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
76 Santa Isabel (supermarkets) 757 27.5 100.0% Supermarket
77 Carrefour Express 734 42.7 67.6% Supermarket
78 Netto Marken-Discount 726 25.2 81.0% Supermarket
79 Biedronka 704 38.3 63.1% Supermarket
80 Market basket 697 44.3 69.4% Supermarket
81 Carrefour City 627 41.4 61.1% Supermarket
82 King Soopers 493 46.4 69.6% Supermarket
83 REMA 1000 467 46.8 65.1% Supermarket
84 Hy-Vee 458 23.3 55.7% Supermarket
85 Système U 454 44.9 64.3% Supermarket
86 Cub Foods 428 47.9 74.7% Supermarket
87 RT-Mart 415 35.1 71.7% Supermarket
88 Bio Company 358 38.4 65.8% Supermarket
89 Vitalia 349 36.4 69.7% Supermarket
90 George at Asda 347 37.9 68.9% Supermarket
91 Asda 329 35.1 69.4% Supermarket
92 Lotte Mart 305 32.8 65.4% Supermarket
93 Big Y 277 32.6 64.5% Supermarket
94 IPer 257 45.5 65.2% Supermarket
95 Waitrose 256 34.4 67.7% Supermarket
96 Vons 252 23.2 100.0% Supermarket
97 Soriana 242 37.9 57.1% Supermarket
98 Aurrerá 232 38.1 63.7% Supermarket
99 Bilka 227 45.9 61.3% Supermarket
100 Planet Organic 218 39.1 69.8% 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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