Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 68 most popular Tech Trends in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 68 largest tech trends in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Cloud computing, Artificial intelligence and Creative Commons lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.7M people. Across all 68 entries the average audience size is 143k, and the largest, Cloud computing, reaches around 1.4M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each tech trend, 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 68, 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 Electronic paper 8k 34.9 27.8% Tech trend
52 Digital forensics 6.8k 37.4 42.7% Tech trend
53 Web3 6.4k 34.7 36.5% Tech trend
54 IPv6 5.5k 42.5 52.8% Tech trend
55 Smart tag (Microsoft) 4.4k 39.1 25.9% Tech trend
56 Digital signage 3.9k 36.5 41.1% Tech trend
57 Botnet 3.8k 37.3 0.0% Tech trend
58 Noise-canceling microphone 2.7k 47.8 30.7% Tech trend
59 Business intelligence tools 2.6k 36.6 50.0% Tech trend
60 Smartglasses 1.7k 39.7 62.5% Tech trend
61 Open data 1.3k 42.8 43.6% Tech trend
62 Digital native 594 26.6 42.9% Tech trend
63 Online wallet 507 36.1 29.5% Tech trend
64 Mixed reality 456 30.4 28.7% Tech trend
65 Mobile cloud computing 132 33.9 43.9% Tech trend
66 App store optimization 122 27.6 60.3% Tech trend
67 Aerial video 112 39.6 49.6% Tech trend
68 7.1 surround sound 103 35.7 35.5% Tech trend

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular tech trends compiled?

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

Cloud computing currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.4M people in South Africa.

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