Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Charities in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest charities in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 422 charities tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. United Nations, American Marketing Association and FamilySearch lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 27k, and the largest, United Nations, reaches around 741k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each charity, 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 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
1 United Nations 741k 38.2 50.8% Charity
2 American Marketing Association 341k Charity
3 FamilySearch 128k 43.2 63.4% Charity
4 RAND Corporation 119k 40.4 52.6% Charity
5 Transparency International 102k 44.8 27.4% Charity
6 Confederation of African Football 91k 35.1 26.5% Charity
7 Federation of American Scientists 73k 39.9 39.7% Charity
8 CONCACAF 61k 35.8 40.3% Charity
9 The Nature Conservancy 56k 46.6 43.0% Charity
10 Animal Equality 49k 44.7 60.4% Charity
11 Endangered Wildlife Trust 45k 38.9 51.6% Charity
12 British Council 39k 34.9 60.6% Charity
13 International Olympic Committee 38k 35.2 29.5% Charity
14 Unif 36k 31.6 79.9% Charity
15 Humane society 35k 41.8 64.7% Charity
16 Society of Women Engineers 35k 45.2 72.3% Charity
17 Human Rights Watch 34k 38.2 48.1% Charity
18 Associated Press 32k 32.9 30.4% Charity
19 Toastmasters International 31k 44.1 69.7% Charity
20 Planned Parenthood 31k 34.3 70.4% Charity
21 World Economic Forum 28k 40.7 48.4% Charity
22 Rainforest Action Network 25k 47.6 40.2% Charity
23 Clean Clothes Campaign 25k 41.3 100.0% Charity
24 Code.org 24k 31.0 54.4% Charity
25 Focus on the Family 24k 35.9 52.9% Charity

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular charities compiled?

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

United Nations currently leads with an estimated audience of 741k people in South Africa.

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