Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Rivers in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest rivers in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 109 rivers tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Inn, Zambezi and Orange River lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 840k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 15k, and the largest, Inn, reaches around 430k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each river, 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
1 Inn 430k 40.0 64.4% River
2 Zambezi 271k 39.7 48.1% River
3 Orange River 139k 41.5 60.8% River
4 Our (river) 101k 45.1 62.9% River
5 River Thames 97k 37.0 62.9% River
6 Spree 54k 37.2 40.7% River
7 Nile 49k 34.9 28.6% River
8 Glomma 33k 38.7 97.2% River
9 Jordan River 28k 40.5 47.2% River
10 Agri (river) 27k River
11 Mississippi 26k 39.2 49.0% River
12 Saigon River 26k 28.6 54.8% River
13 Yellow River 24k 43.7 40.5% River
14 Elbe 17k 33.9 50.9% River
15 Bosphorus 17k 41.1 61.0% River
16 White River (Arkansas) 14k 39.2 64.5% River
17 Seine 14k 47.1 100.0% River
18 Hudson River 11k 35.5 68.6% River
19 Rhône 10k 47.7 56.4% River
20 Colorado River 8.8k 39.5 59.1% River
21 Maritsa 8.4k 38.0 100.0% River
22 Mississippi River 6.5k 34.1 43.5% River
23 Niger River 5.3k 42.8 47.8% River
24 Noord 5k 42.8 53.5% River
25 Saja (river) 4.9k 46.8 100.0% River

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular rivers compiled?

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

Inn currently leads with an estimated audience of 430k people in South Africa.

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