Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 13 most popular Telecommunication Companies in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 13 largest telecommunication companies in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. VOO, Econet and Vonage lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 26k people. Across all 13 entries the average audience size is 2.2k, and the largest, VOO, reaches around 18k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each telecommunication company, 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 13, 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 VOO 18k 34.3 53.0% Telecommunication company
2 Econet 4.4k 32.0 32.0% Telecommunication company
3 Vonage 3.7k 44.8 41.7% Telecommunication company
4 Frontier Communications 621 24.6 36.9% Telecommunication company
5 Telenet 466 34.5 50.1% Telecommunication company
6 Simple Mobile 238 23.3 52.2% Telecommunication company
7 Axtel 236 41.3 45.2% Telecommunication company
8 Orange Belgium 121 33.5 51.1% Telecommunication company
9 Hot mobile 100 24.2 30.7% Telecommunication company
10 Totalplay 100 36.8 49.8% Telecommunication company
11 FarEasTone 94 38.2 38.6% Telecommunication company
12 Shaw Communications 64 25.7 46.4% Telecommunication company
13 Hong Kong Broadband Network 48 20.9 42.8% Telecommunication company

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular telecommunication companies compiled?

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

VOO currently leads with an estimated audience of 18k people in South Africa.

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