Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 87 most popular Zoos in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 87 largest zoos in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Saint Louis Zoo, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden and London Zoo lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 91k people. Across all 87 entries the average audience size is 1.6k, and the largest, Saint Louis Zoo, reaches around 33k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each zoo, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 87, 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 Saint Louis Zoo 33k 46.1 54.4% Zoo
2 Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden 32k 37.4 55.7% Zoo
3 London Zoo 25k 40.0 55.7% Zoo
4 Chester Zoo 6k 35.3 54.0% Zoo
5 San Diego Zoo 5.7k 44.1 53.0% Zoo
6 San Diego Zoo Safari Park 4.1k 40.9 60.0% Zoo
7 Philadelphia Zoo 2.3k 42.4 58.0% Zoo
8 Georgia Aquarium 2.1k 41.9 42.5% Zoo
9 Australia Zoo 2k 21.8 46.3% Zoo
10 Central Park Zoo 2k 44.6 89.5% Zoo
11 Singapore Zoo 1.6k 36.1 26.5% Zoo
12 Aalborg Zoo 1.6k 44.2 73.0% Zoo
13 West Midland Safari Park 1.4k 40.9 78.2% Zoo
14 Taronga Zoo 1.3k 45.4 67.9% Zoo
15 Dublin Zoo 1.1k 41.0 78.2% Zoo
16 Elephant Nature Park 916 45.4 44.3% Zoo
17 Columbus Zoo and Aquarium 762 45.1 75.3% Zoo
18 African Lion Safari 736 44.8 47.2% Zoo
19 Colchester Zoo 731 42.9 75.8% Zoo
20 Whipsnade Zoo 687 45.4 71.7% Zoo
21 Dubai Dolphinarium 665 37.8 33.0% Zoo
22 Pairi Daiza 641 41.2 72.8% Zoo
23 Bronx Zoo 588 31.8 18.3% Zoo
24 Melbourne Zoo 492 45.6 69.7% Zoo
25 Harewood House 406 37.7 74.1% Zoo

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular zoos compiled?

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

Saint Louis Zoo currently leads with an estimated audience of 33k people in South Africa.

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