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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How to read this list

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
26 Translink (Northern Ireland) 938 42.0 69.1% Public transport
27 Thalys 683 46.0 59.5% Public transport
28 Abellio Greater Anglia 678 49.8 53.3% Public transport
29 RATP 672 37.4 53.9% Public transport
30 BNSF Railway 606 38.4 38.9% Public transport
31 Southern Railway (U.S.) 538 45.4 41.6% Public transport
32 SWEG 469 37.1 47.1% Public transport
33 SWEG 455 37.1 47.1% Public transport
34 South West Trains 419 49.4 45.8% Public transport
35 Virgin Trains 365 43.1 57.7% Public transport
36 Istanbul Metro 363 29.0 30.2% Public transport
37 Lisbon Metro 348 43.9 63.6% Public transport
38 Keolis 323 37.6 69.9% Public transport
39 Luas 320 36.0 40.0% Public transport
40 Eurolines 298 28.7 47.0% Public transport
41 Chiltern Railways 279 45.6 44.7% Public transport
42 Alvia 243 46.3 59.6% Public transport
43 London and North Eastern Railway 237 45.2 49.1% Public transport
44 Paris Métro 236 41.0 58.3% Public transport
45 Crossrail 227 39.8 52.2% Public transport
46 GO Transit 224 45.0 54.3% Public transport
47 Westbahn 213 40.9 50.7% Public transport
48 Canadian Pacific Railway 195 46.4 47.4% Public transport
49 Autokraft 155 36.2 56.5% Public transport
50 Autozug Sylt 146 41.7 53.1% 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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