Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 58 most popular Soft Drinks in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 58 largest soft drinks in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Sprite (soft drink) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 467k people. Across all 58 entries the average audience size is 15k, and the largest, Coca-Cola, reaches around 339k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each soft drinks, 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 58, 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 Coca-Cola 339k 32.8 52.7% Soft drinks
2 Pepsi 70k 33.3 55.6% Soft drinks
3 Sprite (soft drink) 58k 29.6 63.0% Soft drinks
4 Fanta 57k 30.3 64.0% Soft drinks
5 Schweppes 54k 32.4 60.5% Soft drinks
6 Mountain Dew 51k 40.4 24.0% Soft drinks
7 Powerade 47k 31.9 50.0% Soft drinks
8 Milo (drink) 42k 35.9 59.5% Soft drinks
9 Dr Pepper 26k 44.0 55.1% Soft drinks
10 Diet Coke 25k 32.9 61.7% Soft drinks
11 Fresca 15k 41.2 45.5% Soft drinks
12 Gatorade 12k 29.4 52.9% Soft drinks
13 Pepsi Max 9.7k 23.1 48.0% Soft drinks
14 Tropicana 9.3k 45.8 86.6% Soft drinks
15 Lipton Ice Tea 9.2k 24.6 57.7% Soft drinks
16 Robinsons (drink) 8k 38.8 45.3% Soft drinks
17 Capri Sun 7.2k 32.5 59.9% Soft drinks
18 7 Up 5.9k 35.0 66.4% Soft drinks
19 Kool-Aid 5k 25.7 53.0% Soft drinks
20 Jamba Juice 4.7k 39.0 70.7% Soft drinks
21 Minute Maid 4.6k 24.2 66.0% Soft drinks
22 mio 2.8k 20.2 26.3% Soft drinks
23 Sparkling Ice 2.2k 27.0 62.1% Soft drinks
24 Boost Juice 2.2k 39.2 72.4% Soft drinks
25 Orangina 1.8k 39.8 47.2% Soft drinks

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular soft drinks compiled?

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

Coca-Cola currently leads with an estimated audience of 339k people in South Africa.

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