Top Sports Websites in South Africa

Name: Top websites in South Africa (Sports)
Creator: Semrush
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Based on data from the Semrush Traffic Analytics tool, this page reveals the most visited websites. We will be updating this list on a monthly basis, so you can keep track of all the market shifts and spot changes in user interest.

Most Visited Sports Websites in South Africa, Updated May 2026

May 2026

Domain

Visits

Desktop share

Mobile share

MoM

YoY

Main Traffic Source

hollywoodbets.net

37.02M

5.02%1.86M

94.98%35.16M

↓0.04%

↑7.15%

Direct

betway.co.za

35.16M

15.73%5.53M

84.27%29.63M

↑0.65%

↓0.24%

Direct

flashscore.co.za

4.68M

11.25%526.47K

88.75%4.15M

↓4.67%

↑21.17%

Direct

livescore.com

4.04M

9.58%387.34K

90.42%3.66M

↓29.83%

↑131.8%

Direct

flashscore.mobi

2.91M

0.92%26.79K

99.08%2.89M

↑15.72%

↑112.89%

Direct

supersport.com

2.71M

18.94%513.47K

81.06%2.2M

↑24.27%

↑2.22%

Direct

skysports.com

2.32M

7.55%175.45K

92.45%2.15M

↓14.14%

↑58.91%

Direct

sofascore.com

1.49M

60.97%909.25K

39.03%582K

↓14.53%

↑11.81%

Direct

premierleague.com

1.34M

23.95%321.87K

76.05%1.02M

↓31.71%

↑17.74%

Direct

interbet.co.za

1.33M

9.03%119.91K

90.97%1.21M

↑67.21%

↑83.66%

Direct

sunbet.co.za

1.26M

17.02%214.09K

82.98%1.04M

↑10.48%

↑0.65%

Direct

espncricinfo.com

1.18M

27.71%327.13K

72.29%853.25K

↑1.9%

↓12.23%

Direct

vipbox.lc

1.17M

0.35%4.1K

99.65%1.16M

↓35.78%

↑18.76%

Direct

chess.com

1.14M

78.02%890.93K

21.98%251.01K

↑29.46%

↑10.5%

Direct

flashscore.com

1.02M

15.98%162.4K

84.02%853.78K

↓27.46%

↑12.09%

Direct

sportingbet.co.za

988.09K

26.76%264.4K

73.24%723.69K

↑9.41%

↓26.98%

Direct

espn.com

978.8K

10.07%98.52K

89.93%880.28K

↓5.07%

↓35.14%

Direct

psl.co.za

949.3K

12.68%120.42K

87.32%828.88K

↓17.15%

↑377.28%

Direct

betxchange.com

910.87K

13.73%125.06K

86.27%785.82K

↑12.27%

↑117.55%

Direct

sport.es

839.11K

0.24%2.05K

99.76%837.05K

↑69.87%

↑111.68%

Direct

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Key Insights on Top Sports Websites in South Africa on May 2026

As of May 2026, hollywoodbets.net leads Sports in South Africa with 37.02M monthly visits. Its audience skews mobile-first (5.02% desktop / 5.02% mobile), and traffic is down month over month -0.04% and up year over year 7.15%. betway.co.za holds second with 35.16M visits and a mobile-leaning mix (15.73% desktop / 84.27% mobile), while flashscore.co.za ranks third with 4.68M visits.

Across the leaders, gpone.com is the most mobile-first (100% of visits), whereas chess.com is the most desktop-reliant (78.02%). Momentum favors planetfootball.com in the latest month (2,135.98%), while soccer6.co.za shows the steepest pullback.

Acquisition patterns also differ: hollywoodbets.net is driven primarily by search, hollywoodbets.net by direct, and hollywoodbets.net by referral; overall, 93 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 7 are search-led, and 0 lean on social.

These insights come from the Traffic & Market Toolkit, enriched with extensive clickstream data.

Our AI algorithms analyze petabytes of information from a blend of proprietary and external data pools, reflecting the online activities of over 200 million anonymized users.

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Top Sports Websites in South Africa