Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Politicians in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest politicians in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 838 politicians tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Julius Malema, Nelson Mandela and Jacob Zuma lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 59k, and the largest, Julius Malema, reaches around 772k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each politician, 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
76 William Ruto 11k 41.5 0.0% Politician
77 Marine Le Pen 11k 43.8 37.3% Politician
78 Nayib Bukele 11k 38.5 47.3% Politician
79 Bill Johnson 11k 43.4 80.8% Politician
80 Al Gore 11k 39.0 39.9% Politician
81 Lyndon B. Johnson 10k 39.2 47.3% Politician
82 Mahmoud Abbas 10k 47.5 37.4% Politician
83 Rudy Giuliani 10k 50.8 53.5% Politician
84 Theocracy 9.9k 47.1 69.8% Politician
85 David Lammy 9.6k 45.9 53.3% Politician
86 Angela Merkel 9.4k 37.7 38.7% Politician
87 Lewis Carroll 9.1k 40.5 75.5% Politician
88 Sheikh Hasina 8.9k 35.8 23.4% Politician
89 James Cook 8.7k 46.8 65.7% Politician
90 Pete Buttigieg 8.5k 46.3 62.0% Politician
91 Goodluck Jonathan 8.4k 37.8 32.9% Politician
92 Charles de Gaulle 8.3k 38.9 53.4% Politician
93 Nikki Haley 8.3k 52.6 48.5% Politician
94 Alexandre Dumas 8.2k 42.4 64.3% Politician
95 Mikhail Gorbachev 8.1k 31.0 13.2% Politician
96 John McCain 8k 39.0 49.0% Politician
97 Milton Friedman 8k 48.3 52.1% Politician
98 Woodrow Wilson 7.8k 39.3 39.5% Politician
99 Harry S. Truman 7.7k 47.8 49.3% Politician
100 Muhammadu Buhari 7.6k 35.6 47.1% Politician

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular politicians compiled?

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

Julius Malema currently leads with an estimated audience of 772k people in South Africa.

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