Top News Websites in South Africa
The top 10 most visited news websites in South Africa by Ahrefs organic search traffic estimates. Updated monthly.
February 2026
| Rank | Website | Search traffic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | za.com |
1.6M
-440.2K
|
-440.2K | |
| 2 | bbc.com |
1.4M
-91.6K
|
-91.6K | |
| 3 | ↑1 | news24.com |
734.7K
+76.1K
|
+76.1K |
| 4 | ↓1 | yahoo.com |
701K
+4.2K
|
+4.2K |
| 5 | nytimes.com |
663.1K
+56.2K
|
+56.2K | |
| 6 | citizen.co.za |
492K
-51K
|
-51K | |
| 7 | thesouthafrican.com |
415K
-71.5K
|
-71.5K | |
| 8 | ↑1 | iol.co.za |
399.3K
+84K
|
+84K |
| 9 | ↑2 | newsnow.co.uk |
361.8K
+115.2K
|
+115.2K |
| 10 | ↓2 | theguardian.com |
313.6K
-67.6K
|
-67.6K |
Top Trending Websites
Websites that changed positions within the top 100 rankings in February 2026.
Trending up
↑2
#3
news24.com
↑1
#8
iol.co.za
↑1
#1
za.com
#2
bbc.com
#5
nytimes.com
#4
yahoo.com
↑1
#10
theguardian.com
↑2
Trending down
#10
theguardian.com
↓2
#4
yahoo.com
↓1
#1
za.com
#2
bbc.com
#5
nytimes.com
#3
news24.com
↓1
#8
iol.co.za
↓1
↓2