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
76 Bob Marley Museum 932 48.3 52.4% Museum
77 Exploratorium 914 46.7 65.5% Museum
78 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 908 38.9 67.2% Museum
79 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 903 21.1 72.5% Museum
80 Rembrandt House Museum 896 53.0 67.0% Museum
81 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum 880 43.5 74.5% Museum
82 National Museums Scotland 859 45.5 63.3% Museum
83 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 851 50.3 65.0% Museum
84 Getty Center 847 49.9 61.6% Museum
85 Philadelphia Museum of Art 846 50.4 66.5% Museum
86 Royal Ontario Museum 843 46.3 62.8% Museum
87 Mariinsky Theatre 837 48.3 78.1% Museum
88 Petersen Automotive Museum 837 48.0 21.1% Museum
89 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 834 54.6 79.3% Museum
90 Wallace Collection 803 45.5 75.2% Museum
91 Railway Museum (Saitama) 778 44.6 42.7% Museum
92 Brooklyn Museum 769 39.8 56.7% Museum
93 Kenwood House 715 45.0 65.6% Museum
94 Capitoline Museums 689 44.3 100.0% Museum
95 Knebworth House 686 38.2 87.3% Museum
96 National Gallery of Victoria 677 42.7 66.0% Museum
97 ArtScience Museum 621 26.0 100.0% Museum
98 Museum of London 594 49.4 62.9% Museum
99 Munch Museum 593 47.8 70.9% Museum
100 Frida Kahlo Museum 567 33.8 80.3% 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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