Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 11 most popular E-learning in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 11 largest e-learning in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Udemy, Duolingo and Khan Academy lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 700k people. Across all 11 entries the average audience size is 75k, and the largest, Udemy, reaches around 469k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each e-learning, 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 11, 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 Udemy 469k 35.9 57.6% E-learning
2 Duolingo 130k 36.8 59.7% E-learning
3 Khan Academy 100k 31.1 61.1% E-learning
4 Udacity 68k 31.2 54.8% E-learning
5 Rosetta Stone (software) 21k 32.2 59.0% E-learning
6 Babbel 18k 37.7 62.0% E-learning
7 Docsity 7.3k 27.8 79.4% E-learning
8 Busuu 6.9k 36.1 58.8% E-learning
9 BYJU's 3.5k 28.0 68.9% E-learning
10 LeapFrog Enterprises 822 43.2 59.4% E-learning
11 Knewton 273 39.0 78.4% E-learning

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular e-learning compiled?

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

Udemy currently leads with an estimated audience of 469k people in South Africa.

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