Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Cosmetics in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest cosmetics in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 161 cosmetics tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Cosmetics, Eyelash and Eyebrow lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 138k, and the largest, Cosmetics, reaches around 4M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each cosmetics, 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
1 Cosmetics 4M 36.5 67.0% Cosmetics
2 Eyelash 650k 34.2 87.0% Cosmetics
3 Eyebrow 617k 34.9 87.5% Cosmetics
4 Lipstick 603k 34.1 83.5% Cosmetics
5 Eye liner 517k 34.4 83.3% Cosmetics
6 Mascara 511k 34.5 82.6% Cosmetics
7 Permanent makeup 511k 34.6 86.2% Cosmetics
8 Pigment 472k 35.7 65.0% Cosmetics
9 Make-up artist 471k 32.5 87.3% Cosmetics
10 Eye shadow 453k 33.7 82.7% Cosmetics
11 Makeup Tutorials 453k 33.4 77.8% Cosmetics
12 Face powder 433k 35.0 70.9% Cosmetics
13 Foundation (cosmetics) 425k 34.6 82.5% Cosmetics
14 Concealer 397k 34.4 85.3% Cosmetics
15 Makeup brush 383k 34.1 82.7% Cosmetics
16 Lip gloss 373k 33.9 82.8% Cosmetics
17 Beauty Makeup 253k 33.9 100.0% Cosmetics
18 Clinique 203k 36.1 85.5% Cosmetics
19 Avon 202k 35.5 93.5% Cosmetics
20 CC cream 133k 35.9 84.7% Cosmetics
21 Maybelline 112k 33.4 90.2% Cosmetics
22 Herbivore 104k 40.4 50.0% Cosmetics
23 Essence 86k 32.4 75.5% Cosmetics
24 Charlotte Tilbury 76k 32.3 83.4% Cosmetics
25 FentyBeauty 75k 31.9 79.8% Cosmetics

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular cosmetics compiled?

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

Cosmetics currently leads with an estimated audience of 4M people in South Africa.

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