Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Entrepreneurs in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest entrepreneurs in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 234 entrepreneurs tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Elon Musk, Patrice Motsepe and Mark Zuckerberg lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 933k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 36k, and the largest, Elon Musk, reaches around 464k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each entrepreneur, 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 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
51 Berry Gordy 11k 49.2 56.1% Entrepreneur
52 Richard Rawlings 11k 39.3 16.1% Entrepreneur
53 Hideo Kojima 9.9k 30.4 8.0% Entrepreneur
54 Nick Vujicic 9.8k 34.2 65.8% Entrepreneur
55 Lori Greiner 9.4k 50.1 62.5% Entrepreneur
56 Julie Christie 8.8k 40.4 82.9% Entrepreneur
57 Mohamed Al-Fayed 8.6k 38.2 61.6% Entrepreneur
58 Karl Benz 8.5k 38.1 17.5% Entrepreneur
59 Ferruccio Lamborghini 8k 37.9 24.8% Entrepreneur
60 Masayoshi Son 7.4k 46.0 28.8% Entrepreneur
61 Michael Dell 7.4k 42.8 40.0% Entrepreneur
62 Al-Waleed bin Talal 6.9k 32.4 44.9% Entrepreneur
63 Joe Weider 6.9k 33.9 50.7% Entrepreneur
64 Thomas Cook 6.7k 42.3 54.6% Entrepreneur
65 Kevin Feige 6.7k 39.4 25.1% Entrepreneur
66 Lisa Frank 6.6k 42.6 95.0% Entrepreneur
67 Sheryl Sandberg 6.5k 36.5 67.9% Entrepreneur
68 Russell Brunson 6.4k 33.7 49.4% Entrepreneur
69 Satya Nadella 6.3k 27.6 21.5% Entrepreneur
70 Reid Hoffman 6.3k 35.8 55.0% Entrepreneur
71 Robert Herjavec 6.1k 33.3 100.0% Entrepreneur
72 Carroll Shelby 6k 35.4 0.0% Entrepreneur
73 Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark 6k 52.0 81.4% Entrepreneur
74 Alan Sugar 5.9k 42.9 79.1% Entrepreneur
75 Saint Patrick 5.8k 39.6 52.1% Entrepreneur

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular entrepreneurs compiled?

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

Elon Musk currently leads with an estimated audience of 464k people in South Africa.

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