Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 60 most popular Sportswear in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 60 largest sportswear in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Nike, Adidas and New Balance lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5M people. Across all 60 entries the average audience size is 146k, and the largest, Nike, reaches around 2.3M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each sportswear, 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 60, 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 Nike 2.3M 33.3 50.9% Sportswear
2 Adidas 1.8M 33.4 51.3% Sportswear
3 New Balance 854k 33.7 50.2% Sportswear
4 Puma 842k 33.1 46.4% Sportswear
5 Converse 603k 32.2 51.7% Sportswear
6 Reebok 427k 33.5 49.7% Sportswear
7 Under Armour 370k 34.6 50.0% Sportswear
8 ASICS 300k 33.9 48.9% Sportswear
9 Air Jordan 196k 31.6 44.9% Sportswear
10 Fila (company) 156k 33.0 54.2% Sportswear
11 Superga (brand) 110k 32.1 61.0% Sportswear
12 DC Shoes 101k 33.6 53.8% Sportswear
13 Rip Curl 90k 32.9 48.8% Sportswear
14 Patagonia 80k 34.5 48.3% Sportswear
15 Reef (company) 76k 39.8 48.3% Sportswear
16 Kappa (company) 62k 28.4 55.5% Sportswear
17 Arena (swimwear) 56k 36.5 54.5% Sportswear
18 Chuck Taylor All-Stars 44k 28.2 53.9% Sportswear
19 Columbia Sportswear 38k 36.4 56.7% Sportswear
20 Foot Locker 25k 28.3 40.4% Sportswear
21 Burton 24k 31.7 68.4% Sportswear
22 Sports Direct 23k 34.6 52.5% Sportswear
23 Nike Women 21k 32.2 43.8% Sportswear
24 Onitsuka Tiger 20k 31.6 56.7% Sportswear
25 Diadora 17k 29.0 43.6% Sportswear

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sportswear compiled?

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

Nike currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.3M people in South Africa.

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