Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Cuisines in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest cuisines in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 143 cuisines tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Italian cuisine, French cuisine and Indian cuisine lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 141k, and the largest, Italian cuisine, reaches around 1.3M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each cuisine, 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 Philippine cuisine 18k 38.6 70.4% Cuisine
52 Lebanese cuisine 18k 36.0 46.2% Cuisine
53 Cajun cuisine 18k 36.3 51.8% Cuisine
54 Syrian cuisine 17k 36.0 63.5% Cuisine
55 Moroccan cuisine 16k 36.1 55.6% Cuisine
56 Nepalese cuisine 16k 40.3 83.7% Cuisine
57 Iraqi cuisine 15k 35.4 64.1% Cuisine
58 South Asian cuisine 13k 38.8 64.2% Cuisine
59 Russian cuisine 11k 35.4 77.0% Cuisine
60 Rodízio 9.4k 41.3 83.4% Cuisine
61 Mirepoix (cuisine) 7.6k 30.0 80.9% Cuisine
62 Puerto Rican cuisine 6.6k 33.8 77.4% Cuisine
63 Mexican street food 6.2k 35.8 69.5% Cuisine
64 Yakiniku 5.3k 44.8 33.4% Cuisine
65 Egyptian cuisine 5.1k 35.8 39.2% Cuisine
66 Haute cuisine 4.8k 42.4 67.2% Cuisine
67 Persian Food 4.7k 45.8 79.2% Cuisine
68 Cuisine of Hawaii 4.5k 45.5 71.4% Cuisine
69 Gujarati cuisine 4.5k 36.9 63.7% Cuisine
70 Swedish cuisine 3.9k 42.1 53.6% Cuisine
71 Jamaican cuisine 3.5k 34.2 51.7% Cuisine
72 Cypriot cuisine 3k 43.7 70.7% Cuisine
73 Danish cuisine 2.8k 47.9 65.7% Cuisine
74 Canadian cuisine 2.7k 37.1 65.7% Cuisine
75 Croatian cuisine 2.4k 42.0 87.4% Cuisine

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular cuisines compiled?

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

Italian cuisine currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.3M people in South Africa.

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