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
26 J. Paul Getty Museum 8.2k 34.8 50.5% Museum
27 Institute of Contemporary Arts 7.6k 33.1 33.1% Museum
28 Centre Georges Pompidou 7k 31.1 47.0% Museum
29 Terracotta Army 5.8k 35.8 14.0% Museum
30 Vatican Museums 5.7k 50.3 55.6% Museum
31 Tate Britain 5.5k 37.0 53.0% Museum
32 Pérez Art Museum Miami 5.4k 32.3 59.5% Museum
33 Imperial War Museum 4.7k 52.4 100.0% Museum
34 Acropolis Museum 4.4k 44.9 58.0% Museum
35 Roman Baths (Bath) 4.3k 47.3 100.0% Museum
36 Museo del Prado 4.1k 35.2 61.8% Museum
37 White Cube 3.7k 26.6 52.8% Museum
38 Science Museum, London 3.7k 35.4 58.1% Museum
39 Titanic Museum (Branson, Missouri) 3.5k 40.9 80.9% Museum
40 Titanic museum (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) 3.4k 41.0 83.2% Museum
41 Affordable Art Fair 3.4k 49.0 59.0% Museum
42 Chinese surname 3.3k 33.6 67.8% Museum
43 Biltmore Estate 3.1k 33.2 49.9% Museum
44 Science World (Vancouver) 3k 48.6 57.9% Museum
45 Museum of Islamic Art, Doha 2.9k 40.7 72.1% Museum
46 TsUM (Moscow) 2.8k 25.6 45.7% Museum
47 Musée d'Orsay 2.8k 43.9 62.8% Museum
48 National September 11 Memorial & Museum 2.3k 34.6 56.0% Museum
49 Egyptian Museum 2.2k 39.6 29.9% Museum
50 City of David 2.2k 46.9 71.4% 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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