Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Publishing in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest publishing in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 121 publishing tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. LexisNexis, Studio Ghibli and Penguin Random House lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 120k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.8k, and the largest, LexisNexis, reaches around 71k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each publishing, 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
1 LexisNexis 71k 43.5 42.8% Publishing
2 Studio Ghibli 27k 29.7 52.0% Publishing
3 Penguin Random House 23k 39.1 64.3% Publishing
4 Springer Nature 21k 47.4 67.8% Publishing
5 Kosmos (publisher) 14k 24.2 59.4% Publishing
6 Panini Comics 12k 33.6 34.3% Publishing
7 Penguin Books 11k 31.5 64.9% Publishing
8 Harper (publisher) 9.4k 46.8 76.4% Publishing
9 Pottermore 9.1k 31.7 74.0% Publishing
10 Blurb 9k 46.1 66.7% Publishing
11 Taylor & Francis 8.2k 47.8 12.8% Publishing
12 Association for Computing Machinery 7.3k 35.8 59.8% Publishing
13 Random House 6.9k 40.4 47.3% Publishing
14 Reclam 6.2k 42.0 61.6% Publishing
15 Dark Horse Comics 4.9k 30.8 47.5% Publishing
16 Tin House 3.6k 46.2 72.5% Publishing
17 BMJ 3.3k 44.7 67.6% Publishing
18 Macmillan Publishers 3.1k 35.1 77.9% Publishing
19 John Wiley & Sons 1.8k 48.1 58.4% Publishing
20 Pocket Books 1.6k 23.2 55.3% Publishing
21 American Psychological Association 1.5k 39.8 72.7% Publishing
22 Royal Society of Chemistry 1.3k 46.5 57.7% Publishing
23 Long Man 1.2k 34.1 85.7% Publishing
24 Black Library 1.2k 40.7 12.0% Publishing
25 Folio Society 1.1k 44.0 36.1% Publishing

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular publishing compiled?

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

LexisNexis currently leads with an estimated audience of 71k people in South Africa.

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