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
51 Aviation museum 2k 38.6 50.7% Museum
52 Florence Cathedral 1.9k 40.9 47.9% Museum
53 National Museum of Natural History (France) 1.9k 46.9 56.8% Museum
54 American Museum of Natural History 1.8k 40.0 46.9% Museum
55 Royal Palace of Amsterdam 1.6k 52.5 56.7% Museum
56 National Portrait Gallery (United States) 1.5k 40.3 65.9% Museum
57 Shakespeare's Birthplace 1.5k 53.5 77.7% Museum
58 National Museum of Natural History 1.5k 45.8 36.3% Museum
59 Mercedes-Benz Museum 1.5k 40.9 27.9% Museum
60 Hermitage Museum 1.4k 49.6 52.2% Museum
61 National Portrait Gallery 1.3k 36.1 53.3% Museum
62 Dubai Museum 1.3k 34.3 22.6% Museum
63 Churchill War Rooms 1.3k 46.6 34.3% Museum
64 Musée du Louvre 1.2k 42.7 66.8% Museum
65 Serpentine Galleries 1.2k 47.3 64.5% Museum
66 National Museum of Scotland 1.1k 51.3 61.9% Museum
67 Porsche Museum, Stuttgart 1.1k 29.3 0.0% Museum
68 Virtual museum 1.1k 51.2 23.4% Museum
69 Ashmolean Museum 1.1k 48.7 68.8% Museum
70 Ghibli Museum 1.1k 22.4 50.7% Museum
71 London Transport Museum 998 49.9 50.8% Museum
72 Jewish Museum, Berlin 979 41.5 75.0% Museum
73 World of Coca-Cola 967 46.0 64.0% Museum
74 Deutsches Museum 946 45.4 46.8% Museum
75 Amsterdam Museum 944 47.2 67.0% 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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