Most popular websites in South Africa

Have you ever wondered what the most popular and visited websites of this country is? The popularity of a given website can be measured by page views, views per visitor, time on site or total links from other sites.

In most African communities, both entertainment and news sites, as well as sportsbetting, online banking and job sites are popular. Classifieds and items for sale sites are also widely popular. We have mainly listed English speaking websites, but are working on a French and Arabic version as well.

Here is our updated list for 2021:

Top sites in South Africa

The top sites in South Africa are:

Dstv.com
Fnb.co.za
Takealot.com
Myshopify.com
Property24.com
Gumtree.co.za
Amazonaws.com
News24.com
Fakaza.com
Standardbank.co.za
Unisa.ac.za

Popular job sites in South Africa

Make sure to search for jobs in the best and biggest job sites in South Africa:

Fidanto za.fidanto.com – 175.000 jobs
JobVine jobvine.co.za – a large job portal
Gumtree Jobs gumtree.co.za – Classifieds Jobs section
Trabajo za.trabajo.org – portal collection from other sites
BestJobs bestjobs.co.za – 12.500 jobs
Careers 24 careers24.com – 8.500 jobs
Bizcommunity Jobs bizcommunity.com
JobMail Careers jobmail.co.za
Freerecruit freerecruit.co.za

Popular for sale sites in South Africa

In general, the best South African classifieds and sale listings sites are:

Gumtree South Africa gumtree.co.za – the largest classifieds site in South Africa with more than 900.000 active listings (2021)
Olx Classifieds https://www.olx.co.za/ – another leading for sales site with more than 500.000 active listings (2021)
AdsAfrica adsafrica.co.za – has a large number of ads as well, especially personal ads
Junkmail junkmail.co.za – also has a fair amount of active ads, especially in the property section.
Locanto locanto.co.za
Cars Co ZA cars.co.za – automotive/cars/trucks only
Autotrader autotrader.co.za – automotive/cars/trucks only