Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Political Parties in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest political parties in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 217 political parties tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. The Republicans (Germany), Malaysian Indian Congress and Communist Party of India lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 178k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 4.9k, and the largest, The Republicans (Germany), reaches around 63k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each political party, 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
26 Conservative Party (Chile) 2.9k Political party
27 The Left (Germany) 2.5k 43.1 38.5% Political party
28 Free Patriotic Movement 2.5k 48.5 0.0% Political party
29 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 2.5k 38.5 15.7% Political party
30 Christian Social Union in Bavaria 2k 44.4 37.5% Political party
31 Sinn Féin 1.9k 46.2 48.5% Political party
32 Democratic Party (United States) 1.8k 39.2 54.6% Political party
33 Workers' Party (Brazil) 1.6k 29.8 80.3% Political party
34 Nacionalista Party 1.2k 34.6 20.3% Political party
35 National Party of Australia 1.1k 40.0 29.3% Political party
36 Reform Party of the United States of America 1k 45.6 35.0% Political party
37 Republican Party (United States) 1k 38.2 48.3% Political party
38 People's Party (Malawi) 934 Political party
39 Polish People's Party 926 32.5 2.0% Political party
40 Lebanese Forces 898 50.1 33.2% Political party
41 Conservative Party of Canada 832 46.6 45.1% Political party
42 Institutional Revolutionary Party 757 41.2 53.9% Political party
43 npd die soziale heimatpartei 748 43.0 54.7% Political party
44 All Progressives Congress 725 36.3 43.4% Political party
45 Ulster Unionist Party 705 42.9 55.2% Political party
46 National Liberation Front (Algeria) 689 38.3 32.2% Political party
47 Law and Justice 661 41.9 44.3% Political party
48 Kuomintang 632 43.1 46.9% Political party
49 Liberal Party of Australia 616 45.8 47.9% Political party
50 Shiv Sena 611 44.2 55.3% Political party

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular political parties compiled?

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

The Republicans (Germany) currently leads with an estimated audience of 63k people in South Africa.

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