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Top 25 Digital media agencies based in South Africa

Name: Digital media agencies based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 1, 2026 1,312 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,312 digital media agencies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 4,736 professional contacts across them, including 897 with verified work emails and 275 with mobile numbers. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers digital media agencies headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 1, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 1, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

1,312Companies

4,736Contacts tracked

897Verified emails

275Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest digital media agencies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,312 digital media agencies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 1, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to digital media agencies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	The Mediashop	Partial evidence	La Lucia, South Africa	51-200	165 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The MediaShop is a full service, innovative, pioneering, always evolving media agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
2	R17 Ventures AG	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South Africa	51-200	59 contacts →
	Partial evidence “R17 Ventures AG: The No.1 Global Performance Marketing Agency R17 Ventures is a full-service digital performance marketing agency providing end-to-end performance marketing across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
3	Groupm Sub-Saharan Africa	Partial evidence	Bryanston, South Africa	1,001-5,000	48 contacts →
	Partial evidence “GroupM is the world’s leading media investment company responsible for more than $45B (COMvergence) in annual media investment through agencies including Mindshare, MediaCom…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
4	Retroviral	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South Africa	11-50	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We have a challenger mindset and through this have made more brands ‘go viral’, globally, than any other agency in Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
5	100 Degrees Online Marketing	Strong evidence	Sandton, South Africa	51-200	36 contacts →
	Strong evidence “100 Degrees Online Marketing is a digital media specialist company and one of the leading South African media placement and online marketing agencies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
6	Helloyes Marketing	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South Africa	11-50	34 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HelloYes Marketing is a global brand, creative, digital and technology-driven agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
7	bdm.media	Partial evidence	City Of Tshwane, South Africa	51-200	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Using radio, television and digital channels to develop holistic strategies that generate results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
8	TMI Collective	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South Africa	51-200	31 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TMI is an all-inclusive digital marketing agency that focuses on creating and implementing integrated strategies while breaking the mould of the traditional ‘agency & client’…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
9	Aqua Agency	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South Africa	201-500	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Aqua is an integrated marketing agency with strong entrepreneurial roots.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
10	OM & Barker	Partial evidence	Rivonia, South Africa	11-50	25 contacts →
	Partial evidence “OM & Barker originates from the foundations of NW Barker Media, which was started by two brothers and focused on slideshow TV advertising at gyms, malls and restaurants.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
11	Essencemediacom South Africa	Indirect evidence	Bryanston, South Africa	51-200	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hello.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
12	Digital FOX	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South Africa	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We have more than 15 years of combined experience in digital marketing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
13	Rokkit Digital	Strong evidence	Natal, South Africa	11-50	23 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Rokkit Digital is a new media marketing agency specialising in digital marketing, website design & development, social media strategy, implementation and community management and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
14	ONE Over ONE	Partial evidence	South Africa	11-50	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “One Over One is a results-driven digital marketing agency with a focus on creating exceptional content from conceptualisation to development, building brands and meeting and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
15	Happy Friday Creative	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South Africa	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Say hello to Happy Friday, a new people-centric creative agency obsessed with crafting creative advertising that makes our clients deliriously happy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
16	Iedm Digital Marketing	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South Africa	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Interexcel Digital Marketing is a 2026 Google Premier Partner, a distinction that places us in the top 3% of digital agencies in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
17	Hive Digital Media	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South Africa	11-50	21 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Welcome to Hive Digital Media, a dynamic force in the digital landscape born from the rich heritage of Caxton’s long-standing and locally entrenched publications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
18	Hellocomputer	Partial evidence	Sandton, South Africa	51-200	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2005, Hellocomputer has been leading clients and consumers alike into the emerging digital landscape one step at a time, while consistently delivering captivating…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
19	Clearwater	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South Africa	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Clearwater connects people to content: Across platforms Across devices Across markets Over 20 years of working closely with internationally recognised brands, we know that no two…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
20	Brand Republic SA	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South Africa	11-50	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “In 2008 Brandbar opened its doors, where the focus was on media advertising and design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
21	The Cheese HAS Moved	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South Africa	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At The Cheese Has Moved (TCHM), we don’t just follow trends, we shape them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
22	G&g Digital	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South Africa	11-50	16 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We’re an integrated digital, social media and PR agency based in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
23	Live Communications SA	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South Africa	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Making advertising resonate and maximising efficiency for over 15 years Established in 2007, LIVECOM is a proudly South African independent agency, with a diverse team of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
24	Polkadot Digital	Partial evidence	Bryanston, South Africa	11-50	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Polkadot Digital is a Johannesburg-based digital marketing agency established in 2015, built on one clear principle: marketing should drive measurable business growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
25	Cinevation PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South Africa	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “WE ARE CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND PASSIONATE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: digital media agencies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names digital media agencies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of digital media agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name digital media agencies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Digital media agencies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 1, 2026

18.9%Verified-email coverage

5.8%Mobile-number coverage

3.6Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

24.2%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 1, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,103

11-50

185

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among digital media agencies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “digital media agencies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names digital media agencies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among digital media agencies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 897 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 1, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Digital media agencies by metro

Digital media agencies in Johannesburg318
Digital media agencies in Cape Town276
Digital media agencies in Pretoria92
Digital media agencies in Durban53
Digital media agencies in Sandton48
Digital media agencies in Randburg28

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names digital media agencies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many digital media agencies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 1,312 digital media agencies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

The Mediashop, headquartered in La Lucia, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most digital media agencies?

Johannesburg leads with 318 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (276) and Pretoria (92).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 897 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,312 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 1, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.