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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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 Lottoland 941k 45.1 59.3%
52 National Lottery (Ireland) 940k 36.3 58.3% Lottery
53 Sanlam 903k 40.3 50.3% Insurances
54 National Lottery 898k 36.1 45.5% Lottery
55 South African Airways 884k 39.4 54.9% Airline
56 Porsche 868k 36.5 42.8% Car manufacturer
57 H&M 865k 35.2 68.8% Fashion
58 New Balance 854k 33.7 50.2% Sportswear
59 Puma 842k 33.1 46.4% Sportswear
60 Lacoste 842k 35.6 49.6% Streetwear
61 CrazyGames 835k 35.8 49.5%
62 Land Rover 831k 37.5 41.9% Car manufacturer
63 Burger King 829k 34.2 59.8% Fast food restaurants
64 Suzuki 826k 37.8 40.7% Car manufacturer
65 Cash Converters 799k 38.8 45.0%
66 Gemini 797k 35.5 39.8% Generative AI
67 Canva 774k 33.9 75.7%
68 Google Drive 767k 34.7 55.1% Hosting
69 First National Bank (South Africa) 757k 38.0 59.2% Bank
70 Uber 757k 36.3 48.0% Car rental / sharing
71 African Bank Limited 743k 40.7 48.1% Bank
72 Mazda 740k 37.6 43.1% Car manufacturer
73 Microsoft 725k 36.2 47.3% Software
74 Apple 716k 36.2 47.5% Entertainment
75 BP 710k 36.0 49.0% Fuel / petrol

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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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