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The names climbing fastest in South Africa right now — rising in search, news, and social chatter, not just the ones already on top.

South AfricaFastest moversUpdated dailyHow fame is measured

#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#58	3	Jody Scheckter	South Africa	Business Professionals	59.1	41.0
#19	—	Guy Spier	South Africa	Investors	68.5	34.5
#3	—	Tyla Laura	South Africa	Musicians	84.8	30.0
#77	3	Steven Pienaar	South Africa	Footballers	57.7	28.6
#37	2	Siphiwe Tshabalala	South Africa	Footballers	63.1	25.0
#40	2	Abdullah Ibrahim	South Africa	Musicians	62.4	25.0
#57	3	SS Sphephelo Sithole	South Africa	Footballers	59.1	25.0
#74	3	MM Mbekezeli Mbokazi	South Africa	Footballers	57.9	25.0
#75	3	Lucas Radebe	South Africa	Footballers	57.9	25.0
#82	3	Breyten Breytenbach	South Africa	Writers	57.4	25.0
#85	3	Matthew Booth	South Africa	Footballers	57.0	25.0
#93	3	RM Relebohile Mofokeng	South Africa	Footballers	56.6	25.0
#95	3	Itumeleng Khune	South Africa	Footballers	56.5	25.0
#46	3	Kimbal Musk	South Africa	Founders	61.4	24.6
#45	3	Winnie Madikizela-Mandela	South Africa	Politicians	61.4	23.9
#72	3	Quinton Fortune	South Africa	Footballers	58.1	22.9
#94	3	Patrice Motsepe	South Africa	Business Professionals	56.6	19.5
#9	—	Hugh Masekela	South Africa	Musicians	72.1	19.1
#1	—	Elon Musk CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, X. Founder of Neuralink, xAI	South Africa	Developers	99.0	18.7
#44	3	Yolandi Visser	South Africa	Musicians	61.6	17.2
#60	3	Graça Machel	South Africa	Politicians	59.1	17.1
#53	3	Jan Christiaan Smuts	South Africa	Scientists	59.8	16.3
#7	—	Desmond Tutu	South Africa	Lawyers	74.8	16.1
#21	—	Shekhinah	South Africa	Musicians	68.0	15.6
#48	3	Mark Shuttleworth	South Africa	Founders	60.8	15.0
#69	3	Albert Lutuli	South Africa	Politicians	58.2	15.0
#8	—	Candice Swanepoel	South Africa	Models	74.6	14.5
#23	—	Tanit Phoenix	South Africa	Actors	67.1	12.4
#84	3	Oliver Tambo	South Africa	Politicians	57.3	11.9
#47	3	Behati Prinsloo	South Africa	Models	61.0	11.5
#59	3	Cariba Heine	South Africa	Actors	59.1	11.4
#10	—	Costa Titch	South Africa	Musicians	71.9	11.0
#88	3	Michael Levitt	South Africa	Scientists	56.9	10.8
#4	—	Charlize Theron	South Africa	Actors	84.6	10.0
#5	—	Trevor Noah	South Africa	Actors	84.2	10.0
#38	2	Lyle Foster	South Africa	Footballers	62.9	10.0
#51	3	Alice Krige	South Africa	Actors	60.0	10.0
#52	3	Aaron Mokoena	South Africa	Footballers	59.9	10.0
#55	3	TZ Themba Zwane	South Africa	Footballers	59.4	10.0
#64	3	Kevin Anderson	South Africa	Tennis Players	59.0	10.0
#66	3	IO Ime Okon	South Africa	Footballers	58.8	10.0
#70	3	OA Oswin Appollis	South Africa	Footballers	58.1	10.0
#76	3	Hector Pieterson	South Africa	Activists	57.7	10.0
#100	3	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	Athletes	56.3	10.0
#49	3	Dope Saint Jude	South Africa	Musicians	60.7	9.0
