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The 100 most popular Universities in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest universities in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.9k universities tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. University of the Witwatersrand, University of Cape Town and University of Pretoria lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 70k, and the largest, University of the Witwatersrand, reaches around 728k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each university, 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
26 Monash University 48k 30.6 73.9% University
27 Tshwane University of Technology 47k 31.5 49.0% University
28 University of Miami 47k 35.1 38.9% University
29 University of Milan 46k 32.2 54.3% University
30 Northwestern University 42k 40.1 72.3% University
31 Stevens Institute of Technology 41k 35.4 61.4% University
32 Stanford University 41k 37.4 55.4% University
33 Cornell University 41k 33.9 61.5% University
34 QS World University Rankings 40k 43.9 60.6% University
35 Walter Sisulu University 40k 33.6 58.4% University
36 Boston College 38k 32.2 56.8% University
37 University of Dental Medicine, Mandalay 38k — — University
38 Drake University 38k 26.8 39.6% University
39 University of Toronto 37k 38.6 48.1% University
40 University of London 36k 34.8 61.2% University
41 university maryland 34k 47.2 100.0% University
42 Columbia University 32k 34.4 52.2% University
43 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 29k 34.7 31.5% University
44 London School of Economics 27k 32.3 54.2% University
45 cape peninsula university technology cput 27k 28.8 59.7% University
46 University of Texas at Austin 27k 36.5 55.4% University
47 New York University 27k 30.7 49.5% University
48 Marshall University 27k 36.4 53.6% University
49 University of California, Los Angeles 26k 39.5 50.8% University
50 Oxford University Press 26k 39.1 57.4% 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.

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