Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 5 most popular Mainstream Fashion Shops in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 5 largest mainstream fashion shops in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Forever 21, COS and Massimo Dutti lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 276k people. Across all 5 entries the average audience size is 56k, and the largest, Forever 21, reaches around 223k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each mainstream fashion shop, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 5, 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 Forever 21 223k 35.8 71.4% Mainstream fashion shop
2 COS 37k 32.2 68.7% Mainstream fashion shop
3 Massimo Dutti 16k 36.9 77.8% Mainstream fashion shop
4 Vero Moda 4.4k 37.3 68.3% Mainstream fashion shop
5 Orsay 281 34.4 77.1% Mainstream fashion shop

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular mainstream fashion shops compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each mainstream fashion shop 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 mainstream fashion shop in South Africa?

Forever 21 currently leads with an estimated audience of 223k people in South Africa.

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