Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Supermarkets in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest supermarkets in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 182 supermarkets tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Woolworths, Pick n Pay Stores and Spar (retailer) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 108k, and the largest, Woolworths, reaches around 4.1M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each supermarket, 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 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
1 Woolworths 4.1M 37.2 59.6% Supermarket
2 Pick n Pay Stores 3.2M 36.9 60.9% Supermarket
3 Spar (retailer) 1.8M 36.9 59.8% Supermarket
4 Walmart 372k 38.2 57.3% Supermarket
5 Cadbury 271k 35.8 56.0% Supermarket
6 Tesco 130k 37.0 65.2% Supermarket
7 Sainsbury's 83k 37.3 68.2% Supermarket
8 Countdown (supermarket) 81k 40.0 50.9% Supermarket
9 Costco 79k 37.3 71.4% Supermarket
10 Aldi 62k 32.0 61.2% Supermarket
11 New World (supermarket) 51k 42.8 84.4% Supermarket
12 Jumbo (supermarket) 49k 37.1 65.0% Supermarket
13 Carrefour 46k 35.4 54.7% Supermarket
14 Plus (supermarket) 45k 47.8 74.3% Supermarket
15 Lidl 44k 35.1 66.2% Supermarket
16 Argos (retailer) 42k 32.3 83.0% Supermarket
17 Graze 38k 39.1 47.1% Supermarket
18 Gourmet (supermarket) 31k 44.2 100.0% Supermarket
19 Booths 23k 52.0 100.0% Supermarket
20 Kmart 21k 37.4 74.8% Supermarket
21 HelloFresh 15k 31.8 69.3% Supermarket
22 J. C. Penney 12k 35.1 77.0% Supermarket
23 Cold Storage (supermarket) 11k 41.3 25.5% Supermarket
24 Hypermart 9.7k 27.6 60.8% Supermarket
25 Plated 9.5k 37.6 63.3% Supermarket

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular supermarkets compiled?

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

Woolworths currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.1M people in South Africa.

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