Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Journalists in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest journalists in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 137 journalists tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Megyn Kelly, Anna Wintour and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 127k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.2k, and the largest, Megyn Kelly, reaches around 59k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each journalist, 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
1 Megyn Kelly 59k 49.9 56.7% Journalist
2 Anna Wintour 36k 33.8 69.2% Journalist
3 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 32k 48.8 38.1% Journalist
4 Philip Yancey 15k 51.1 69.7% Journalist
5 Carol Vorderman 15k 48.3 7.2% Journalist
6 Mehdi Hasan 15k 41.5 41.2% Journalist
7 Mark Twain 13k 30.8 57.9% Journalist
8 Boris Johnson 12k 39.3 69.1% Journalist
9 Graham Hancock 11k 45.5 45.4% Journalist
10 Jilly Cooper 8.4k 31.7 70.4% Journalist
11 Christopher Hitchens 8k 31.1 66.8% Journalist
12 Steven Crowder 7.5k 50.1 36.0% Journalist
13 Hunter S. Thompson 6.5k 34.5 41.3% Journalist
14 Queen Letizia of Spain 6.4k 48.0 90.8% Journalist
15 Gloria Steinem 6.2k 40.5 100.0% Journalist
16 Ayn Rand 5.4k 25.6 45.0% Journalist
17 L. Frank Baum 4.2k 34.8 30.4% Journalist
18 Dave Meltzer 4.1k 38.7 40.4% Journalist
19 James O'Keefe 4.1k 49.2 38.9% Journalist
20 Yasmin Mogahed 4k 37.0 72.4% Journalist
21 Glenn Greenwald 3.4k 40.7 49.1% Journalist
22 Victoria Coren Mitchell 3.3k 24.8 10.6% Journalist
23 Joan Didion 3.2k 28.8 100.0% Journalist
24 Atul Gawande 3k 49.4 69.7% Journalist
25 Mike Wallace 2.9k 54.7 36.9% Journalist

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular journalists compiled?

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

Megyn Kelly currently leads with an estimated audience of 59k people in South Africa.

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