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
26 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series 333 40.9 66.4% Marathon
27 Singapore Marathon 321 37.4 29.0% Marathon
28 Prague Marathon 318 32.2 41.1% Marathon
29 Melbourne Marathon 291 42.4 53.8% Marathon
30 Venice Marathon 266 44.9 42.4% Marathon
31 Hamburg Marathon 247 37.1 40.8% Marathon
32 Mumbai Marathon 245 43.7 47.6% Marathon
33 Florence Marathon 234 47.5 39.3% Marathon
34 San Francisco Marathon 227 46.2 64.3% Marathon
35 Big Sur International Marathon 217 44.1 52.4% Marathon
36 Marine Corps Marathon 201 45.2 32.9% Marathon
37 Philadelphia Marathon 201 40.2 53.1% Marathon
38 Paris Half Marathon 199 41.1 42.7% Marathon
39 Cardiff Half Marathon 193 45.0 55.6% Marathon
40 Eindhoven Marathon 190 36.7 58.7% Marathon
41 Houston Marathon 187 43.0 52.2% Marathon
42 Honolulu Marathon 179 41.4 53.2% Marathon
43 Jungfrau Marathon 178 39.3 52.2% Marathon
44 Oslo Marathon 175 45.0 60.8% Marathon
45 Pittsburgh Marathon 170 46.6 59.7% Marathon
46 Belfast Marathon 167 40.2 60.6% Marathon
47 Miami Marathon 167 46.3 55.1% Marathon
48 Los Angeles Marathon 162 45.0 32.7% Marathon
49 CPC Loop Den Haag 158 40.7 59.3% Marathon
50 Portland Marathon 158 46.4 57.7% 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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