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The 100 most popular Cities in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest cities in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.9k cities tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 15M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 484k, and the largest, Cape Town, reaches around 5.4M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each city, 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
26 Abuja 406k 32.6 54.8% City
27 Shenzhen 401k 34.5 48.6% City
28 Witbank 391k 36.2 63.4% City
29 Melbourne 387k 38.7 50.8% City
30 New Jersey 371k 36.9 62.6% City
31 Canberra 364k 38.9 50.0% City
32 Amsterdam 348k 37.4 53.1% City
33 Queens 347k 36.3 61.4% City
34 Centurion, Gauteng 345k 38.7 55.2% City
35 Ballito 330k 38.6 62.8% City
36 Pinetown 324k 36.0 49.1% City
37 Wrexham 323k 48.4 0.0% City
38 Paris 317k 38.6 60.7% City
39 East London, Eastern Cape 315k 36.7 58.3% City
40 Stuttgart 312k 38.7 26.4% City
41 Middelburg 305k 40.9 54.3% City
42 Mumbai 304k 36.9 51.0% City
43 Beijing 299k 39.0 43.0% City
44 Bangkok 299k 39.3 53.9% City
45 Detroit 296k 38.8 33.3% City
46 Milan 288k 37.5 56.1% City
47 Buenos Aires 275k 39.2 57.2% City
48 Potchefstroom 271k 38.2 61.0% City
49 Bethlehem 262k 39.5 58.8% City
50 Munich 254k 37.9 29.2% City

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular cities compiled?

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

Cape Town currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.4M people in South Africa.

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