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r/AskSouthAfrica

Thinking of visiting and wondering what to do? Looking for something locally? Ask anything to get a perspective or answer from a South African perspective. This is a sub for casual questions, not for political discussions.

91k subscribers909 posts / mo in Sep 2026754 authors / mosince 2021

r/askSouthAfrica has 91k members (+28% over the last 12 months). It gets about 909 posts a month from 754 people. Top topics: Remote Jobs, Job Hunting Struggles and Car Buying & Licensing.

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Size and growth

How r/askSouthAfrica has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+28%in 12 months · +4.6% in 3 months · +1.1% in 1 month
Oct 202690k
Growing90k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Sep 2021)
Live · through Oct 2026
r/askSouthAfrica

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−21%vs Sep 2025 · −5.9% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026909
QuieterPeaked at 1.6k in Jan 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/askSouthAfrica

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Remote Jobs0.6%
  2. Job Hunting Struggles0.5%
  3. Car Buying & Licensing0.4%
  4. High School Subjects0.3%
  5. Buying Used Cars0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Takealot
  2. Carbonite
  3. WhatsApp
  4. Wise
  5. Booking

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research