Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 17 most popular Marketplaces in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 17 largest marketplaces in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Taobao, Flipkart and LetGo lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 211k people. Across all 17 entries the average audience size is 19k, and the largest, Taobao, reaches around 89k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each marketplace, 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 17, 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 Taobao 89k 33.5 56.8% Marketplace
2 Flipkart 82k 34.8 65.7% Marketplace
3 LetGo 40k 34.4 32.7% Marketplace
4 Craigslist 38k 32.6 44.5% Marketplace
5 AbeBooks 21k 48.8 58.0% Marketplace
6 Poshmark 17k 29.6 79.8% Marketplace
7 Savers 11k 35.1 50.7% Marketplace
8 Flippa 7.6k 27.0 17.1% Marketplace
9 Marktplaats.nl 6.2k 46.1 61.5% Marketplace
10 Tokopedia 2.7k 32.4 46.6% Marketplace
11 Goldbely 1.2k 48.0 57.9% Marketplace
12 Quikr 696 29.3 38.3% Marketplace
13 HomeAdvisor 436 38.3 56.7% Marketplace
14 shpock 357 27.9 47.6% Marketplace
15 ShopClues 254 38.1 80.4% Marketplace
16 freecharge 252 27.9 44.6% Marketplace
17 Tradesy 163 29.0 61.4% Marketplace

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular marketplaces compiled?

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

Taobao currently leads with an estimated audience of 89k people in South Africa.

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