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Top 14 Media startups based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 71 company matches for media startups associated with South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 382 professional contacts across them, including 101 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for media startups associated with South Africa, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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 SmartSearch · Exact Recorded Sep 19, 2026 How this list was built
71Companies
382Contacts tracked
101Verified emails
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The 14 largest media startups based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 14 of 71 company matches for media startups based in South Africa, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 19, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
#CompanyRevenueBase SmartSearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Exact matchCape Town City Centre, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202651-20080 contacts →

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“We are the World’s No.1 LIVE Crypto Streaming Channel.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202651-20039 contacts →

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“Established in 2004, Habari Media is a dynamic and award-winning multi-media sales company with a core focus in digital, offering advertisers exclusive access to a wide selection…”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
3Exact matchCenturion, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202611-5022 contacts →

Exact match

“Broad Media is South Africa’s leading online media company, and owns several of the largest and most influential news websites and podcasts in South Africa.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
4Exact matchBoksburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202651-20017 contacts →

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“BackSports is a Sport Media company focused on creating Digital Streaming Content and Linear Broadcastings.”

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5Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202611-5010 contacts →

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“Stuff is more than a gadget magazine – which is only where we began.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
6Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-107 contacts →

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“For far too long companies have been left behind by the high prices and poor virality of videos created by rip off production companies.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
7Exact matchMilnerton, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-106 contacts →

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“Media Strategy Media Production Ad Serving Online Marketing Campaign Management”

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8Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 202611-506 contacts →

Exact match

“Red Oxygen is a trans-media company, creating new forms of digital and broadcast content that focuses on the gaming and geek scene, to take this rich content to a wider audience.”

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9Exact matchPretoria, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

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“Fio Media is an entrepreneurial media platform that aims to revolutionize the way individuals consume and engage with media content.”

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10Exact matchRoodepoort, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Exact match

“We're a media company, focused on creating engaging content for the youth.”

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11Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Exact match

“Born in 1994, XCIV co-founders Hloniphizwe Coleman and Luke Maximo Bell learned to create in a time shaped by new ways to create and consume content.”

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12Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Exact match

“Burn Media is a multimedia digital publishing house which focuses on the intersection of technology and media, entrepreneurship, cars, and gadgets.”

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13Exact matchRoodepoort, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Exact match

“Building brands through thoughtful design and digital experience.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
14Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261-101 contacts →

Exact match

“Bouncing Biscuit Studios is a video production company based in South Africa that makes "pretty sweet content", as we like to say.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase

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Media startups based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
26.4%Verified-email coverage
5.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
32.4%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
53
11-50
12
51-200
6

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 71 companies.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with South Africa whose business descriptions match “media startups” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 101 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “media startups”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many media startups are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 71 company matches for media startups associated with South Africa as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Crypto Banter tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most media startups?

Johannesburg leads with 23 company records, followed by Cape Town (12) and Sandton (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 101 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 71 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 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 SmartSearch, 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.