Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 18 most popular Payments in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 18 largest payments in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Google Pay, Western Union and Payoneer lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 367k people. Across all 18 entries the average audience size is 25k, and the largest, Google Pay, reaches around 204k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each payment, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 18, 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 Google Pay 204k 35.9 52.5% Payment
2 Western Union 117k 34.8 47.8% Payment
3 Payoneer 47k 27.1 7.4% Payment
4 WorldRemit 23k 36.8 51.1% Payment
5 TransferWise 21k 30.9 38.8% Payment
6 Stripe (company) 11k 38.1 52.3% Payment
7 Alipay 7.8k 37.0 51.8% Payment
8 Adyen 4.2k 38.6 55.9% Payment
9 Sumup 3.1k 36.3 47.4% Payment
10 IZettle 1.6k 36.2 46.4% Payment
11 Teya 1.4k 36.9 46.0% Payment
12 MobiKwik 692 30.1 34.0% Payment
13 Paytm 664 40.1 53.4% Payment
14 Zuora 362 31.9 58.3% Payment
15 Microsoft Wallet 221 35.4 50.5% Payment
16 Revel Systems 128 42.6 45.0% Payment
17 TeleCash 89 36.1 54.7% Payment
18 Unzer 86 36.5 50.3% Payment

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular payments compiled?

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

Google Pay currently leads with an estimated audience of 204k people in South Africa.

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