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
26 Kara Swisher 2.3k 30.5 70.7% Journalist
27 Kate Atkinson 2k 51.6 70.3% Journalist
28 Glennon Doyle Melton 1.8k 29.0 76.6% Journalist
29 Charles Duhigg 1.8k 49.8 44.0% Journalist
30 Chris Hayes (journalist) 1.6k 49.1 58.4% Journalist
31 Germaine Greer 1.6k 47.0 56.0% Journalist
32 Andrew Ross Sorkin 1.4k 40.6 60.6% Journalist
33 Max Hastings 1.3k 52.9 0.0% Journalist
34 Karl Rove 1.2k 52.8 54.4% Journalist
35 Star Jones 1.2k 40.9 58.8% Journalist
36 Andrew Breitbart 998 51.6 48.0% Journalist
37 Daniel H. Pink 941 33.6 44.5% Journalist
38 James Thurber 830 46.3 0.0% Journalist
39 José Saramago 749 47.4 61.8% Journalist
40 Don McCullin 748 43.0 24.6% Journalist
41 Sunday Adelaja 738 49.5 58.4% Journalist
42 Malcolm Turnbull 726 46.1 38.4% Journalist
43 Rich Eisen 577 52.3 40.9% Journalist
44 Fatima Bhutto 567 30.1 0.0% Journalist
45 Caren Miosga 379 30.1 68.9% Journalist
46 Robin Alexander 374 42.7 43.4% Journalist
47 Karl Stefanovic 345 47.3 75.1% Journalist
48 Amy Childs 342 26.0 79.3% Journalist
49 Ildikó von Kürthy 342 44.5 100.0% Journalist
50 Ruben Van Gucht 337 36.0 43.9% 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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