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
51 Shinchosha 251 55.4 0.0% Publishing
52 American Society of Landscape Architects 193 46.4 59.1% Publishing
53 Ballantine Books 181 46.7 56.8% Publishing
54 IDW Publishing 180 41.9 33.5% Publishing
55 Springer Science+Business Media 180 43.9 55.5% Publishing
56 Polityka 175 43.9 54.4% Publishing
57 Rowohlt Verlag 174 48.9 77.2% Publishing
58 Alpha Books 158 23.1 84.7% Publishing
59 Harlequin Enterprises 153 47.2 100.0% Publishing
60 Goldmann (publisher) 144 47.5 85.9% Publishing
61 Berlingske Media 142 46.3 56.6% Publishing
62 Wydawnictwo Czarne 137 36.7 68.3% Publishing
63 Shogakukan 133 35.5 38.8% Publishing
64 Society for Neuroscience 133 48.3 62.7% Publishing
65 Angus & Robertson 132 43.5 100.0% Publishing
66 Nikkei Business Publications 131 45.1 44.5% Publishing
67 Tor Books 131 24.0 55.7% Publishing
68 Ullstein Verlag 130 49.8 78.8% Publishing
69 American Society for Microbiology 129 37.0 66.7% Publishing
70 St. Martin's Press 128 35.6 79.0% Publishing
71 Éditions Gallimard 126 49.0 65.4% Publishing
72 IUniverse 125 46.8 53.0% Publishing
73 S. Fischer Verlag 123 49.5 76.9% Publishing
74 Titan Books 122 38.1 26.9% Publishing
75 Carl Hanser Verlag 119 48.8 78.7% 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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