Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Newspapers in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 872 newspapers tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Daily Maverick, Daily Sun and Algemeen Dagblad lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 135k, and the largest, Daily Maverick, reaches around 1.5M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each newspaper, 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 Correio da Manhã 25k 44.0 57.3% Newspaper
77 Defense News 24k 47.5 26.4% Newspaper
78 El País (Uruguay) 23k 48.6 53.4% Newspaper
79 Daily Nation 21k 37.2 28.5% Newspaper
80 This Is Africa 21k 39.1 35.4% Newspaper
81 Gujarat Samachar 20k 39.0 24.1% Newspaper
82 The Observer 19k 43.7 53.6% Newspaper
83 Expressen 18k 44.5 59.6% Newspaper
84 Aftonbladet 18k 43.9 58.1% Newspaper
85 El País 17k 43.4 58.0% Newspaper
86 Verdens Gang 17k 43.0 57.2% Newspaper
87 Le Figaro 17k 36.7 39.8% Newspaper
88 Tuttosport 17k 45.3 23.2% Newspaper
89 New Straits Times 17k 41.9 38.7% Newspaper
90 Hospodárske noviny 16k 43.4 54.9% Newspaper
91 7days 15k 35.4 33.4% Newspaper
92 Arab News 15k 42.1 67.1% Newspaper
93 Star-News 15k 29.9 18.8% Newspaper
94 Kronen Zeitung 15k 40.8 54.0% Newspaper
95 La Gazzetta dello Sport 15k 30.7 19.6% Newspaper
96 The Raw Story 15k 47.4 68.0% Newspaper
97 La Stampa 15k 48.4 54.0% Newspaper
98 Prothom Alo 15k 32.4 9.7% Newspaper
99 Los Angeles Times 14k 39.8 36.9% Newspaper
100 Corriere della Sera 14k 32.4 50.0% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular newspapers compiled?

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

Daily Maverick currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.5M people in South Africa.

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