Top Websites and Companies in South Africa

The most popular sites in South Africa, the technologies they run, and the companies behind them.

Websites indexed: 1.13M
Technologies detected: 24,839
Leading language: English 99.1%

Most popular websites in South Africa

by popularity

Rank in South Africa	Website	Global rank	Technologies detected
1	bizcommunity.com	579	Google Analytics 4 DMARC Digests Cloudflare Microsoft 365 HeadJS
2	usembassy.gov	593	Amazon Web Services Google Search Console Akamai Technologies DNS Meta Business Suite
3	iol.co.za	1,020	Meta Business Suite Google Publisher Tag Cloudflare DNS Google Trust Services GlobalSign
4	wits.ac.za	1,348	Cisco Email Security Meta Business Suite Google Search Console Awesome Min Microsoft 365
5	gov.za	1,349	Google Tag Manager ZOHO Dimension Data Drupal
6	unisa.ac.za	2,337	Swiper Google Search Console Microsoft 365 Adobe IDP J2EE
7	buyqualityplr.com	2,714	Pinterest Elementor Easy Digital Downloads Litespeed Cloudflare DNS
8	uct.ac.za	3,744	Better Exposed Filters jQuery UI CKEditor 5 Wysiwyg Editor CDN JS
9	google.co.za	3,758	Google Google Trust Services
10	virtualbox.org	3,790	Python jQuery Compat Dyn (Oracle) DNS Akamai Technologies DNS Proofpoint DMARC
11	friendster.com	4,138	Amazon Google Search Console
12	apc.org	4,808	Drupal Solid Google Search Console Microsoft 365 IOMART MANAGED SERVICES
13	mtn.com	5,318	Cisco Security Outlook for business Atlassian jQuery Validate CookieYes
14	jaguarlandrover.com	5,664	Adobe Identity Management Statuspage Akamai Technologies DNS Google Search Console HashiCorp
15	websites.co.in	5,831	Google reCAPTCHA Unpkg Meta Business Suite Leaflet Cloudflare
16	dailymaverick.co.za	6,306	Cloudflare Insight Cloudflare Google Search Console DigiCert SSL.com
17	mybroadband.co.za	6,405	Microsoft 365 ComodoCA SSL DigiCert Cloudflare DMARC Google Trust Services
18	itweb.co.za	7,083	Mailchimp GoDaddy Google Tag Manager Nuxt.js Vue.js
19	uj.ac.za	7,133	sDMARC Cloudflare Everlytic Canva Harica
20	mg.co.za	7,832	Google Workspace Next Js Cloudflare Insight DMARC Analyzer Cloudflare Browser Insights
21	citizen.co.za	9,908	Cloudflare OneSignal Website SDK Google Publisher Tag Amazon SES WordPress
22	afrinic.net	10,646	Atlassian CDN JS Trustpilot Apache Tomcat MariaDB
23	timeslive.co.za	10,690	Default Google Maps API Typewriter Js Mimecast Email Security Amazon
24	biznews.com	11,326	Zendesk Microsoft 365 Mailchimp Stripe Express
25	sun.ac.za	11,967	Amazon SES Microsoft 365 Apple Business Connect Sectigo Harica
26	businesslive.co.za	12,138	Google Search Console Meta Business Suite Lexsynergy Everlytic Mimecast Email Security
27	mydigitalpublication.com	12,769	Amazon Trust Services Google Search Console Amazon ALB dmarcian
28	dstv.com	13,005	sDMARC TikTok Developers Flickity DigiCert Microsoft 365
29	bartleby.com	13,810	Sailthru DMARC Report Statuspage Amazon CloudFront Microsoft 365
30	travelchannel.com	14,284	Amazon CloudFront Atlassian Google Search Console Meta Business Suite Outlook for business
31	up.ac.za	14,951	Google Search Console Page Js Cloudflare Browser Insights AddToAny SpamExperts
32	takealot.com	15,302	Workplace Google Workspace Statuspage Salesforce Pardot Pinterest
33	24.co.za	17,473	Outlook for business Cloudflare DMARC Cloudflare Microsoft 365
34	fnb.co.za	19,010	Pexip Video Conferencing Integration Sitecore Experience Edge Google Search Console Apple Business Manager Graphql
35	cjonline.com	19,070	Perplexity AI Mandrill BrandMetrics Taboola LiveIntent
36	dha.gov.za	19,111	Caption Bootstrap Slidesjs Google Search Console Joomla
37	dst.gov.in	19,895	Progress Js Google Analytics Drupal Ajax emSign
38	petitiononline.com	20,230	AWS Cloudfront PoP Google Hosted Libraries Bootstrap Amazon Trust Services BootstrapCDN (Maxcdn)
39	yoco.com	20,313	SSL.com reCAPTCHA Notion Site Salesforce Marketing Cloud Email Studio Google Trust Services
40	treasury.gov.za	20,543	Microsoft 365 Outlook for business
41	fin24.com	20,629	Outlook for business Salesforce Cloudflare
42	capetown.gov.za	21,126	Dimension Data Liquid Intelligent Technologies DNS Infieldlabel Google Search Console Outlook for business
43	nedbank.co.za	21,462	jQuery CDN Atlassian Adobe Java Meta Business Suite
44	ukzn.ac.za	22,187	DashIcons Awesome Min Slider Revolution xneelo jQuery HoverIntent
45	ewn.co.za	22,300	Meta Business Suite DoubleClick Floodlight Nuxt.js Mandrill Vue.js
46	ikhokha.com	22,302	Miro Sanity Microsoft 365 React Mimecast Email Security
47	iono.fm	22,607	DNS Made Easy Sectigo Mailgun DigitalOcean Google Search Console
48	uwc.ac.za	22,956	xneelo Amazon SES Microsoft 365 Google Search Console Meta Business Suite
49	labour.gov.za	23,036	Microsoft ASP.NET Awesome Min Bootstrap Google APIs Microsoft 365
50	702.co.za	25,219	Mimecast Email Security Microsoft 365 Amazon Route 53 DNS Google Search Console

