Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 33 most popular News in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 33 largest news in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. NewsNow, The Huffington Post and Four Corners (TV series) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 128k people. Across all 33 entries the average audience size is 7k, and the largest, NewsNow, reaches around 52k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each news, 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 33, 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 ISTOÉ 92 38.9 51.7% News
27 aristegui noticias 82 37.8 50.9% News
28 KTLA Morning News 77 28.7 64.3% News
29 hessenschau.de 63 42.0 42.3% News
30 presseportal.de 51 38.6 42.1% News
31 Gma Kapuso 39 38.0 73.9% News
32 Domingo Espetacular Record 11 38.8 69.3% News
33 wetterau.news 0 42.1 49.6% News

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular news compiled?

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

NewsNow currently leads with an estimated audience of 52k people in South Africa.

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