Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 93 most popular Car Manufacturers in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 93 largest car manufacturers in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Toyota, BMW and Mercedes-Benz lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5M people. Across all 93 entries the average audience size is 226k, and the largest, Toyota, reaches around 1.8M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each car manufacturer, 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 93, 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 Chery 268k 41.1 37.3% Car manufacturer
27 Škoda Auto 233k 32.5 49.5% Car manufacturer
28 Subaru 229k 34.9 46.4% Car manufacturer
29 Tata Motors 175k 41.5 30.4% Car manufacturer
30 Jeep 166k 36.9 41.4% Car manufacturer
31 Great Wall Motors 129k 40.9 28.5% Car manufacturer
32 Chevrolet 126k 36.2 42.2% Car manufacturer
33 MG Cars 94k 36.7 38.5% Car manufacturer
34 Dodge 88k 37.6 24.5% Car manufacturer
35 Chrysler 85k 38.8 26.3% Car manufacturer
36 Cadillac 70k 33.9 31.4% Car manufacturer
37 Geely 64k 39.8 35.0% Car manufacturer
38 GMC 58k 38.7 24.9% Car manufacturer
39 Daihatsu 47k 33.1 48.7% Car manufacturer
40 Proton (automobile) 42k 37.0 27.8% Car manufacturer
41 JAC Motors 39k 41.3 19.5% Car manufacturer
42 Acura 31k 42.3 24.2% Car manufacturer
43 Buick 27k 37.9 29.9% Car manufacturer
44 Audi e-tron 26k 37.9 46.1% Car manufacturer
45 Cessna 25k 38.9 28.1% Car manufacturer
46 BYD Auto 24k 36.3 43.5% Car manufacturer
47 Maruti Suzuki 19k 35.4 31.1% Car manufacturer
48 Smart (automobile) 14k 35.4 41.5% Car manufacturer
49 Abarth 11k 41.7 16.2% Car manufacturer
50 Rivian 9.1k 36.9 39.9% Car manufacturer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular car manufacturers compiled?

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

Toyota currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.8M people in South Africa.

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