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
51 El Greco 2.7k 40.8 54.9% Painter
52 Rabindranath Tagore 2.4k 35.5 30.0% Painter
53 L. S. Lowry 2.1k 53.4 53.0% Painter
54 J. M. W. Turner 2.1k 44.1 60.5% Painter
55 Albrecht Dürer 2k 44.0 60.0% Painter
56 Paula Rego 2k 49.2 69.5% Painter
57 Charles Addams 2k 42.1 74.7% Painter
58 Peter Paul Rubens 1.8k 30.7 0.0% Painter
59 James Jean 1.8k 40.0 0.0% Painter
60 Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1.8k 34.8 67.5% Painter
61 Joseph Beuys 1.8k 48.2 50.9% Painter
62 Ali Zafar 1.7k 29.0 0.0% Painter
63 Cy Twombly 1.7k 25.7 42.7% Painter
64 Charles Rennie Mackintosh 1.5k 47.5 76.4% Painter
65 Anthony van Dyck 1.3k 38.3 71.0% Painter
66 mark freeman 1.2k 36.5 13.6% Painter
67 Paul Rand 1.2k 35.1 55.9% Painter
68 Jean Cocteau 1.2k 44.1 65.2% Painter
69 Victor Vasarely 1k 25.4 42.8% Painter
70 Édouard Manet 959 42.6 62.5% Painter
71 Joan Miró 900 41.6 69.1% Painter
72 Gustave Doré 716 44.8 82.5% Painter
73 Guy Harvey 692 46.2 45.9% Painter
74 William Hogarth 685 44.3 58.4% Painter
75 James Rizzi 650 50.0 29.5% 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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