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
26 Salvador Dalí 7.2k 40.4 65.2% Painter
27 Todd White (artist) 7.1k 39.9 64.2% Painter
28 Thomas Kinkade 6.8k 55.6 88.0% Painter
29 Jeff Koons 6.7k 42.5 36.6% Painter
30 David Hockney 6.5k 27.1 43.1% Painter
31 H. R. Giger 6.2k 37.9 38.7% Painter
32 Francisco Goya 5.7k 41.0 59.4% Painter
33 Marc Chagall 5.2k 43.8 55.2% Painter
34 Paul Klee 5k 37.7 62.9% Painter
35 Gerhard Richter 4.7k 46.4 50.4% Painter
36 Francis Bacon (artist) 4.6k 44.5 50.6% Painter
37 Titian 4.5k 47.1 65.7% Painter
38 Robert Burns 4.2k 45.8 54.3% Painter
39 Paul Gauguin 4k 31.3 56.1% Painter
40 Zdzisław Beksiński 3.8k 36.8 24.9% Painter
41 Frank Stella 3.7k 51.9 92.6% Painter
42 René Magritte 3.6k 47.1 63.4% Painter
43 Jacques-Louis David 3.3k 47.7 89.3% Painter
44 Invader (artist) 3.2k 26.6 55.3% Painter
45 Franz Marc 3.2k 53.9 86.2% Painter
46 Kazimir Malevich 2.9k 51.0 19.6% Painter
47 Yoshitomo Nara 2.9k 44.8 42.4% Painter
48 Marcel Duchamp 2.8k 29.8 28.8% Painter
49 Georges Seurat 2.8k 47.3 72.7% Painter
50 Paul Cézanne 2.7k 29.4 73.0% 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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