Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 91 most popular Scientists in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 91 largest scientists in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton and Nikola Tesla lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 298k people. Across all 91 entries the average audience size is 6.6k, and the largest, Stephen Hawking, reaches around 157k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each scientists, 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 91, 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 Süleyman Demirel 201 50.6 0.0% Scientists
52 JH Audio 192 42.7 0.0% Scientists
53 Alec Issigonis 182 40.9 0.0% Scientists
54 Erdal İnönü 182 50.5 23.9% Scientists
55 Akhilesh Yadav 175 30.7 7.5% Scientists
56 Peter Aerts 170 39.0 0.0% Scientists
57 Loren Cordain 169 43.0 93.7% Scientists
58 Lawrence M. Krauss 167 44.7 57.1% Scientists
59 Zaid Shakir 159 41.9 51.9% Scientists
60 Elio Di Rupo 149 44.6 54.1% Scientists
61 Abrar Ul Haq 145 34.3 21.6% Scientists
62 Stephen Nolan 145 43.2 60.7% Scientists
63 Ahmed Zewail 144 40.4 34.1% Scientists
64 Roberto Bravo 143 43.5 87.9% Scientists
65 Dustin Schöne 137 39.4 67.2% Scientists
66 Ahmed Mekki 132 Scientists
67 Thomas Gold 132 41.1 43.0% Scientists
68 John Amos Comenius 126 36.7 51.8% Scientists
69 ShenWei 123 36.4 43.4% Scientists
70 Nadeem Sarwar 122 27.7 3.9% Scientists
71 Zahra Ahmad 118 43.2 88.9% Scientists
72 Angela Chang 106 30.4 70.5% Scientists
73 Harpreet Dhillon 104 34.4 13.8% Scientists
74 Vytal 101 33.7 50.5% Scientists
75 Faakhir Mehmood 99 32.7 42.9% Scientists

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular scientists compiled?

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

Stephen Hawking currently leads with an estimated audience of 157k people in South Africa.

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