Popularity ranking · South Africa

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
76 University of Zululand 16k 32.3 54.3% University
77 vet tech 15k 44.8 96.1% University
78 University of Notre Dame 15k 43.1 58.8% University
79 German University in Cairo 15k 29.1 57.6% University
80 King's College London 15k 35.9 57.4% University
81 University of Pennsylvania 15k 30.8 60.8% University
82 University of California 14k 28.7 67.4% University
83 Southern Methodist University 14k 50.4 46.5% University
84 University of the People 14k 39.0 46.2% University
85 University of Michigan 14k 32.6 66.5% University
86 University of Pretoria F.C. 14k 33.1 8.2% University
87 MIT Sloan School of Management 14k 36.9 47.3% University
88 University of Kansas 13k 29.2 63.7% University
89 Columbia Business School 13k 37.9 44.5% University
90 University of Edinburgh 13k 35.4 54.4% University
91 Duke University 13k 30.7 64.2% University
92 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12k 34.0 52.8% University
93 Humboldt University of Berlin 12k 33.4 54.9% University
94 University of Alabama 12k 35.3 54.7% University
95 Arizona State University 12k 34.2 55.6% University
96 Liverpool John Moores University 12k 33.5 65.7% University
97 University of Glasgow 12k 33.9 66.9% University
98 International University of Business Agriculture and Technology 11k 34.7 55.1% University
99 University of Delhi 11k 29.8 51.9% University
100 University of St Andrews 11k 43.0 100.0% 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.

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