Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 9 most popular Internet Service Providers in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 9 largest internet service providers in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Starlink, Open Fiber and Netze BW lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 271k people. Across all 9 entries the average audience size is 30k, and the largest, Starlink, reaches around 270k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each internet service provider, 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 9, 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 Starlink 270k 37.1 42.0% Internet service provider
2 Open Fiber 1.4k 36.5 49.6% Internet service provider
3 Netze BW 125 39.6 47.1% Internet service provider
4 Wilhelm.tel 89 38.5 50.4% Internet service provider
5 NetCologne 86 36.1 48.6% Internet service provider
6 EWE NETZ 39 38.3 48.0% Internet service provider
7 NetCom BW 30 37.8 40.0% Internet service provider
8 EWE TEL 23 38.2 51.5% Internet service provider
9 Osnatel 23 38.1 46.2% Internet service provider

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular internet service providers compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each internet service provider 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 internet service provider in South Africa?

Starlink currently leads with an estimated audience of 270k people in South Africa.

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