Top Distance Learning Websites in South Africa

Key Insights on Top Distance Learning Websites in South Africa on January 2026

As of January 2026, udemy.com leads Distance Learning in South Africa with 991.02K monthly visits. Its audience skews desktop-first (86.33% desktop / 86.33% mobile), and traffic is up month over month 62.71% and down year over year -17.1%. merriam-webster.com holds second with 907.17K visits and a mobile-leaning mix (11.2% desktop / 88.8% mobile), while rosebankcollege.co.za ranks third with 601.45K visits.

Across the leaders, archerreview.com is the most mobile-first (100% of visits), whereas novakidschool.com is the most desktop-reliant (100%). Momentum favors proofreadingservices.com in the latest month (16,847.76%), while thetefluniversity.com shows the steepest pullback. On a yearly view, thetefluniversity.com posts the strongest expansion (15,690.22%), contrasted with coursehero.com (-66.16%).

Acquisition patterns also differ: udemy.com is driven primarily by search, udemy.com by direct, and udemy.com by referral; overall, 84 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 12 are search-led, and 4 lean on social.

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