#35	1	Charlene, Princess of Monaco	South Africa	Models	63.6	8.6
#80	3	Kevin Pietersen	South Africa	Athletes	57.5	7.3
#13	—	Thabo Mbeki	South Africa	Politicians	71.5	7.1
#87	3	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	Athletes	56.9	6.2
#50	3	Madelaine Petsch	South Africa	Actors	60.5	6.0
#31	—	Francois Van Coke	South Africa	Musicians	64.6	5.3
#67	3	Bruce Grobbelaar	South Africa	Footballers	58.7	5.0
#30	—	Ernie Els	South Africa	—	65.3	4.7
#92	3	Watkin Tudor Jones	South Africa	Musicians	56.6	4.6
#68	3	Benni McCarthy	South Africa	Footballers	58.5	4.3
#90	3	Janet Suzman	South Africa	Directors	56.8	4.2
#63	3	Kirsten Neuschäfer	South Africa	—	59.0	4.0
#79	3	Lucky Dube	South Africa	Musicians	57.5	3.9
#39	2	Arnold Vosloo	South Africa	Actors	62.5	3.6
#96	3	Ilana Kloss	South Africa	Tennis Players	56.4	3.3
#41	2	Nduduzo Makhathini	South Africa	Musicians	62.0	3.3
#11	—	J. M. Coetzee	South Africa	Writers	71.9	2.8
#16	—	DM DJ Maphorisa	South Africa	Musicians	70.4	2.4
#6	—	Miriam Makeba	South Africa	Musicians	76.6	2.2
#14	—	TK The Kiffness	South Africa	Musicians	71.5	1.8
#54	3	Dave Matthews	South Africa	Musicians	59.5	1.8
#33	—	Shaun Morgan	South Africa	Musicians	63.8	1.8
#91	3	Lara Logan	South Africa	Journalists	56.7	1.7
#12	—	Nadine Gordimer	South Africa	Writers	71.9	1.4
#36	new	Christia Visser	South Africa	Actors	63.1	1.2
#71	3	Koos Kombuis	South Africa	Writers	58.1	0.9
#34	new	B Busiswa	South Africa	Musicians	63.6	0.8
#89	3	Kevin Carter	South Africa	Journalists	56.8	0.7
#73	3	Sarah Baartman	South Africa	Actors	58.0	0.6
#25	—	Cyril Ramaphosa	South Africa	Politicians	66.5	0.6
#83	3	Christiaan Barnard	South Africa	Doctors	57.3	0.6
#99	3	Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd	South Africa	Politicians	56.3	0.4
#22	—	MK Master KG	South Africa	Musicians	68.0	0.3
#15	—	Kevin Richardson	South Africa	Directors	70.5	0.1
#24	—	Jacob Zuma	South Africa	Politicians	66.8	0.0
#2	—	Nelson Mandela	South Africa	Politicians	94.3	0.0
#17	—	Orville Peck	South Africa	Musicians	70.3	0.0
#18	—	Mike Horn	South Africa	Scientists	69.8	0.0
#20	—	Nasty C	South Africa	Musicians	68.0	0.0
#26	—	Zain Bhikha	South Africa	Musicians	66.4	0.0
#27	—	JD Juanita du Plessis	South Africa	Musicians	65.5	0.0
#28	—	WizTheMc	South Africa	Musicians	65.3	0.0
#29	—	Yvonne Chaka Chaka	South Africa	Musicians	65.3	0.0
#32	—	F. W. de Klerk	South Africa	Politicians	63.9	0.0
#42	new	Cassie Kozyrkov	South Africa	—	61.7	0.0
#43	3	Steve Biko	South Africa	Politicians	61.6	0.0
#56	3	Thando Thabethe	South Africa	Actors	59.3	0.0
#61	3	Oscar Pistorius	South Africa	Athletes	59.1	0.0
#62	3	CS Caiphus Semenya	South Africa	Musicians	59.0	0.0
#65	3	Karen Zoid	South Africa	Musicians	58.9	0.0
#78	3	Sharlto Copley	South Africa	Actors	57.7	0.0
#81	3	Lesley-Ann Brandt	South Africa	Actors	57.5	0.0
#86	3	Sydney Brenner	South Africa	Academics	57.0	0.0
#97	3	P. W. Botha	South Africa	Politicians	56.4	0.0
#98	3	Neill Blomkamp	South Africa	Directors	56.4	0.0