Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 29 most popular Social Medias in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 29 largest social medias in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Instagram, WhatsApp and X lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 22M people. Across all 29 entries the average audience size is 1.5M, and the largest, Instagram, reaches around 7.7M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each social media, 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 29, 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
26 Picasa 3.1k 29.7 31.5% Social media
27 Gaia Online 759 31.1 71.8% Social media
28 Untappd 315 36.0 50.4% Social media
29 skyrock 187 23.9 45.9% Social media

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular social medias compiled?

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

Instagram currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.7M people in South Africa.

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