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
76 Shahzeb Khanzada 157 34.4 1.4% Journalist
77 Martin Prokop 155 37.5 12.2% Journalist
78 Ece Temelkuran 154 Journalist
79 Enrico Mentana 154 44.0 46.4% Journalist
80 Roxana Baldetti 153 45.5 59.2% Journalist
81 Paul Ronzheimer 148 37.5 46.2% Journalist
82 Ahmet Altan 147 42.8 22.0% Journalist
83 Sabine Rückert 138 39.4 64.7% Journalist
84 Laura Boldrini 135 42.4 60.4% Journalist
85 Miriam Defensor Santiago 135 41.6 67.9% Journalist
86 Saadat Hasan Manto 135 40.7 57.8% Journalist
87 Yiğit Bulut 135 43.5 17.6% Journalist
88 Max Mannhart 134 43.6 48.0% Journalist
89 Aftab Iqbal 132 32.0 0.0% Journalist
90 Peyami Safa 132 Journalist
91 Abby Abadi 129 38.3 84.0% Journalist
92 Elin Kling 129 39.2 100.0% Journalist
93 Antanas Mockus 126 39.1 45.1% Journalist
94 Jose Antonio Vargas 126 38.2 63.2% Journalist
95 Prannoy Roy 126 34.7 14.5% Journalist
96 Gabor Steingart 125 40.2 36.9% Journalist
97 Jay Fonseca 124 38.6 56.5% Journalist
98 Yosri Fouda 124 34.1 0.0% Journalist
99 Marcin Meller 120 37.7 69.3% Journalist
100 Mariano Moreno 120 38.5 75.1% 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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