Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 56 most popular Cheeses in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 56 largest cheeses in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Cheese, Cheddar cheese and Cream cheese lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.9M people. Across all 56 entries the average audience size is 45k, and the largest, Cheese, reaches around 1.3M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each cheese, 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 56, 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 Cheese spread 6.4k 38.2 59.3% Cheese
27 String cheese 6k 42.7 60.7% Cheese
28 Processed cheese 5.8k 34.5 100.0% Cheese
29 Gouda cheese 4.6k 36.2 67.5% Cheese
30 Pecorino Romano 4.4k 45.8 54.0% Cheese
31 Grana (cheese) 4.2k 47.6 55.5% Cheese
32 Pepper jack cheese 2.8k 44.9 63.2% Cheese
33 Manchego 2.6k 44.2 64.6% Cheese
34 Pizza cheese 2.4k 42.4 58.9% Cheese
35 Edam cheese 2.3k 33.3 73.5% Cheese
36 Comté cheese 1.8k 44.4 66.5% Cheese
37 Stilton cheese 1.5k 42.8 72.9% Cheese
38 Havarti 1.3k 46.4 76.0% Cheese
39 Monterey Jack 1.2k 43.4 67.9% Cheese
40 Wensleydale cheese 1.1k 45.6 78.5% Cheese
41 Reblochon 770 47.5 52.4% Cheese
42 Jarlsberg cheese 627 50.0 54.8% Cheese
43 Tropical Cheese 406 42.4 73.5% Cheese
44 Jarlsberg 404 48.7 58.8% Cheese
45 Queso blanco 361 42.1 63.8% Cheese
46 Taleggio cheese 360 46.7 60.0% Cheese
47 Cambozola 346 38.1 66.4% Cheese
48 Kasseri 320 44.5 52.1% Cheese
49 Fromage blanc 204 28.0 67.3% Cheese
50 Caprice des Dieux 144 39.8 75.7% Cheese

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular cheeses compiled?

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

Cheese currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.3M people in South Africa.

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