Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 31 most popular Coffees in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 31 largest coffees in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Starbucks, Nespresso and Nescafé lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 844k people. Across all 31 entries the average audience size is 36k, and the largest, Starbucks, reaches around 357k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each coffee, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

Last updated:

How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 31, 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 Starbucks 357k 35.6 63.6% Coffee
2 Nespresso 321k 38.8 58.9% Coffee
3 Nescafé 166k 34.2 62.1% Coffee
4 Douwe Egberts 72k 32.5 54.6% Coffee
5 Dolce Gusto 42k 37.5 64.2% Coffee
6 Lavazza 41k 36.9 66.0% Coffee
7 JACOBS 32k 30.3 57.1% Coffee
8 Coffee Time 30k 39.9 75.0% Coffee
9 Illy 19k 36.9 61.6% Coffee
10 Stumptown Coffee Roasters 6.4k 32.1 56.1% Coffee
11 Ovaltine 5.8k 38.9 54.7% Coffee
12 Dallmayr 3k 45.0 55.2% Coffee
13 Coffee-Mate 2k 40.8 71.0% Coffee
14 Caribou Coffee 2k 28.6 58.7% Coffee
15 Senseo 1.7k 43.5 64.3% Coffee
16 Tassimo 1.2k 41.1 71.7% Coffee
17 Melitta 1.2k 34.4 59.2% Coffee
18 Folgers 1k 27.8 65.6% Coffee
19 Segafredo 720 36.5 63.7% Coffee
20 The Coffee House 229 33.6 68.5% Coffee
21 Maxwell House 188 29.5 65.5% Coffee
22 Eduscho 165 40.2 60.5% Coffee
23 Julius Meinl 126 38.0 59.9% Coffee
24 J.CO Donuts & Coffee, Philippines 102 32.3 65.5% Coffee
25 Coffee Beanery 101 39.9 24.9% Coffee

Want the full picture for any of these audiences?

Open any profile to see psychographics, top regions, peer affinities and demographic splits — all derived from the same anonymized signals.

Explore the full directory →

Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular coffees compiled?

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

Starbucks currently leads with an estimated audience of 357k people in South Africa.

Other top lists in South Africa