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
51 Newk's Eatery 86 36.4 63.9% Fast food restaurants
52 Max's of Manila 84 35.0 43.0% Fast food restaurants
53 Peter Pane 83 35.0 61.2% Fast food restaurants
54 Best Worscht in Town 81 39.0 53.1% Fast food restaurants
55 Belchicken 80 36.5 61.8% Fast food restaurants
56 Wienerwald 80 36.1 60.9% Fast food restaurants
57 Frittenwerk 79 36.4 63.0% Fast food restaurants
58 Honest Kebab 77 37.8 51.2% Fast food restaurants
59 In-N-Out Burger 77 36.3 63.0% Fast food restaurants
60 Tudor's Biscuit World 76 37.5 57.3% Fast food restaurants
61 Freddy Fresh 63 35.4 63.1% Fast food restaurants
62 Kochlöffel 63 37.4 55.7% Fast food restaurants
63 Mangal Döner 51 34.0 51.8% Fast food restaurants
64 Denny's 50 44.2 74.8% Fast food restaurants
65 Chronic Tacos 47 38.1 53.5% Fast food restaurants
66 Bagels & Brownies 44 36.9 60.3% Fast food restaurants
67 Beets & Roots 27 38.5 55.9% Fast food restaurants
68 Berliner Das Original 14 36.0 59.3% Fast food restaurants
69 T.G.I. Friday's 9 25.8 56.8% Fast food restaurants
70 New York Slice Club 8 37.9 61.6% Fast food restaurants
71 Royal Donut 6 35.1 72.0% Fast food restaurants
72 Bruegger's 0 38.6 58.8% 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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