Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 49 most popular Hairs in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 49 largest hairs in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Hair products, Hair care and Hair straightening lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.6M people. Across all 49 entries the average audience size is 271k, and the largest, Hair products, reaches around 3.2M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each hair, 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 49, 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 Hair products 3.2M 36.3 71.1% Hair
2 Hair care 1.5M 36.1 83.3% Hair
3 Hair straightening 864k 34.9 80.7% Hair
4 Shampoo 809k 34.5 80.1% Hair
5 Hair conditioner 751k 34.8 79.5% Hair
6 Hair coloring 738k 34.7 80.0% Hair
7 Hairbrush 697k 35.0 81.2% Hair
8 Comb 615k 32.9 89.0% Hair
9 Keratin 599k 34.5 81.5% Hair
10 Hair iron 590k 34.6 83.9% Hair
11 Hair dryer 571k 34.4 82.2% Hair
12 Hydrogen peroxide 352k 50.9 85.3% Hair
13 Afro-textured hair 275k 31.2 86.1% Hair
14 Human hair color 228k 33.4 90.4% Hair
15 Hair tutorials 178k 34.3 73.7% Hair
16 Brush 137k 38.8 63.1% Hair
17 Management of hair loss 100k 34.3 91.2% Hair
18 Blond 98k 34.5 82.7% Hair
19 Ombre 89k 33.9 87.0% Hair
20 Hair colorist 87k 31.6 81.9% Hair
21 Hair serum 86k 32.8 90.0% Hair
22 Hair spray 71k 34.8 75.9% Hair
23 Hot comb 70k 36.4 6.2% Hair
24 Blade 65k 34.4 26.8% Hair
25 Red hair 58k 35.2 81.8% Hair

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular hairs compiled?

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

Hair products currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.2M people in South Africa.

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