Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Personal Cares in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest personal cares in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 175 personal cares tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. L'Oréal, Nivea and Garnier lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 36k, and the largest, L'Oréal, reaches around 448k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each personal care, 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 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 L'Oréal 448k 36.1 84.6% Personal care
2 Nivea 430k 35.0 67.5% Personal care
3 Garnier 233k 36.1 80.9% Personal care
4 Clarins 232k 38.6 83.8% Personal care
5 Eucerin 222k 36.0 68.4% Personal care
6 La Roche-Posay 194k 34.2 83.0% Personal care
7 Vaseline 176k 36.6 79.3% Personal care
8 The Body Shop 151k 36.2 81.2% Personal care
9 Neutrogena 134k 34.8 72.7% Personal care
10 Lush (company) 132k 35.2 72.4% Personal care
11 Dermalogica 109k 36.3 74.8% Personal care
12 Cetaphil 88k 32.7 72.2% Personal care
13 SkinCeuticals 83k 35.2 80.4% Personal care
14 Kiehl's 81k 36.1 80.2% Personal care
15 Bioderma 79k 33.3 75.4% Personal care
16 Vichy 64k 35.2 79.9% Personal care
17 Axe (brand) 52k 33.8 53.2% Personal care
18 Kotex 44k 31.8 94.0% Personal care
19 Elizabeth Arden 40k 35.7 76.0% Personal care
20 Stayfree 40k 35.5 89.5% Personal care
21 Origins (cosmetics) 38k 32.4 82.3% Personal care
22 Laneige 31k 32.0 86.8% Personal care
23 DoTerra 29k 37.4 75.0% Personal care
24 Pixi 28k 28.7 81.0% Personal care
25 Mum (deodorant) 28k 33.8 100.0% Personal care

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular personal cares compiled?

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

L'Oréal currently leads with an estimated audience of 448k people in South Africa.

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