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
51 Harald Martenstein 321 39.0 45.7% Journalist
52 Tawakkol Karman 296 38.1 0.0% Journalist
53 Lev Grossman 286 40.4 69.1% Journalist
54 Anne Will 268 50.2 37.6% Journalist
55 Suzy Menkes 264 38.1 77.0% Journalist
56 Anabel Schunke 248 43.9 35.5% Journalist
57 Martin Suter 240 47.6 55.1% Journalist
58 Simon Beckett 239 40.8 65.6% Journalist
59 Jo Nesbø 237 37.8 55.1% Journalist
60 Douglas Preston 203 52.7 64.4% Journalist
61 Isaac Bashevis Singer 198 Journalist
62 Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre 182 41.2 68.5% Journalist
63 Jessica Cediel 179 34.0 49.7% Journalist
64 Ahmed Hulusi 178 46.6 64.0% Journalist
65 Marina Mahathir 178 46.0 50.4% Journalist
66 Pauline Voss 170 39.4 48.1% Journalist
67 Ahmet HAKAN 167 44.8 35.7% Journalist
68 Dagmar Rosenfeld 167 41.3 45.6% Journalist
69 Edith Bowman 167 33.6 49.6% Journalist
70 Tomasz Lis 167 46.3 58.8% Journalist
71 Julian Reichelt 166 39.9 43.9% Journalist
72 Udo Ulfkotte 166 55.1 66.5% Journalist
73 Ismael Cala 163 44.5 69.1% Journalist
74 Ameyaw Debrah 158 44.6 40.4% Journalist
75 Martha Medeiros 157 45.4 83.1% 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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