Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 16 most popular Detergents in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 16 largest detergents in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Unilever, Surf (detergent) and Procter & Gamble lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 302k people. Across all 16 entries the average audience size is 30k, and the largest, Unilever, reaches around 174k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each detergent, 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 16, 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 Unilever 174k 35.0 71.2% Detergent
2 Surf (detergent) 76k 36.9 59.9% Detergent
3 Procter & Gamble 52k 36.3 58.4% Detergent
4 Tide (brand) 50k 39.2 75.8% Detergent
5 Scrub Daddy 33k 38.1 60.0% Detergent
6 WD-40 31k 45.0 19.7% Detergent
7 Ariel (detergent) 26k 36.1 66.3% Detergent
8 Henkel 15k 34.0 55.1% Detergent
9 The Pink Stuff 7k 38.1 70.4% Detergent
10 Glade (brand) 6.1k 36.0 100.0% Detergent
11 Persil 4.9k 36.1 72.5% Detergent
12 Downy 2.8k 47.0 70.7% Detergent
13 Conair Corporation 2.7k 35.7 53.7% Detergent
14 Vileda 583 39.0 60.0% Detergent
15 Formil 82 35.8 68.3% Detergent
16 American Craftsman 27 35.0 51.0% Detergent

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular detergents compiled?

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

Unilever currently leads with an estimated audience of 174k people in South Africa.

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