Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Novels in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest novels in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 188 novels tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Madea's Class Reunion, Book of Revelation and First Epistle to the Thessalonians lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 35k, and the largest, Madea's Class Reunion, reaches around 979k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each novel, 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 A Streetcar Named Desire (play) 10k Novel
52 The Metamorphosis 10k 45.5 56.7% Novel
53 Prince Caspian 10k 40.4 69.3% Novel
54 The Book of Five Rings 10k 45.3 0.0% Novel
55 A Christmas Carol 9.8k 38.5 53.2% Novel
56 Jabberwocky 9.5k 40.9 70.1% Novel
57 The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry 9.4k 54.0 100.0% Novel
58 Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus 8.9k 40.3 100.0% Novel
59 Looking for Alaska 8.6k 35.7 57.0% Novel
60 For Whom the Bell Tolls 8k 45.8 0.0% Novel
61 In Flanders Fields 7.9k 55.2 31.1% Novel
62 Travesties 7.7k Novel
63 Gulliver's Travels 7.4k 37.5 40.9% Novel
64 The Cutting Room 6.9k 40.5 29.5% Novel
65 I Ching 6.9k 38.5 74.1% Novel
66 The Famous Five (series) 6.8k 48.1 85.5% Novel
67 Book of Job 6.6k 26.4 66.9% Novel
68 The Necklace 6.6k 34.1 72.5% Novel
69 Summer fruit 6.4k 40.5 100.0% Novel
70 W. B. Yeats 6.3k 49.3 56.7% Novel
71 Critical theory 6.3k 40.0 67.7% Novel
72 The Jungle 6.2k 37.7 85.8% Novel
73 A Brief History of Time 6k 46.3 34.6% Novel
74 Tao Te Ching 5.8k 35.5 70.8% Novel
75 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 5.6k 33.5 100.0% Novel

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular novels compiled?

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

Madea's Class Reunion currently leads with an estimated audience of 979k people in South Africa.

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