Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 77 most popular Public Transports in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 77 largest public transports in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Intercity-Express, MyWay (ticketing system) and Nederlandse Spoorwegen lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 190k people. Across all 77 entries the average audience size is 4.8k, and the largest, Intercity-Express, reaches around 107k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each public transport, 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 77, 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 Intercity-Express 107k 38.6 56.2% Public transport
2 MyWay (ticketing system) 52k 46.3 61.3% Public transport
3 Nederlandse Spoorwegen 31k 42.5 65.5% Public transport
4 FlixBus 27k 35.0 60.1% Public transport
5 Eurostar 22k 44.8 59.8% Public transport
6 London Underground 18k 34.5 41.0% Public transport
7 Trenitalia 13k 45.3 53.9% Public transport
8 Deutsche Bahn 11k 41.3 42.9% Public transport
9 Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) 10k 47.2 44.1% Public transport
10 ALSA (bus company) 10k 37.6 65.2% Public transport
11 National Railway Museum 7.8k 46.8 40.5% Public transport
12 Orient Express 5.9k 21.4 84.2% Public transport
13 CeBus 5.6k 37.3 47.9% Public transport
14 Blue Line (CTA) 5.1k 45.1 53.5% Public transport
15 TEC 5k 20.2 8.3% Public transport
16 SNCF 4.9k 45.3 50.4% Public transport
17 Gruppo Torinese Trasporti 3.1k 38.7 49.1% Public transport
18 Japan Rail Pass 2.2k 41.9 49.6% Public transport
19 Hyperloop 1.8k 39.9 18.5% Public transport
20 Voyages-sncf.com 1.7k 45.3 50.5% Public transport
21 Oyster card 1.5k 38.3 62.2% Public transport
22 Ouigo 1.4k 43.4 57.3% Public transport
23 TGV 1.3k 29.3 56.4% Public transport
24 Metro-North Railroad 1.2k 46.8 53.0% Public transport
25 TGV Lyria 1k 37.3 53.4% Public transport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular public transports compiled?

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

Intercity-Express currently leads with an estimated audience of 107k people in South Africa.

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