The biggest business news websites in South Africa

The IAB SA’s audience data for June 2024 reveals that BusinessTech is the biggest business news website in South Africa.

BusinessTech was read by 5 million people in June, putting it well ahead of other business news publishers.

This is made more impressive by the fact that the majority of BusinessTech’s readers are C-level executives, business owners, company directors, managers, and professionals.

These readers enjoy BusinessTech’s wide range of informative and engaging news articles and features, which cover the banking, finance, energy, automotive, property, government, technology, and general business sectors.

In second place in the IAB SA rankings was Daily Investor – which focuses on the finance and investment industries.

Daily Investor was read by 2.5 million people in June, which was a record performance for the news website.

Daily Investor’s coverage focuses on South African business developments, JSE-listed companies, and macroeconomic events that can influence the markets and impact investments.

IAB SA measurement

To provide insight into which news websites are the biggest in South Africa, the IAB SA runs an online measurement platform.

Audience data is collected by the IAB SA, through the Google Analytics accounts of the news websites, and published on its measurement platform.

The list below details the biggest business news websites in South Africa, according to the IAB SA data.