Popularity ranking · South Africa

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
51 Mainz 250k 38.7 56.4% City
52 Atlanta 246k 33.4 53.1% City
53 Tampa, Florida 237k 39.2 58.0% City
54 Istanbul 236k 38.4 58.5% City
55 Toronto 229k 38.2 57.9% City
56 Wolfsburg 225k 38.3 29.3% City
57 Wellington 223k 39.5 53.2% City
58 Düsseldorf 214k 40.1 60.3% City
59 Brakpan 214k 41.6 53.7% City
60 City of London 199k 38.9 62.3% City
61 Rome 191k 40.6 53.5% City
62 Ankara 189k 37.4 71.2% City
63 Houston 186k 41.4 51.0% City
64 San Francisco 183k 35.7 58.1% City
65 Santorini 182k 41.4 66.5% City
66 Miami 179k 35.1 45.5% City
67 Chicago 175k 32.3 55.9% City
68 Montreal 175k 37.7 31.2% City
69 Ottawa 170k 39.8 49.1% City
70 Heidelberg 169k 40.0 59.9% City
71 Cologne 160k 37.5 57.5% City
72 Jeffreys Bay 159k 44.8 67.7% City
73 Maputo 159k 38.2 58.2% City
74 Brisbane 157k 41.3 55.7% City
75 Windhoek 156k 35.5 35.6% 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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