Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 42 most popular Lakes in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 42 largest lakes in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Lake Como, Lake Malawi and Lake Bled lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 105k people. Across all 42 entries the average audience size is 4.4k, and the largest, Lake Como, reaches around 53k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each lake, 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 42, 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 Lake Thun 382 43.3 91.8% Lake
27 Schliersee 379 44.8 54.8% Lake
28 Summer Lake (Oregon) 290 50.3 64.7% Lake
29 Okanagan Lake 259 38.5 73.7% Lake
30 Loch Tay 222 41.7 77.2% Lake
31 Lake Las Vegas 176 38.3 31.2% Lake
32 Lake Sapanca 171 39.9 54.7% Lake
33 Saimaa 155 47.1 59.5% Lake
34 Müggelsee 141 44.6 61.4% Lake
35 Sjusjøen 125 48.2 64.1% Lake
36 Großer Brombachsee 122 41.9 60.1% Lake
37 Müritz 120 41.1 52.3% Lake
38 Mälaren 116 47.1 61.6% Lake
39 Kenyir Lake 106 35.8 37.6% Lake
40 Mjøsa 88 47.2 57.9% Lake
41 Biggesee 84 44.6 67.4% Lake
42 Ilopango 79 31.9 52.2% Lake

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular lakes compiled?

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

Lake Como currently leads with an estimated audience of 53k people in South Africa.

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