{"id":855658,"date":"2026-04-01T14:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=855658"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:33:08","slug":"record-readership-growth-for-businesstech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/855658\/record-readership-growth-for-businesstech\/","title":{"rendered":"Record readership growth for BusinessTech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Africa\u2019s largest business publication, BusinessTech, achieved exceptional growth, reaching 4.2 million readers and 22 million page views in March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BusinessTech was launched in 2012 and grew to become South Africa\u2019s largest and most influential business news website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The publication, under the leadership of editor Quinton Bronkhorst, focuses on South African business, technology, and financial news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its audience is primarily composed of high-income earners and key business decision-makers, including CEOs, directors, and managers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has become the go-to publication in South Africa for developments in the business and finance markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its neutral, data-driven journalism appeals to business leaders and professionals who want trusted information in an easy-to-understand format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last year, BusinessTech has grown its readership by 23%, which shows the increasing popularity of the publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also has a popular podcast series, Business Talk with Michael Avery, where South African C-suite executives and thought leaders are interviewed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Business Talk with Michael Avery has shown equally impressive growth, reaching 8 million views across YouTube, Facebook, and its dedicated platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s largest business publication, BusinessTech, achieved exceptional growth, reaching 4.2 million readers and 22 million page views in March 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":852953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[19585,9982],"class_list":["post-855658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-business-talk-with-michael-avery","tag-businesstech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855662,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855658\/revisions\/855662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}