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
26 Cotton On 1.7M 35.0 64.7%
27 Capitec Bank 1.6M 36.7 59.6% Bank
28 Samsung 1.6M 36.7 51.0% Entertainment
29 Indeed.com 1.5M 32.3 52.4% Career website
30 Mercedes-Benz 1.5M 37.0 42.7% Car manufacturer
31 Chat GPT 1.5M 34.1 42.7% Generative AI
32 Rains 1.4M 37.5 57.9% Outdoor
33 Powerball 1.4M 37.8 50.9%
34 Volkswagen 1.4M 37.1 40.1% Car manufacturer
35 Downland 1.3M 20.6 34.3%
36 Huawei 1.3M 36.0 50.0% Consumer electronics
37 Debonairs Pizza (Official) 1.2M 31.1 69.4%
38 Hyundai 1.2M 37.5 42.8% Car manufacturer
39 Old Mutual 1.2M 40.5 50.1% Insurances
40 Telkom (South Africa) 1.2M 36.3 54.6% Mobile phone operator
41 Steve Madden 1.2M 33.2 72.7% Footwear
42 Booking.com 1.1M 39.8 55.8% Travel website
43 Audi 1.1M 36.8 41.0% Car manufacturer
44 Crocs 1.1M 40.1 74.3% Footwear
45 Grok 1.1M 38.5 42.3% Generative AI
46 Ster-Kinekor Theatres 1.1M 32.6 59.1%
47 Chicken Licken (restaurant) 1M 33.9 57.0%
48 Eskom 1M 39.7 49.9% Energy
49 Nissan 964k 37.0 42.7% Car manufacturer
50 Easy (store) 952k

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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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