 Purified water 20k 38.1 55.5% Beverage
63 Organic coffee 20k 37.7 68.8% Beverage
64 Oolong 20k 36.9 76.4% Beverage
65 Coconut milk 19k 34.9 96.1% Beverage
66 Cream soda 19k 34.8 89.7% Beverage
67 Chinese tea 18k 32.9 77.4% Beverage
68 Doppio 16k 39.4 66.5% Beverage
69 Soy milk 16k 46.5 94.3% Beverage
70 Plant milk 16k 40.4 91.7% Beverage
71 Masala chai 14k 35.0 79.1% Beverage
72 Indian filter coffee 14k 39.7 71.3% Beverage
73 Pu-erh tea 13k 34.9 100.0% Beverage
74 Ristretto 10k 38.4 65.1% Beverage
75 Pomegranate juice 9.9k 38.5 67.8% 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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