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
76 Giorgio Vasari 596 49.8 62.0% Painter
77 Jean-François Millet 559 32.8 100.0% Painter
78 Muniba Mazari 538 26.0 45.3% Painter
79 August Macke 500 39.7 58.1% Painter
80 Alan Parker 486 31.0 85.8% Painter
81 Yann Arthus-Bertrand 327 43.0 81.2% Painter
82 Jean Dubuffet 305 25.7 42.7% Painter
83 Gabriele Münter 201 38.4 56.9% Painter
84 George Sampson 199 21.2 78.2% Painter
85 Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot 191 47.6 60.9% Painter
86 Hermann Scherer 167 47.2 49.6% Painter
87 Xu Wei 149 43.8 66.0% Painter
88 Barry McGee 142 29.5 51.4% Painter
89 Andrzej Mleczko 141 41.9 52.5% Painter
90 Shunzhi Emperor 132 Painter
91 Markus Lüpertz 100 38.3 55.8% Painter
92 Philip Stein 100 24.8 61.5% Painter
93 Jonathan Meese 96 37.1 55.2% Painter
94 Affandi 92 30.7 46.4% Painter
95 Karel Appel 92 41.8 43.7% Painter
96 Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu 75 42.5 52.1% Painter
97 Ustad Mansur 56 28.5 48.0% Painter
98 Leon Legat 50 33.9 69.7% Painter
99 Jan Matejko 42 41.6 84.1% Painter
100 Sōami 6 23.7 41.5% 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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