Top Education Websites in South Africa

Name: Top websites in South Africa (Education)
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 Education Websites in South Africa, Updated July 2026

July 2026

Domain

Visits

Desktop share

Mobile share

MoM

YoY

Main Traffic Source

unisa.ac.za

4.74M

55.93%2.65M

44.07%2.09M

↓1.34%

↑4.69%

Direct

live.com

4.6M

68.09%3.13M

31.91%1.47M

↑13.32%

↓10.35%

Direct

office.com

3.23M

58.43%1.89M

41.57%1.34M

↑6.78%

↓32.96%

Direct

google.co.za

2.89M

47.07%1.36M

52.93%1.53M

↓5.95%

↓67.82%

Direct

zoom.us

2.16M

53.34%1.15M

46.66%1.01M

↑14.43%

↓8.08%

Direct

uj.ac.za

2.08M

43.44%903.33K

56.56%1.18M

↑31.91%

↓26.57%

Direct

nwu.ac.za

1.6M

47.19%757.32K

52.81%847.41K

↑4.58%

↓41.26%

Direct

tinyurl.com

1.57M

3.26%50.97K

96.74%1.51M

↓8.47%

↓15.25%

Direct

tut.ac.za

1.49M

32.63%486.38K

67.37%1M

↓22.82%

↓9.91%

Direct

up.ac.za

1.48M

46.77%690.1K

53.23%785.57K

↓33.45%

↓14.26%

Direct

uct.ac.za

1.37M

50.57%693.47K

49.43%677.95K

↑9.97%

↓16.25%

Direct

wits.ac.za

1.26M

38.62%485.95K

61.38%772.3K

↑37.25%

↓16.7%

Direct

nsfas.org.za

1.17M

13.42%157.36K

86.58%1.02M

↑223.84%

↓17.38%

Direct

sun.ac.za

1.04M

59.76%623.62K

40.24%419.86K

↑15.77%

↓30.13%

Direct

cput.ac.za

894.37K

41.5%371.13K

58.5%523.24K

↑56.82%

↓34.18%

Direct

ul.ac.za

876.92K

25.43%222.99K

74.57%653.94K

↑97.2%

↓25.67%

Direct

ufs.ac.za

871.5K

54.48%474.82K

45.52%396.68K

↓14.01%

↓3.3%

Direct

cut.ac.za

864.97K

19.71%170.52K

80.29%694.46K

↑82.88%

↑2.72%

Direct

ukzn.ac.za

852.71K

54.33%463.29K

45.67%389.41K

↓26.58%

↓21.59%

Direct

wps.com

843.5K

73.54%620.35K

26.46%223.15K

↓12.22%

↑66.2%

Direct

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Key Insights on Top Education Websites in South Africa on July 2026

As of July 2026, unisa.ac.za leads Education in South Africa with 4.74M monthly visits. Its audience skews desktop-first (55.93% desktop / 55.93% mobile), and traffic is down month over month -1.34% and up year over year 4.69%. live.com holds second with 4.6M visits and a desktop-leaning mix (68.09% desktop / 31.91% mobile), while office.com ranks third with 3.23M visits.

Across the leaders, mcpedl.org is the most mobile-first (98.87% of visits), whereas overleaf.com is the most desktop-reliant (100%). Momentum favors bbcollab.com in the latest month (639.65%), while stanmorephysics.com shows the steepest pullback.

Acquisition patterns also differ: unisa.ac.za is driven primarily by search, unisa.ac.za by direct, and unisa.ac.za by referral; overall, 97 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 1 are search-led, and 2 lean on social.

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

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Top Education Websites in South Africa