Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Department Stores in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest department stores in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 366 department stores tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Woolworth, Independence and White House, Tennessee lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 832k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 34k, and the largest, Woolworth, reaches around 407k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each department store, 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 Woolworth 407k 34.7 71.5% Department store
2 Independence 219k 38.3 51.5% Department store
3 White House, Tennessee 207k 44.0 87.8% Department store
4 Claremont, California 193k 35.9 63.8% Department store
5 Makoti, North Dakota 176k 41.4 84.6% Department store
6 Liberty 167k 36.7 44.8% Department store
7 Metro (department store) 156k 48.7 61.9% Department store
8 Kodiak, Alaska 139k 39.2 70.5% Department store
9 Cambridge 137k 36.8 62.0% Department store
10 Coin (department store) 81k 32.9 71.0% Department store
11 Lynnwood, Washington 75k 38.6 64.9% Department store
12 Palo Alto, California 74k 42.6 56.2% Department store
13 Canyon 72k 38.7 61.6% Department store
14 Mountain View 67k 26.5 71.6% Department store
15 Bishop, California 66k 48.3 49.2% Department store
16 Selfridges 50k 35.8 68.4% Department store
17 Mountain View, California 45k 39.6 59.3% Department store
18 Washington, D.C. 43k 39.2 42.4% Department store
19 Lebo, Kansas 41k 36.5 67.9% Department store
20 Gatesville, Texas 41k 44.1 62.6% Department store
21 Caldwell, Idaho 39k 49.8 93.9% Department store
22 Tokyu Hands 39k 40.3 75.4% Department store
23 Cleveland 36k 38.9 47.1% Department store
24 Frost, Minnesota 35k 44.4 64.6% Department store
25 Fairmont, West Virginia 33k 37.5 63.0% Department store

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular department stores compiled?

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

Woolworth currently leads with an estimated audience of 407k people in South Africa.

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