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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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
76 Jawad Ahmad 95 28.1 0.0% Scientists
77 Roberto Navarro 81 28.5 83.3% Scientists
78 Stefan William 80 28.4 73.0% Scientists
79 Tadeusz Kościuszko 80 32.4 60.1% Scientists
80 Félix Candela 78 54.6 61.5% Scientists
81 Emily Ley 75 24.5 54.2% Scientists
82 Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link 67 37.4 63.7% Scientists
83 Nicholas Kirkwood 67 28.5 97.1% Scientists
84 Oğuz Atay 64 33.7 50.6% Scientists
85 Marco Balzano 17 37.7 61.6% Scientists
86 Camila Porto 16 34.1 46.9% Scientists
87 Eva Samková 16 33.7 42.8% Scientists
88 Katharina Althaus 11 36.1 37.7% Scientists
89 Lars Schaade 11 40.5 61.0% Scientists
90 Martin Stürmer 10 39.6 49.9% Scientists
91 Muhammed Bozdağ 0 45.7 74.1% 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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