Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Restaurants in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest restaurants in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 238 restaurants tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Checkers, Omoda and nandos lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 46k, and the largest, Checkers, reaches around 2.3M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each restaurants, 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 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 Leader Price 1.3k 37.3 60.5% Restaurants
77 Noodles & Company 1.3k 24.0 53.4% Restaurants
78 Table Table 1.3k 45.6 65.5% Restaurants
79 Sweetgreen 1.2k 28.2 76.2% Restaurants
80 Nestle Toll House 972 39.6 82.8% Restaurants
81 Johnny Rockets 952 27.0 78.2% Restaurants
82 Genki Sushi 885 24.8 75.4% Restaurants
83 Golden Corral 868 20.8 62.0% Restaurants
84 Ruby Tuesday (restaurant) 836 24.6 65.3% Restaurants
85 Oporto (restaurant) 791 32.7 47.4% Restaurants
86 Barbeque Nation 785 40.7 49.6% Restaurants
87 Tasty Tacos 759 37.0 71.4% Restaurants
88 pret manger 747 32.9 62.7% Restaurants
89 Fuddruckers 687 41.6 63.5% Restaurants
90 Marston's 672 48.1 30.5% Restaurants
91 Bob Evans 666 22.4 77.0% Restaurants
92 Gourmet Burger Kitchen 651 31.3 64.1% Restaurants
93 Ktronix 638 31.7 52.7% Restaurants
94 Prezzo 634 42.4 82.1% Restaurants
95 Spur Steak Ranches 626 36.5 71.2% Restaurants
96 Restaurant Gordon Ramsay 614 37.4 49.7% Restaurants
97 Global Desi 606 33.3 82.0% Restaurants
98 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 569 40.8 56.5% Restaurants
99 The Whisky Shop 567 35.2 68.0% Restaurants
100 Alinea (restaurant) 558 45.1 58.6% Restaurants

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular restaurants compiled?

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

Checkers currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.3M people in South Africa.

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