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South Africa websites by language usage

share of sites

01 English 549,430 99.1%
02 Afrikaans 2,391 0.4%
03 Spanish 593 0.1%
04 German 591 0.1%
05 Indonesian 312 0.1%
06 French 241 0%
07 Arabic 199 0%
08 Dutch 167 0%
09 Other 723 0.1%

Top 25 companies in South Africa (out of 167,247)

by size, then popularity

Company	Website	Founded	Employees	City/Location
mtn	mtn.com	1994	10001+	johannesburg
standard bank group	standardbank.com	1862	10001+	johannesburg
fnb south africa	fnb.co.za	1838	10001+	johannesburg
standard bank south africa	standardbank.co.za	1862	10001+	johannesburg
city of cape town	capetown.gov.za	-	10001+	cape town
woolworths	woolworths.co.za	1931	10001+	cape town
old mutual south africa	oldmutual.co.za	1845	10001+	sandton
spar south africa	spar.co.za	1963	10001+	pinetown
momentum	momentum.co.za	1966	10001+	centurion
eastern cape provincial government	ecprov.gov.za	-	10001+	east london
the shoprite group of companies	shopriteholdings.co.za	1979	10001+	cape town
ministry of fisheries, marine resources and agriculture	fishagri.gov.mv	-	10001+	somerset west
pepkor holdings limited	pepkor.co.za	-	10001+	belhar
south african revenue service (sars)	sars.gov.za	1997	10001+	pretoria
western cape government	westerncape.gov.za	1994	10001+	kaapstad
absa group	absa.co.za	2018	10001+	johannesburg
capitec	capitecbank.co.za	2001	10001+	stellenbosch
ethekwini municipality	durban.gov.za	2000	10001+	durban
allied business academies	abacademies.org	-	10001+	east london
absa group	absa.africa	2018	10001+	johannesburg
dimension data	dimensiondata.com	1983	10001+	johannesburg
department of health south africa	health.gov.za	-	10001+	voortrekkerhoogte
gauteng provincial government	gauteng.gov.za	2009	10001+	johannesburg
mediclinic	mediclinic.co.za	1983	10001+	stellenbosch
sasol	sasol.com	1950	10001+	johannesburg

South Africa companies by industry

top 10

01 information technology and services 11,708 8.2%
02 marketing and advertising 9,202 6.4%
03 management consulting 6,540 4.6%
04 financial services 5,294 3.7%
05 construction 5,105 3.6%
06 computer software 3,290 2.3%
07 non-profit organization management 3,253 2.3%
08 retail 3,167 2.2%
09 real estate 2,870 2%
10 internet 2,778 1.9%

South Africa companies by employee count

167K companies

Most used technologies in South Africa

by websites

#	Technology	Category	Websites
01	xneelo	Hosting & Infrastructure	262,802
02	WordPress	Content Management	223,867
03	AfriHost DNS	DNS Services	163,287
04	OtherDNS	DNS Services	145,763
05	Cloudflare	Hosting & Infrastructure	143,681
06	Litespeed	Software Development	119,273
07	Google Search Console	Marketing & SEO	115,331
08	Microsoft 365	Business Operations	99,135
09	Bootstrap	Web Design Tools	97,210
10	Outlook for business	MX & Email Hosting Services	80,332
11	Awesome Min	Business Operations	72,262
12	CDN JS	Hosting & Infrastructure	69,660
13	MailChannels	MX & Email Hosting Services	51,472
14	Elementor Icons	Web Design Tools	47,819
15	Cart Functionality	E-commerce & Sales	47,142

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