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
26 Bloomsbury Publishing 1.1k 39.4 43.9% Publishing
27 Taschen 1.1k 36.6 84.6% Publishing
28 Kodansha 973 29.0 73.4% Publishing
29 Deseret Book 827 45.3 76.2% Publishing
30 Royal Society 805 26.3 19.9% Publishing
31 Ladybird Books 694 32.5 91.1% Publishing
32 American Physical Therapy Association 685 40.4 56.0% Publishing
33 Institution of Civil Engineers 679 39.0 24.8% Publishing
34 CRC Press 635 38.8 45.8% Publishing
35 Faber and Faber 559 50.8 69.5% Publishing
36 Osprey Publishing 507 45.8 45.3% Publishing
37 Carlsen Verlag 505 38.6 78.2% Publishing
38 Panini Group 485 28.6 34.1% Publishing
39 Brill Publishers 467 41.7 68.8% Publishing
40 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 456 39.9 35.8% Publishing
41 Hachette (publisher) 444 24.1 47.7% Publishing
42 Verso Books 387 39.7 46.2% Publishing
43 DC Comics 376 30.2 44.7% Publishing
44 BioMed Central 372 42.6 76.0% Publishing
45 National Academy of Sciences 345 41.2 57.0% Publishing
46 Boom! Studios 341 34.9 30.2% Publishing
47 Thames & Hudson 340 40.1 45.0% Publishing
48 Fodor's 305 49.9 66.9% Publishing
49 Little, Brown and Company 294 50.0 76.9% Publishing
50 Doubleday (publisher) 258 47.5 72.9% 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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