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
76 Marc Andreessen 5.1k 40.5 60.7% Entrepreneur
77 R. M. Williams 5.1k 33.0 67.5% Entrepreneur
78 J. Willard Marriott 4.6k 41.0 55.1% Entrepreneur
79 Ron Dennis 4.5k 47.3 0.0% Entrepreneur
80 Ferdinand Porsche 4.4k 41.7 2.3% Entrepreneur
81 Gabe Newell 4.4k 21.0 0.0% Entrepreneur
82 Stephen Covey 4.3k 34.6 52.2% Entrepreneur
83 Eddie Bauer 4.2k 50.2 76.7% Entrepreneur
84 Stefano Gabbana 4.2k 34.1 57.5% Entrepreneur
85 Michael Bloomberg 4.2k 38.8 35.8% Entrepreneur
86 Vic Firth 4k 38.2 28.1% Entrepreneur
87 Arianna Huffington 3.9k 39.9 64.2% Entrepreneur
88 Ameera al-Taweel 3.8k 40.1 3.3% Entrepreneur
89 Barbara Corcoran 3.6k 33.8 58.7% Entrepreneur
90 Dietrich Mateschitz 3.6k 36.8 39.2% Entrepreneur
91 Paul Teutul, Sr. 3.6k 43.9 21.4% Entrepreneur
92 Conrad Hilton 3.3k 37.3 64.1% Entrepreneur
93 Ramit Sethi 3.2k 41.3 58.9% Entrepreneur
94 Marc Benioff 3.1k 46.0 51.8% Entrepreneur
95 Carl Icahn 2.9k 42.7 37.2% Entrepreneur
96 John Layfield 2.6k 36.3 36.2% Entrepreneur
97 Suze Orman 2.6k 37.9 44.4% Entrepreneur
98 Kim Kiyosaki 2.5k 39.7 58.6% Entrepreneur
99 Larry Flynt 2.4k 40.4 32.3% Entrepreneur
100 Gianni Agnelli 2.4k 44.7 57.7% 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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