Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 18 most popular Tobaccos in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 18 largest tobaccos in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Camel (cigarette), Blu and Bic (company) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 174k people. Across all 18 entries the average audience size is 13k, and the largest, Camel (cigarette), reaches around 69k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each tobacco, 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 18, 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 Camel (cigarette) 69k 39.3 41.6% Tobacco
2 Blu 65k 40.0 53.5% Tobacco
3 Bic (company) 40k 35.8 52.3% Tobacco
4 Geekvape 18k 38.9 35.9% Tobacco
5 Davidoff 11k 42.0 68.2% Tobacco
6 Nicotine gum 9.7k 32.1 0.0% Tobacco
7 BIC Lighter 9.5k 43.3 53.4% Tobacco
8 Rothmans 3.8k 39.2 47.3% Tobacco
9 Marlboro (cigarette) 2k 37.8 57.1% Tobacco
10 Altria 1.1k 45.6 55.8% Tobacco
11 Gold Flake 893 39.2 47.3% Tobacco
12 Heated Tobacco 821 41.5 36.1% Tobacco
13 John Player Special 796 36.4 49.9% Tobacco
14 Vype 643 38.9 35.9% Tobacco
15 Quintero 351 32.8 54.4% Tobacco
16 Mevius 91 37.8 47.6% Tobacco
17 Blu eCigs 30 41.5 45.3% Tobacco
18 Zippo 11 40.5 46.0% Tobacco

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular tobaccos compiled?

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

Camel (cigarette) currently leads with an estimated audience of 69k people in South Africa.

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