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
76 Worcester 156k 39.4 50.7% City
77 Richards Bay 152k 36.7 55.5% City
78 Shanghai 151k 39.6 45.1% City
79 Welkom 148k 40.4 58.2% City
80 Auckland 146k 39.0 54.3% City
81 Kloof 146k 38.7 63.6% City
82 Naples 146k 41.0 62.6% City
83 Plettenberg Bay 144k 43.8 65.6% City
84 The Villages, Florida 141k 52.5 61.1% City
85 Charlotte, North Carolina 137k 39.7 43.1% City
86 Boston 137k 36.2 48.7% City
87 Nairobi 136k 34.7 46.4% City
88 Utrecht 131k 39.4 50.5% City
89 Manchester 129k 36.2 35.0% City
90 Nassau, Bahamas 127k 40.5 62.6% City
91 San Francisco Bay Area 127k 39.5 51.4% City
92 Westville, KwaZulu-Natal 125k 39.7 63.4% City
93 Sassuolo 121k 47.9 52.2% City
94 Swakopmund 117k 41.0 59.6% City
95 Tokyo 113k 34.6 47.1% City
96 Queensland 111k 41.4 55.4% City
97 Cali 109k 32.1 64.5% City
98 Sandown 107k 40.9 39.7% City
99 Accra 105k 35.1 43.2% City
100 Geneva 105k 37.6 51.8% 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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