Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Software in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest software in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 126 software tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Microsoft, CapCut and Samsung Galaxy lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 45k, and the largest, Microsoft, reaches around 725k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each software, 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
26 Microsoft Surface 28k 32.2 49.0% Software
27 Cadence 26k 36.9 75.1% Software
28 Boot Camp (software) 25k 39.4 67.0% Software
29 VMware 24k 34.4 43.5% Software
30 Google Antigravity 23k 35.5 52.2% Software
31 Dell Inspiron 21k 33.3 48.2% Software
32 McAfee 20k 33.5 56.4% Software
33 Parodontax 19k 38.7 62.7% Software
34 PayScale 19k 49.5 49.1% Software
35 Intuit 18k 36.5 46.0% Software
36 HCL Technologies 16k 33.6 69.3% Software
37 Dell Latitude 15k 24.6 50.4% Software
38 Scalextric 13k 39.2 18.3% Software
39 Red Hat 12k 36.5 36.9% Software
40 Tetra Pak 12k 28.0 37.6% Software
41 Atlassian 11k 33.8 34.1% Software
42 Casetify 11k 30.1 57.7% Software
43 IMovie 9.5k 41.0 37.8% Software
44 Roomba 9.3k 43.3 58.7% Software
45 Google Hangouts 8.9k 31.4 51.3% Software
46 Canon PowerShot 8.8k 29.7 33.0% Software
47 GoToMeeting 8.7k 30.9 52.5% Software
48 Shopkins 8.5k 42.4 81.0% Software
49 YouSee 7k 44.8 45.5% Software
50 HP ZBook 7k 37.2 32.5% Software

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular software compiled?

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

Microsoft currently leads with an estimated audience of 725k people in South Africa.

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