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
26 Cenk Uygur 5.5k 44.1 37.0% Fashion designer
27 Donna Karan 5.4k 41.9 73.8% Fashion designer
28 Dean and Dan Caten 5.3k 45.0 80.6% Fashion designer
29 Paul Frank 5.1k 36.5 89.8% Fashion designer
30 Caroline Myss 4.7k 49.0 87.5% Fashion designer
31 Tinker Hatfield 4.5k 26.8 26.3% Fashion designer
32 Sherri Hill 4k 27.0 92.0% Fashion designer
33 Rachel Roy 3.9k 22.3 46.6% Fashion designer
34 Kendra Scott 3.6k 32.4 78.1% Fashion designer
35 Roger Vivier 3.2k 34.4 76.0% Fashion designer
36 Miuccia Prada 2.9k 33.9 84.3% Fashion designer
37 Ann Demeulemeester 2.8k 39.8 100.0% Fashion designer
38 Philippe Starck 2.6k 36.6 67.1% Fashion designer
39 Mitch Albom 2.5k 43.9 80.4% Fashion designer
40 Christian Siriano 2.3k 33.5 76.7% Fashion designer
41 Iris van Herpen 2.3k 27.8 82.3% Fashion designer
42 Sophia Webster 2k 29.5 100.0% Fashion designer
43 Betsey Johnson 1.9k 26.1 68.1% Fashion designer
44 Laura Whitmore 1.9k 33.1 76.7% Fashion designer
45 Monique Lhuillier 1.8k 30.9 70.4% Fashion designer
46 Anna Sui 1.7k 46.7 93.6% Fashion designer
47 Rei Kawakubo 1.7k 30.2 92.1% Fashion designer
48 Cristóbal Balenciaga 1.6k 42.5 85.9% Fashion designer
49 Lilly Pulitzer 1.5k 36.9 89.5% Fashion designer
50 Zac Posen 1.4k 41.3 78.2% 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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