Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 26 most popular Dairy Companies in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 26 largest dairy companies in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Lactalis, Horlicks and The Laughing Cow lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 76k people. Across all 26 entries the average audience size is 4.7k, and the largest, Lactalis, reaches around 47k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each dairy company, 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 26, 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 Lactalis 47k 44.1 84.8% Dairy company
2 Horlicks 17k 29.2 73.6% Dairy company
3 The Laughing Cow 12k 42.3 69.6% Dairy company
4 Castello 8.8k 38.7 67.7% Dairy company
5 Jell-O 8.4k 46.1 75.9% Dairy company
6 Tine (company) 5k 39.7 62.5% Dairy company
7 Yakult 4.9k 31.5 65.5% Dairy company
8 Müller (company) 3.7k 26.7 75.2% Dairy company
9 Velveeta 3.2k 40.3 58.4% Dairy company
10 Activia 2.8k 42.5 82.2% Dairy company
11 Babybel 2.1k 24.6 61.9% Dairy company
12 Alpro 1.1k 29.5 67.9% Dairy company
13 FrieslandCampina 577 37.8 26.1% Dairy company
14 La Lechera 470 42.9 69.2% Dairy company
15 Cadbury Dairy Milk 357 35.7 58.7% Dairy company
16 Weihenstephan 167 34.3 42.9% Dairy company
17 Milram 141 39.0 47.6% Dairy company
18 Landliebe 110 36.7 51.1% Dairy company
19 Leerdammer 110 38.6 56.9% Dairy company
20 Meggle 100 38.3 62.1% Dairy company
21 Sargento 93 27.1 72.5% Dairy company
22 Itambé 67 42.7 81.6% Dairy company
23 Grünländer 54 38.7 67.7% Dairy company
24 Groupe Danone 42 34.8 72.8% Dairy company
25 Molkerei Ammerland 41 39.7 45.3% Dairy company

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular dairy companies compiled?

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

Lactalis currently leads with an estimated audience of 47k people in South Africa.

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