Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 22 most popular Drugstores in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 22 largest drugstores in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Sephora, Walgreens and Matas (drug store) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 279k people. Across all 22 entries the average audience size is 15k, and the largest, Sephora, reaches around 255k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each drugstore, 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 22, 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 Sephora 255k 34.1 80.3% Drugstore
2 Walgreens 13k 36.5 65.6% Drugstore
3 Matas (drug store) 10k 42.6 86.0% Drugstore
4 Bipa 8.6k 40.3 77.2% Drugstore
5 The Beauty Box 8k 31.8 71.1% Drugstore
6 Shoppers Drug Mart 4k 35.4 63.0% Drugstore
7 ipsy 3.4k 27.8 89.6% Drugstore
8 Rite Aid 2.9k 30.7 65.5% Drugstore
9 Boots UK 2.8k 38.5 67.0% Drugstore
10 Notino 2k 30.6 80.9% Drugstore
11 Rossmann 1.6k 24.0 70.4% Drugstore
12 GlossyBox.co.uk 988 26.3 91.7% Drugstore
13 Müller (German trade company) 951 34.3 85.3% Drugstore
14 Mercury Drug 222 37.3 32.4% Drugstore
15 PARFUMDREAMS 131 29.6 91.3% Drugstore
16 Kruidvat NL 63 26.4 67.5% Drugstore
17 Stadt-Parfümerie Pieper 62 37.7 61.9% Drugstore
18 Budnikowsky 57 30.2 60.6% Drugstore
19 Müller Drogeriemarkt 43 31.5 72.1% Drugstore
20 Birchbox 19 28.1 65.4% Drugstore
21 Parfümerie Douglas Deutschland 1 24.7 85.6% Drugstore
22 dm-drogerie markt Deutschland 0 30.6 51.3% Drugstore

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular drugstores compiled?

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

Sephora currently leads with an estimated audience of 255k people in South Africa.

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