Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Brands in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest brands in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 16k brands tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Betway, Autotrader and Woolworths.co.uk lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 62M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.9M, and the largest, Betway, reaches around 46M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each brand, 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 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
1 Betway 46M 35.7 49.2% Betting
2 Autotrader 9.4M 43.3 26.7%
3 Woolworths.co.uk 6M
4 FNB 5.3M 39.1 43.9% Bank
5 Woolworths 4.1M 37.2 59.6% Supermarket
6 Mr. Price 3.6M 34.2 73.8%
7 Makro 3.5M 37.2 57.9%
8 Standard Bank 3.3M 37.6 58.2% Bank
9 Mr Price / MRP 3.3M 31.8 66.7%
10 Pick n Pay Stores 3.2M 36.9 60.9% Supermarket
11 Betfred 3.2M 35.4 43.7% Betting
12 KFC 2.7M 35.9 60.4% Fast food restaurants
13 Ackermans 2.5M 35.3 70.7% Apparel
14 Vodacom 2.4M 35.4 53.9% Mobile phone operator
15 Nike 2.3M 33.3 50.9% Sportswear
16 Checkers 2.3M 36.7 62.2% Restaurants
17 Nedbank 2.2M 39.3 51.2% Bank
18 Airbnb 2M 40.5 54.6% Travel website
19 Temu 1.9M 38.3 53.2%
20 TradingView 1.9M 34.6 30.6% Broker / Crypto
21 Spar (retailer) 1.8M 36.9 59.8% Supermarket
22 Adidas 1.8M 33.4 51.3% Sportswear
23 Toyota 1.8M 36.8 42.1% Car manufacturer
24 ShopRite (United States) 1.7M 38.4 61.8%
25 BMW 1.7M 37.0 41.4% Car manufacturer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular brands compiled?

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

Betway currently leads with an estimated audience of 46M people in South Africa.

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