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
51 Kylie Cosmetics 14k 24.7 100.0% Cosmetics
52 Laura Mercier 12k 30.2 80.6% Cosmetics
53 Caudalie 11k 30.9 72.9% Cosmetics
54 Almay 10k 33.4 100.0% Cosmetics
55 Nyx 9.7k 24.8 100.0% Cosmetics
56 Oriflame 9.5k 33.0 91.4% Cosmetics
57 BioNike 9.3k 33.4 100.0% Cosmetics
58 Loreal PARIS 8.8k 30.4 91.0% Cosmetics
59 Stila 8.5k 40.9 95.6% Cosmetics
60 Eyelash curler 8.3k 31.6 100.0% Cosmetics
61 Wet 'n Wild (brand) 7.6k 30.4 83.6% Cosmetics
62 Powder puff 6.1k 36.9 95.5% Cosmetics
63 ColourPop 5.7k 24.5 88.3% Cosmetics
64 Blush 5.7k 25.5 93.0% Cosmetics
65 ChapStick 5.6k 35.1 81.3% Cosmetics
66 It Cosmetics 5.3k 25.8 81.5% Cosmetics
67 Hourglass Cosmetics 5.1k 32.1 89.2% Cosmetics
68 la prairie 4.7k 30.3 72.9% Cosmetics
69 Max Factor 4.3k 30.8 95.9% Cosmetics
70 Hard Candy (cosmetics) 4.2k 34.1 84.2% Cosmetics
71 wet n wild 4.1k 25.2 100.0% Cosmetics
72 KIKO Milano 3.8k 33.0 89.1% Cosmetics
73 Sally Hansen 3.8k 29.9 100.0% Cosmetics
74 ELF Cosmetics 3.5k 24.7 94.1% Cosmetics
75 Ole Henriksen 3.3k 28.6 85.7% 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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