Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Museums in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest museums in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 338 museums tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Museum of Modern Art, Victoria and Albert Museum and British Museum lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 264k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 9.1k, and the largest, Museum of Modern Art, reaches around 102k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each museum, 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 100, 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 Museum of Modern Art 102k 36.1 57.7% Museum
2 Victoria and Albert Museum 100k 38.5 65.1% Museum
3 British Museum 62k 41.0 55.5% Museum
4 Saatchi Gallery 60k 39.6 55.7% Museum
5 Metropolitan Museum of Art 57k 36.4 50.0% Museum
6 Rijksmuseum 40k 43.1 66.4% Museum
7 Tate Modern 39k 38.7 54.4% Museum
8 Frieze Art Fair 34k 40.7 55.2% Museum
9 Gagosian Gallery 33k 40.0 52.7% Museum
10 SS Great Britain 25k 48.0 61.1% Museum
11 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 23k 35.4 65.0% Museum
12 Tate 18k 38.2 61.0% Museum
13 Museum of Bags and Purses 17k 24.9 51.6% Museum
14 Natural history museum 17k 45.5 44.5% Museum
15 Whitney Museum of American Art 15k 41.5 49.4% Museum
16 National Museum, Warsaw 14k 42.5 100.0% Museum
17 Science museum 13k 37.9 44.3% Museum
18 Saatchi Art 12k 34.9 68.9% Museum
19 National Gallery of Art 11k 33.7 50.1% Museum
20 Natural History Museum, London 11k 36.6 58.8% Museum
21 National Gallery 11k 35.2 46.8% Museum
22 Royal Academy of Arts 11k 35.0 60.0% Museum
23 Los Angeles County Museum of Art 10k 40.1 67.2% Museum
24 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 10k 49.1 52.9% Museum
25 Van Gogh Museum 8.3k 35.8 58.4% Museum

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular museums compiled?

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

Museum of Modern Art currently leads with an estimated audience of 102k people in South Africa.

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