Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 71 most popular Photographers in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 71 largest photographers in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Marina Abramović, Jacques Cousteau and Annie Leibovitz lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 49k people. Across all 71 entries the average audience size is 1.8k, and the largest, Marina Abramović, reaches around 35k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each photographer, 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 71, 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
26 Vivian Maier 1.1k 30.8 72.4% Photographer
27 David LaChapelle 991 28.1 65.7% Photographer
28 Mario Testino 989 46.0 72.4% Photographer
29 Robert Capa 914 45.0 40.5% Photographer
30 Nick Brandt 886 44.2 51.3% Photographer
31 Bruce Weber (photographer) 871 49.0 99.3% Photographer
32 Herb Ritts 811 46.7 68.0% Photographer
33 Scott Schuman 788 28.9 71.0% Photographer
34 Nick Knight (photographer) 772 36.4 55.1% Photographer
35 Robert Frank 720 43.3 40.3% Photographer
36 Anton Corbijn 607 49.0 0.0% Photographer
37 Elliott Erwitt 583 42.9 48.8% Photographer
38 Johannes Huebl 526 35.8 66.1% Photographer
39 Hans Bellmer 521 33.6 44.8% Photographer
40 Joel Meyerowitz 478 45.5 62.3% Photographer
41 Patrick Demarchelier 438 41.6 71.4% Photographer
42 Bruce Gilden 422 41.6 22.0% Photographer
43 Steven Klein (photographer) 405 42.8 65.6% Photographer
44 Gilbert & George 396 Photographer
45 Stephen Shore 377 35.3 100.0% Photographer
46 Kyle Thompson (photographer) 365 40.8 59.5% Photographer
47 Ellen von Unwerth 355 40.6 35.5% Photographer
48 Erwin Olaf 319 47.3 46.0% Photographer
49 Brassaï 306 45.4 47.0% Photographer
50 Jan Saudek 304 41.8 84.5% Photographer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular photographers compiled?

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

Marina Abramović currently leads with an estimated audience of 35k people in South Africa.

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