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
76 Matcha green Tea 9.8k 33.1 75.0% Beverage
77 Turkish coffee 9.7k 42.2 65.5% Beverage
78 Kefir 9.7k 41.1 72.5% Beverage
79 Coconut water 9.5k 32.6 78.7% Beverage
80 Latte macchiato 9.5k 41.9 81.6% Beverage
81 Liquid Death 8.4k 37.7 59.1% Beverage
82 Rice milk 7.4k 50.4 77.5% Beverage
83 Café au lait 6.8k 46.6 52.0% Beverage
84 Soju 6.7k 31.0 80.3% Beverage
85 Darjeeling tea 5.7k 35.8 37.4% Beverage
86 Sheep milk 5k 44.9 40.3% Beverage
87 Single-origin coffee 4.8k 40.7 56.3% Beverage
88 Chrysanthemum tea 4.5k 45.9 55.0% Beverage
89 Grapefruit juice 4.5k 32.2 74.7% Beverage
90 Lassi 4.3k 29.7 27.8% Beverage
91 Lungo 4.2k 43.5 63.9% Beverage
92 Yorkshire Tea 4.2k 48.0 59.4% Beverage
93 Ayran 4.1k 42.5 37.6% Beverage
94 Sugarcane juice 3.9k 42.3 57.4% Beverage
95 Turkish tea 3.6k 24.5 39.0% Beverage
96 Pumpkin Spice Latte 3.6k 40.7 81.4% Beverage
97 Hojicha 3.3k 33.6 90.4% Beverage
98 Milk tea 3.3k 23.0 100.0% Beverage
99 Bandung (drink) 3.2k Beverage
100 Carrot juice 2.9k 39.2 71.8% 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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