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
51 Douro 526 45.0 56.9% River
52 Yarra River 501 41.9 65.8% River
53 Alster 482 42.4 53.1% River
54 Lena River 481 35.3 44.8% River
55 Chao Phraya River 479 36.3 51.2% River
56 Loire 477 32.4 78.0% River
57 River Severn 467 39.9 80.9% River
58 Swan River (Western Australia) 425 43.5 70.5% River
59 River Shannon 424 46.7 52.6% River
60 Black Warrior River 407 44.5 62.0% River
61 Columbia River 313 24.2 50.3% River
62 River Tyne 296 39.6 64.5% River
63 Singapore River 291 56.7 83.9% River
64 Paraná River 284 40.3 60.6% River
65 River Liffey 263 44.5 60.1% River
66 River Clyde 206 39.7 56.8% River
67 River Wye 201 42.4 62.2% River
68 Shatt al-Arab 191 32.4 14.0% River
69 Orontes River 186 41.5 42.4% River
70 Platte River 183 44.9 58.7% River
71 Sjoa 173 47.2 55.7% River
72 River Trent 163 42.3 57.9% River
73 Jhelum River 160 30.6 0.0% River
74 Ardèche (river) 147 43.9 57.8% River
75 Connecticut River 145 45.1 65.7% 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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