Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Painters in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest painters in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh and Frida Kahlo lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 335k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 9k, and the largest, Leonardo da Vinci, reaches around 153k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each painter, 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
1 Leonardo da Vinci 153k 40.8 57.8% Painter
2 Vincent van Gogh 117k 37.1 59.4% Painter
3 Frida Kahlo 66k 37.9 57.7% Painter
4 Michelangelo 62k 43.9 67.2% Painter
5 Pablo Picasso 49k 42.0 67.2% Painter
6 Andy Warhol 33k 39.5 57.2% Painter
7 Claude Monet 25k 43.4 67.7% Painter
8 Jackson Pollock 24k 42.6 52.3% Painter
9 Rembrandt 22k 42.9 85.9% Painter
10 Gustav Klimt 22k 42.0 100.0% Painter
11 Evel Knievel 19k 49.7 11.5% Painter
12 Raphael 15k 37.5 66.8% Painter
13 Takashi Murakami 15k 44.0 48.9% Painter
14 Keith Haring 14k 31.9 62.5% Painter
15 William Blake 13k 44.2 42.5% Painter
16 Damien Hirst 12k 47.3 50.4% Painter
17 Hieronymus Bosch 11k 43.4 70.7% Painter
18 Wassily Kandinsky 11k 44.5 51.9% Painter
19 Roy Lichtenstein 10k 42.4 75.2% Painter
20 Edvard Munch 10k 37.8 65.7% Painter
21 Piet Mondrian 10k 47.2 57.0% Painter
22 Henri Matisse 9.3k 34.3 67.7% Painter
23 Edgar Degas 9.2k 49.5 25.3% Painter
24 Mark Rothko 8k 44.4 63.0% Painter
25 Francis Bacon 7.5k 34.0 65.9% Painter

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular painters compiled?

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

Leonardo da Vinci currently leads with an estimated audience of 153k people in South Africa.

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