Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Touchpoints in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest touchpoints in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 469 touchpoints tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Shopping malls, Beauty salons and Spas lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 824k, and the largest, Shopping malls, reaches around 3.1M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each touchpoint, 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
26 Hypermarket 1.1M 38.1 64.1%
27 Business class 1.1M 38.8 51.1%
28 Hospital 989k 39.0 67.0%
29 Pub 773k 37.7 56.6%
30 Gastronomy 771k 39.2 69.4%
31 Charitable organization 729k 40.6 59.0%
32 Online auction 725k 40.0 40.5%
33 Taxicab 715k 36.8 36.5%
34 Pet store 711k 40.8 60.4%
35 Kindergarten 709k 37.7 77.8% Education
36 Hardware store 707k 39.0 42.6%
37 Big-box store 696k 37.9 67.3%
38 Golf course 686k 41.3 43.3%
39 Recording studio 684k 32.7 43.8%
40 Winery 682k 39.6 57.4%
41 Home shopping 643k 38.6 65.0%
42 Nail salon 631k 34.4 88.5%
43 Convenience store 624k 34.8 61.7%
44 Museum 595k 40.0 52.6%
45 Airport 586k 40.5 55.1% Airport
46 Art museum 585k 38.8 56.2%
47 Christian Church 584k 37.8 61.6%
48 Department store 583k 37.9 67.7%
49 Gift shop 581k 39.3 74.0%
50 Holiday cottage 578k 40.8 59.8%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular touchpoints compiled?

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

Shopping malls currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.1M people in South Africa.

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