# Top News Websites in South Africa
The top 10 most visited news websites in South Africa by Ahrefs organic search traffic estimates. Updated monthly.
October 2025
Rank | Website | Search traffic | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ↑1 | za.com |
1.9M
+471.4K
|
+471.4K |
2 | ↓1 | bbc.com |
1.5M
-543K
|
-543K |
3 | ↑1 | yahoo.com |
1M
+119.8K
|
+119.8K |
4 | ↓1 | news24.com |
768.8K
-356.1K
|
-356.1K |
5 | ↑2 | iol.co.za |
559.7K
+7.1K
|
+7.1K |
6 | ↓1 | nytimes.com |
520.3K
-260K
|
-260K |
7 | ↓1 | citizen.co.za |
518.4K
-86.5K
|
-86.5K |
8 | theguardian.com |
264.3K
-178.4K
|
-178.4K | |
9 | ↑4 | fawanews.co.uk |
256.5K
+16.1K
|
+16.1K |
10 | ↑2 | bbc.co.uk |
256.2K
+3.3K
|
+3.3K |
## Top Trending Websites
Websites that changed positions within the top 100 rankings in October 2025.
Trending up
↑4
#5
iol.co.za
↑2
#10
bbc.co.uk
↑2
#1
za.com
↑1
#3
yahoo.com
↑1
#2
bbc.com
↑1
#4
news24.com
↑1
#6
nytimes.com
↑1
↑1
Trending down
#2
bbc.com
↓1
#4
news24.com
↓1
#6
nytimes.com
↓1
↓1
#1
za.com
↓1
#3
yahoo.com
↓1
#5
iol.co.za
↓2
#10
bbc.co.uk
↓2
↓4