Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Sweets in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sweets in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 381 sweets tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Chocolate, Cake and Cookie lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 180k, and the largest, Chocolate, reaches around 2.2M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each sweet, 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
51 Lollipop 62k 35.2 53.9% Sweet
52 Mascarpone 61k 47.0 74.5% Sweet
53 Fruit salad 60k 35.1 69.0% Sweet
54 Yorkshire pudding 58k 44.0 71.9% Sweet
55 White chocolate 56k 36.6 65.9% Sweet
56 Ice cream maker 56k 37.7 57.3% Sweet
57 Gelatin 55k 39.8 77.1% Sweet
58 Gummy bear 54k 43.9 74.9% Sweet
59 Buttercream 54k 31.2 92.1% Sweet
60 Carrot cake 50k 43.0 88.0% Sweet
61 Mousse 48k 36.5 70.7% Sweet
62 Pine nut 45k 49.5 69.9% Sweet
63 Celebrations 45k 36.7 68.2% Sweet
64 Rice pudding 44k 55.5 41.3% Sweet
65 Nougat 44k 41.3 78.5% Sweet
66 Milky Way (chocolate bar) 44k 38.8 71.8% Sweet
67 Macaron 42k 36.3 92.7% Sweet
68 Peppermint 41k 34.9 59.2% Sweet
69 Cannoli 39k 45.3 58.0% Sweet
70 Charlotte (cake) 38k 41.4 100.0% Sweet
71 Shortbread 38k 48.7 83.4% Sweet
72 Cheetos 37k 33.7 55.2% Sweet
73 Meringue 35k 37.9 85.6% Sweet
74 Peanut butter cookie 34k 45.8 71.8% Sweet
75 Sou (pastry) 33k 26.4 71.2% Sweet

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sweets compiled?

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

Chocolate currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.2M people in South Africa.

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