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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
51 Florida State University 25k 36.1 49.4% University
52 Michigan State University 24k 40.5 66.5% University
53 University of Fort Hare 24k 33.6 58.6% University
54 Cambridge University Press 24k 37.6 51.5% University
55 Boston University 24k 41.4 43.3% University
56 Northern Illinois University 23k 43.2 60.9% University
57 Yale University 23k 37.6 52.8% University
58 Princeton University 23k 35.1 62.1% University
59 University of North Texas 22k 37.2 67.0% University
60 University of Georgia 22k 38.1 52.7% University
61 American University in Cairo 21k 33.8 41.0% University
62 Brown University 21k 35.3 58.8% University
63 University of Florida 20k 38.6 65.1% University
64 Texas A&M University 20k 34.5 47.0% University
65 Stanford Graduate School of Business 19k 36.4 53.6% University
66 Gemological Institute of America 19k 44.2 44.1% University
67 The New School 19k 23.0 51.8% University
68 Howard University 18k 36.5 47.7% University
69 Texas Christian University 18k 48.4 55.0% University
70 University of South Australia 18k 28.8 67.5% University
71 Addis Ababa University 17k 29.1 9.6% University
72 Berklee College of Music 17k 32.5 44.6% University
73 Central University of Technology 16k 30.7 50.4% University
74 Vaal University of Technology 16k 32.5 52.1% University
75 University of California, Berkeley 16k 34.4 49.5% 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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