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
76 Oncology Nursing Society 117 43.3 63.9% Publishing
77 Diogenes Verlag 116 47.0 76.9% Publishing
78 Bauer Media Group 107 34.5 45.5% Publishing
79 Bastei Lübbe 105 50.0 69.4% Publishing
80 Editora Abril 94 37.5 52.7% Publishing
81 Rodale 91 36.5 52.6% Publishing
82 Piper Verlag 90 46.8 77.3% Publishing
83 Suhrkamp Verlag 89 45.8 73.3% Publishing
84 Delcourt 84 35.7 46.2% Publishing
85 Droemer Knaur 84 47.3 86.7% Publishing
86 Hobby Japan 84 27.8 4.2% Publishing
87 Transworld Publishers 76 30.4 75.4% Publishing
88 Albin Michel 72 30.6 50.9% Publishing
89 Glénat 71 36.2 48.9% Publishing
90 Gallimard Jeunesse 70 29.7 29.1% Publishing
91 Kiepenheuer & Witsch 69 46.6 64.3% Publishing
92 Editions Fayard 68 35.5 58.5% Publishing
93 Barnes & Noble 62 41.2 66.6% Publishing
94 Boyens Medien 62 40.9 53.2% Publishing
95 Éditions Grasset 62 48.8 68.1% Publishing
96 Mildenberger Verlag 60 37.8 52.9% Publishing
97 Librería Porrúa 50 38.2 64.2% Publishing
98 Center for Talented Youth 47 22.3 71.5% Publishing
99 HarperCollins 46 32.4 53.8% Publishing
100 Thieme Medical Publishers 42 24.6 7.9% 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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