Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 26 most popular Pet Foods in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 26 largest pet foods in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Royal Canin, Sheba (cat food) and Pedigree lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 98k people. Across all 26 entries the average audience size is 4.8k, and the largest, Royal Canin, reaches around 44k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each pet food, 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 26, 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 Royal Canin 44k 40.8 60.1% Pet food
2 Sheba (cat food) 44k 37.9 60.9% Pet food
3 Pedigree 11k 39.6 54.9% Pet food
4 Back to Nature 10k 42.4 62.0% Pet food
5 Frolic 3.5k 39.6 54.9% Pet food
6 Aquascaping 3.4k 26.6 35.8% Pet food
7 Kaytee 3.3k 22.5 46.9% Pet food
8 Brekkies 2.5k 39.3 56.6% Pet food
9 Nutro 940 40.1 60.2% Pet food
10 Dreamies 817 39.5 53.2% Pet food
11 PetLab Co 739 40.1 55.9% Pet food
12 Pets Deli 549 39.8 56.4% Pet food
13 Blue Buffalo 520 28.1 51.2% Pet food
14 Hill's Pet Nutrition 293 40.5 60.1% Pet food
15 Whiskas 271 41.0 56.1% Pet food
16 Edgard & Cooper 192 38.7 57.1% Pet food
17 Nestlé Purina PetCare 154 38.6 63.1% Pet food
18 Eukanuba 132 42.1 56.9% Pet food
19 Stella & Chewy's 115 41.5 62.2% Pet food
20 Vitakraft 114 43.1 59.5% Pet food
21 Animonda 83 41.7 61.6% Pet food
22 zooplus.de 83 34.3 83.1% Pet food
23 honest kitchen 69 31.4 74.8% Pet food
24 Iams 58 43.8 59.7% Pet food
25 Natusan 46 42.0 64.7% Pet food

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular pet foods compiled?

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

Royal Canin currently leads with an estimated audience of 44k people in South Africa.

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