Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 42 most popular Churches in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 42 largest churches in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Grace Bible Church., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Apostolic Church (denomination) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 110k people. Across all 42 entries the average audience size is 8.1k, and the largest, Grace Bible Church., reaches around 49k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each church, 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 42, 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 Grace Bible Church. 49k 41.3 65.7% Church
2 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 31k 48.4 68.2% Church
3 Apostolic Church (denomination) 30k 41.0 59.7% Church
4 Assemblies of god church 22k 37.9 57.8% Church
5 Universal Church of the Kingdom of God 20k 39.1 64.8% Church
6 African Methodist Episcopal Church 19k 40.3 77.9% Church
7 Greek Orthodox Church 18k 41.1 70.2% Church
8 New Life Church (Colorado Springs, Colorado) 18k 40.8 69.3% Church
9 Nondenominational Christianity 18k 41.3 64.2% Church
10 Congregational church 14k 39.1 49.4% Church
11 Lakewood Church 13k 41.3 66.7% Church
12 Christ's Commission Fellowship 13k 47.3 63.9% Church
13 Gateway Church (Texas) 11k 41.4 52.3% Church
14 Church of the Holy Sepulchre 11k 48.8 65.8% Church
15 Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) 10k 40.7 58.9% Church
16 Fellowship Church 7.4k 42.8 63.9% Church
17 Apostolic Faith Church 5.2k 28.6 55.1% Church
18 North Point 4.7k 46.1 56.8% Church
19 Non-denominational 3.8k 43.8 59.1% Church
20 United Church of Christ 3.6k 44.1 91.4% Church
21 Calvary Baptist Church (Manhattan) 3.1k 50.1 73.2% Church
22 Christ Fellowship 2.2k 45.2 73.2% Church
23 City Harvest Church 2k 40.7 55.6% Church
24 Calvary Chapel 1.9k 41.4 55.2% Church
25 Saddleback Church 1.1k 41.0 62.5% Church

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular churches compiled?

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

Grace Bible Church. currently leads with an estimated audience of 49k people in South Africa.

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