Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Fashion Designers in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest fashion designers in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 182 fashion designers tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Karl Lagerfeld, Tom Ford and Jean Paul Gaultier lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 691k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 13k, and the largest, Karl Lagerfeld, reaches around 488k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each fashion designer, 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
1 Karl Lagerfeld 488k 35.5 64.9% Fashion designer
2 Tom Ford 137k 38.3 59.7% Fashion designer
3 Jean Paul Gaultier 66k 32.6 61.6% Fashion designer
4 John F. MacArthur 64k 48.7 66.7% Fashion designer
5 Monica Lewinsky 59k 47.4 39.9% Fashion designer
6 Donatella Versace 44k 34.9 62.1% Fashion designer
7 Emporio Armani 34k 34.5 57.0% Fashion designer
8 Vivienne Westwood 30k 28.8 43.9% Fashion designer
9 Narciso Rodriguez 30k 32.4 92.6% Fashion designer
10 Virgil Abloh 24k 36.0 51.2% Fashion designer
11 Elie Saab 23k 31.5 81.3% Fashion designer
12 Dan Bongino 20k 52.3 19.5% Fashion designer
13 Dave Ramsey 19k 38.1 64.3% Fashion designer
14 Salvatore Ferragamo 15k 36.5 59.4% Fashion designer
15 Gianni Versace 13k 35.1 47.6% Fashion designer
16 John Galliano 11k 45.6 71.5% Fashion designer
17 Hans Christian Andersen 8.9k 32.0 82.3% Fashion designer
18 Junya Watanabe 8.5k 29.7 71.0% Fashion designer
19 Dries van Noten 8.4k 26.7 61.9% Fashion designer
20 Jeremy Scott 8.2k 47.3 98.6% Fashion designer
21 Alistair Begg 7.1k 55.7 78.1% Fashion designer
22 Guccio Gucci 7.1k 33.5 52.2% Fashion designer
23 Doc Holliday 7.1k 45.2 33.0% Fashion designer
24 Hedi Slimane 7k 39.2 50.4% Fashion designer
25 Michio Kaku 6.1k 49.5 91.7% Fashion designer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular fashion designers compiled?

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

Karl Lagerfeld currently leads with an estimated audience of 488k people in South Africa.

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