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 | Country share | Avg age | Female share | Subtype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UUniversity of the Witwatersrand | 728k | 82.3% | 36.1 | 69.8% | University |
| 2 | UUniversity of Cape Town | 472k | 59.6% | 35.9 | 63.3% | University |
| 3 | UUniversity of Pretoria | 446k | 73.6% | 36.9 | 61.1% | University |
| 4 | UUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal | 419k | 56.1% | 35.4 | 74.8% | University |
| 5 | UUniversity of South Africa | 332k | 35.2% | 34.3 | 61.2% | University |
| 6 | UUniversity of Johannesburg | 317k | 66.7% | 33.2 | 56.1% | University |
| 7 | NNelson Mandela Metropolitan University | 305k | 14.9% | 34.5 | 83.8% | University |
| 8 | DDurban University of Technology | 269k | 5.2% | 30.0 | 54.6% | University |
| 9 | SStellenbosch University | 229k | 45.6% | 36.6 | 64.3% | University |
| 10 | UUniversity of Oxford | 215k | 0.6% | 31.3 | 60.8% | University |
| 11 | TTechnical University of Madrid | 172k | 0.9% | 36.2 | 39.9% | University |
| 12 | UUniversity of Lagos | 155k | 1.7% | 32.6 | 54.8% | University |
| 13 | NNorth-West University | 140k | 42.5% | 33.9 | 60.2% | University |
| 14 | Uunisa university south africa | 135k | 84.2% | 33.0 | 60.1% | University |
| 15 | UUniversity of the Free State | 134k | 77.1% | 35.1 | 70.7% | University |
| 16 | HHarvard University | 118k | 0.4% | 30.9 | 59.2% | University |
| 17 | IInternational Organization for Standardization | 117k | 0.8% | 39.9 | 51.1% | University |
| 18 | UUniversity of Central Oklahoma | 90k | 15.6% | 41.0 | 90.7% | University |
| 19 | UUniversity of Stellenbosch Business School | 88k | 9.4% | 39.3 | 58.9% | University |
| 20 | CColgate University | 86k | 1.4% | 40.0 | 52.3% | University |
| 21 | RRhodes University | 81k | 42.5% | 31.6 | 70.6% | University |
| 22 | UUniversity of Cambridge | 72k | 0.5% | 31.2 | 64.8% | University |
| 23 | UUnion College | 70k | 2.0% | 31.7 | 57.6% | University |
| 24 | CCape Peninsula University of Technology | 63k | 87.2% | 31.0 | 58.9% | University |
| 25 | HHarvard Business School | 52k | 0.5% | 35.6 | 49.0% | University |
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Frequently asked questions
How is this list of the most popular universities compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each university 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 university in South Africa?
University of the Witwatersrand currently leads with an estimated audience of 728k people in South Africa.