Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 67 most popular Marathons in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 67 largest marathons in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Comrades Marathon, Marathon des Sables and Two Oceans Marathon lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 153k people. Across all 67 entries the average audience size is 4.7k, and the largest, Comrades Marathon, reaches around 62k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each marathon, 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 67, 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 Comrades Marathon 62k 39.5 54.1% Marathon
2 Marathon des Sables 46k 44.5 53.6% Marathon
3 Two Oceans Marathon 44k 38.1 57.9% Marathon
4 Berlin Marathon 36k 39.9 51.4% Marathon
5 Chicago Marathon 34k 40.2 49.4% Marathon
6 New York City Marathon 32k 35.6 44.3% Marathon
7 World Marathon Majors 15k 40.2 49.3% Marathon
8 Tokyo Marathon 9.6k 40.9 44.4% Marathon
9 London Marathon 4.5k 39.1 49.7% Marathon
10 Boston Marathon 4.5k 40.3 49.3% Marathon
11 Amsterdam Marathon 3k 39.4 50.6% Marathon
12 Paris Marathon 2.5k 43.2 100.0% Marathon
13 Great Wall Marathon 1.5k 34.6 61.5% Marathon
14 Rome Marathon 1.2k 45.9 36.4% Marathon
15 Barcelona Marathon 1k 42.0 39.9% Marathon
16 Gold Coast Marathon 925 44.7 45.3% Marathon
17 Badwater Ultramarathon 640 44.0 38.8% Marathon
18 Rotterdam Marathon 594 43.0 59.2% Marathon
19 Loch Ness Marathon 521 45.0 58.1% Marathon
20 Brighton Marathon 497 43.5 35.8% Marathon
21 Greater Manchester Marathon 488 46.8 53.7% Marathon
22 Stockholm Marathon 456 44.8 57.1% Marathon
23 New York City Half Marathon 428 42.9 43.1% Marathon
24 Dublin Marathon 406 36.7 43.9% Marathon
25 Edinburgh Marathon 403 45.0 56.7% Marathon

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular marathons compiled?

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

Comrades Marathon currently leads with an estimated audience of 62k people in South Africa.

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