Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 72 most popular Fast Food Restaurants in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 72 largest fast food restaurants in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. KFC, Burger King and McDonald's lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.1M people. Across all 72 entries the average audience size is 72k, and the largest, KFC, reaches around 2.7M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each fast food restaurants, 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 72, 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 KFC 2.7M 35.9 60.4% Fast food restaurants
2 Burger King 829k 34.2 59.8% Fast food restaurants
3 McDonald's 580k 34.7 61.7% Fast food restaurants
4 Pizza Hut 356k 34.9 64.3% Fast food restaurants
5 Yum! Brands 329k 35.8 63.7% Fast food restaurants
6 Subway 84k 35.0 60.9% Fast food restaurants
7 Hooters 62k 40.1 41.5% Fast food restaurants
8 Taco Bell 26k 35.4 56.5% Fast food restaurants
9 The Melting Pot 20k 39.0 66.8% Fast food restaurants
10 Dunkin' Donuts 20k 34.1 68.6% Fast food restaurants
11 Olive Garden 17k 44.2 70.1% Fast food restaurants
12 PizzaExpress 17k 29.2 66.6% Fast food restaurants
13 The Cheesecake Factory 12k 36.7 62.3% Fast food restaurants
14 Five Guys 11k 31.1 61.4% Fast food restaurants
15 Cafe extrablatt 9.8k 35.7 60.5% Fast food restaurants
16 Jack in the Box 5.9k 26.0 70.4% Fast food restaurants
17 Eataly 5.9k 36.1 69.3% Fast food restaurants
18 Sonic Drive-In 5.2k 31.8 60.5% Fast food restaurants
19 Red Rooster 4.9k 32.2 60.9% Fast food restaurants
20 Harvey's 4.6k 41.2 51.7% Fast food restaurants
21 Secret Recipe (restaurant) 4.4k 42.0 65.3% Fast food restaurants
22 Goldies 3.4k 36.3 58.4% Fast food restaurants
23 Sushi Shop 2.6k 25.7 67.3% Fast food restaurants
24 TGI Friday’s 2.5k 34.4 64.9% Fast food restaurants
25 Selecta (vending company) 1.9k 49.8 65.4% Fast food restaurants

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular fast food restaurants compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each fast food restaurants 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 fast food restaurants in South Africa?

KFC currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.7M people in South Africa.

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