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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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 Bobbi Brown 71k 34.9 87.8% Cosmetics
27 Rouge (cosmetics) 71k 33.1 97.2% Cosmetics
28 Medicube 70k 33.8 82.4% Cosmetics
29 Elizabeth Arden 69k 36.8 86.3% Cosmetics
30 Prosthetic makeup 64k 33.0 84.9% Cosmetics
31 Eyelid 56k 37.4 84.6% Cosmetics
32 Huda Beauty 56k 29.8 85.1% Cosmetics
33 Lip liner 53k 32.7 85.3% Cosmetics
34 Beauty Dior 52k 33.8 75.8% Cosmetics
35 Eyes Lips Face 49k 31.7 84.4% Cosmetics
36 Airbrush makeup 49k 32.9 83.1% Cosmetics
37 Primer (cosmetics) 47k 31.8 90.0% Cosmetics
38 Maquillaje Profesional 43k 31.4 68.1% Cosmetics
39 Shiseido 39k 36.9 71.2% Cosmetics
40 Zest (brand) 39k 39.7 56.3% Cosmetics
41 Setting spray 34k 36.0 93.3% Cosmetics
42 Highlighter 34k 32.1 82.8% Cosmetics
43 Kat Von D 31k 31.0 60.4% Cosmetics
44 Fenty Beauty 30k 34.8 77.8% Cosmetics
45 Anastasia Beverly Hills 30k 30.2 80.9% Cosmetics
46 Rimmel 28k 30.3 86.9% Cosmetics
47 catrice 24k 41.1 67.6% Cosmetics
48 Guerlain 18k 35.8 72.5% Cosmetics
49 La Mer (cosmetics) 16k 37.1 95.6% Cosmetics
50 Maquillaje 14k 25.8 87.1% 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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