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More on South Africans’ domestic and international attitudes:
How South Africans view their country’s leaders, parties
As of early 2025, favorability of the governing African National Congress and optimism about the economy are both up since before the 2024 election.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
More on online parenting communities, including a deep dive into Reddit’s largest parenting forum:
How Parents Use Online Communities
On Reddit's largest parenting forum, around one-in-five posts mention kids' tech use. Posts often express negative emotions, but comments are overwhelmingly supportive.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What are some common topics in online parenting communities?

On Reddit, 44% of all posts in r/Parenting mentioned one or more of these issues:
- division of child care responsibilities between parents
- kids' technology use
- financial challenges of raising a child
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
While many parents who visit these communities say these spaces make them feel more informed (63%) or connected to other parents (48%), these experiences are not universally positive. 38% say parenting communities make them feel overwhelmed by all the information they need to know.
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Explore the full report covering South Africans’ views of their political parties and leaders, their attitudes toward other countries and international organizations, and more:
South Africans See Their Country’s Influence Weakening Ahead of G20
Economic optimism remains low in South Africa but is improving. Adults there increasingly see China favorably and value economic ties with China.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Public opinion of the ANC rebounded in early 2025 following the 2024 general election. This marks a turnaround from recent years, when support for the ANC steadily declined.
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
President Cyril Ramaphosa, the ANC’s leader, was also the most popular of the major party leaders in the survey, with 63% of South Africans expressing a favorable view of him and just 36% sharing a negative view.
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The reasons people get news from news influencers differ somewhat by age.

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November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If the U.S. had 100 people, there would be about as many Protestants living in the South (20) as in all other parts of the country combined.
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Among the 100 people, 25 would be White and Protestant, and 19 would be White and religiously unaffiliated. Seven would be Black and Protestant, including some Black Protestants who identify with evangelical or mainline denominations. Another seven would be Hispanic Catholics.
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Among the 100 adults, there would be 34 Christian women and 28 Christian men. Other groups’ gender makeup would be roughly equal.
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
More Christians would be ages 50 and older than under 50. The age balance would be reversed for religious “nones,” with 20 under age 50 and fewer than 10 ages 50 and older.
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If the U.S. had 100 people, 62 of them would be Christians.
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
More on South Africans’ attitudes toward other countries and international organizations, views of their country’s influence in the world, and how they see their political parties and leaders:
South Africans See Their Country’s Influence Weakening Ahead of G20
Economic optimism remains low in South Africa but is improving. Adults there increasingly see China favorably and value economic ties with China.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
And more South Africans say that it is more important to have strong economic ties with China (50%) than say the same about the U.S. (33%). The gap was smaller in 2019 (39% vs. 42%).
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
When asked which is the world’s leading economic power – the U.S., China, the EU or Japan – South Africans increasingly recognize China as such (42 % vs. 33% in 2023).
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM