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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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 Real (hypermarket) 9.2k 35.2 52.0% Supermarket
27 Migros 8.8k 34.6 42.5% Supermarket
28 Sprouts Farmers Market 7.8k 40.2 77.9% Supermarket
29 Ocado 6.5k 39.6 62.6% Supermarket
30 Albert Heijn 5.9k 37.5 64.7% Supermarket
31 Coop 5.9k 26.6 0.0% Supermarket
32 Ralphs 5.5k 40.9 86.5% Supermarket
33 Publix 5.2k 31.6 78.0% Supermarket
34 Cora (hypermarket) 5.1k 44.9 64.1% Supermarket
35 Circle K 5k 33.4 58.8% Supermarket
36 Esselunga 4.5k 35.2 41.6% Supermarket
37 food city 4.2k 39.5 76.0% Supermarket
38 Wegmans 3.9k 33.2 66.1% Supermarket
39 Real Canadian Superstore 3.8k 32.6 66.8% Supermarket
40 REWE 3.6k 43.8 55.8% Supermarket
41 FreshCo 3.2k 32.8 51.2% Supermarket
42 Shoprite (South Africa) 3.1k 36.8 59.1% Supermarket
43 Cdiscount 2.9k 34.7 71.2% Supermarket
44 Acme Markets 2.8k 34.8 84.6% Supermarket
45 Mercadona 2.8k 47.5 70.4% Supermarket
46 Winn-Dixie 2.7k 49.9 67.3% Supermarket
47 Intermarché 2.6k 41.1 82.6% Supermarket
48 Food Lion 2.5k 32.6 67.6% Supermarket
49 Continente 2.5k 45.0 74.3% Supermarket
50 Big C 2.5k 31.8 49.6% 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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