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
76 Honda 681k 36.4 42.9% Car manufacturer
77 Renault 679k 37.7 43.2% Car manufacturer
78 Virgin Active 668k 37.3 56.9%
79 Smeg (appliances) 661k 38.4 61.2% Domestic appliances
80 Lamborghini 654k 36.3 41.7% Luxury car manufacturer
81 nandos 647k 37.2 49.4% Restaurants
82 Gucci 647k 35.4 60.4% Luxury fashion
83 Louis Vuitton 644k 37.0 62.0% Luxury fashion
84 Sage 634k 39.0 59.9%
85 Range Rover 631k 37.1 46.4% Car manufacturer
86 Wellington Brewery 623k Beer
87 CapCut 611k 37.0 41.8% Software
88 Le Creuset 608k 38.6 68.8% Cookware
89 Emirates 605k 39.5 53.2% Airline
90 Converse 603k 32.2 51.7% Sportswear
91 National Lottery (United Kingdom) 593k 38.7 53.0% Lottery
92 Ticketmaster 590k 44.6 64.0% Ticket website
93 McDonald's 580k 34.7 61.7% Fast food restaurants
94 Nu Metro 578k 31.3 67.9%
95 Ferrari 565k 36.5 42.5% Luxury car manufacturer
96 Hisense 563k 37.1 57.1% Entertainment
97 Zara 543k 36.9 70.3% Fashion
98 AliExpress 541k 36.4 57.4% Fashion
99 EBay 541k 38.7 46.6% Auctions
100 Tinder 538k 30.6 46.0% Dating

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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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