2015 SA’s Coolest Brands According to SA Youth

The Sunday Times Generation Next Survey Awards, in partnership with HDI Youth Marketeers and sponsored by Waltons, has returned for the 11th year to celebrate the most influential brands amongst the youth today.  The big winner of the night was Nike who has always been a front-runner in the Awards and went home with the coveted Coolest Brand Overall, Coolest Clothing Brand, Coolest Footwear Brand and Coolest Brand Slogan awards.

New winners this year include Mercedes Benz who won the Coolest Motor Vehicle award, Cape Town was voted Coolest Holiday Destination and KFC claimed Coolest Fast Food Place. Samsung took this year’s Coolest Cellphone category from the Apple iPhone and DStv was voted Coolest Company to work for beating last year’s winner, Google. Xbox moved into first place for Coolest Hi-Tech Gadget taking over from the Samsung Galaxy Tablet.Skeem Saam on SABC 1 was voted the Coolest Current TV Programme and Coolest TV Soap, out-doing Generations’ in both categories.The Protea’s Cricket Captain, AB de Villiers, was voted Coolest Local Sportsperson. TV personality, Minnie Dlamini scooped the Coolest Local Female TV Star for the third consecutive year while DJ Black Coffee once again dominated the Coolest Local DJ category. South African comedian and new Daily Show presenter, Trevor Noah, won the Coolest Male TV Star and Coolest Local Celebrity titles.Nestle Milo won the Coolest Breakfast Cereal category and Pin Pop moved into number one in the Coolest Sweets category. Soul City won the Coolest Community Programme category while Soulbuddyz shifted into second place and Save the Rhino into third.
Whatsapp remained the leading Coolest Social Media Platform and Coolest Cellphone Application amongst the youth. Monster Energy won Coolest Energy Product/Drink for the second year running.

Check out the full list below

Coolest Brand Overall 2015
1 Nike
2 Coca-Cola
3 Samsung

Q1 Coolest Banks 2015
1. FNB
2. Standard Bank
3. ABSA
4. Capitec Bank

Q2 Coolest Cellphones 2015
1. Samsung
2. Apple iPhone
3. BlackBerry
4. Nokia
5. Huawei

Q3 Coolest Clothing Stores 2015
1. Mr Price
2. Edgars
3. Markham
4. Woolworths
5. Sportscene

Q4 Coolest Domestic Airlines 2015
1. SAA (South African Airways)
2. Mango
3. BA (British Airways)
4. kulula.com
5. Safair

Q5 Coolest Toothpaste 2015
1. Colgate
2. Aquafresh
3. Sensodyne
4. Oral-B
5. Pepsodent

Q6 Coolest Clothing Brands 2015
1. Nike
2. Adidas
3. Guess
4. Sissy Boy
5. Puma

Q7 Coolest Dairy Drinks 2015*
1. Nestlé Hot Chocolate
2. UltraMel Custard
3. Yogi Sip
4. Milk
5. MILO

Q8 Coolest Hotel Groups 2015
1. Protea Hotels
2. Hilton Hotels
3. Sun International
4. City Lodge/Town Lodge/Road Lodge
5. Three Cities

Q9 Coolest Brand Slogans 2015
All Groups 2015
1. Just do it (Nike)
2. A taste for life (Spur)
3. Impossible is Nothing (adidas)
4. I’m lovin’ it (McDonald’s)
5. So good (KFC)

Q10 Coolest Shopping Malls 2015
1. Sandton City
2.Gateway Theatre of Shopping
3. Canal Walk
4. Rosebank Mall
5. V & A Waterfront

Q11 Coolest Jobs 2015
1. CEO (The Boss)
2. Doctor/Surgeon
3. Soccer Player
4. Engineer
5.Lawyer

Q12 Coolest Companies 2015
1. DStv
2. Google
3. Apple
4. BMW
5. Samsung

Q13 Coolest South African Fashion Brands 2015
1. Identity
2. LEGiT
3. Urban
4. Red
5. Aca Joe

Q14 Coolest Telecomms Providers 2015
1. Vodacom
2. MTN
3. Cell C
4. Telkom
5. Virgin Mobile

Q15 Coolest Tinned Food 2015*
1. KOO
2. Lucky Star
3. Bull Brand
4. Rhodes
5. Spekenam

Q16 Coolest Ultra Luxury Motor Vehicles 2015
1. Lamborghini
2. Ferrari
3. Bugatti
4. Rolls-Royce
5. Aston Martin

Q17 Coolest Motor Vehicles 2015
1. Mercedes-Benz
2. BMW
3. Range Rover
4. Audi
5. Volkswagen (VW)

Q18 Coolest Local Holiday Destinations 2015
1. Cape Town
2. Durban
3. Sun City
4. Kruger National Park
5. Johannesburg

Q19 Coolest Petrol Stations 2015
1. Engen
2. Shell
3. BP
4. Caltex

Q20 Coolest Local Entertainment Destination 2015
1. Gold Reef City
2. Sun City
3. uShaka Marine World
4. Suncoast Casino
5. Carnival City

Q21 Coolest Console/Computer Games 2015
1. FIFA 15
2. Grand Theft Auto (GTA)
3. Need for Speed
4. Subway Surfers
5. Candy Crush

Q22 Coolest Hi-Tech Gadgets 2015
1. Xbox
2. Samsung Galaxy Tablet
3. iPhone
4. Laptop
5. Playstation

Q23 Coolest Computer Brands 2015
1. Samsung
2. Apple Mac
3. Sony
4. LG
5. HP

Q24 Coolest Weekly Newspapers 2015
1. Sunday Times
2. City Press
3. Sunday Sun
4. Soccer Laduma
5. Cape Argus

Q25 If you could watch anything on TV what would you watch? 2015
1. Movies
2. Music
3. Comedy
4.Cartoons
5. Sport

Q26 Coolest Daily Newspapers 2015
1. Daily Sun
2. Daily News
3. The Times
4. The Star
5. Sowetan

Q27 Coolest TV Channels 2015
1. Trace (DStv 325)
2. MTV Base (DStv 322)
3. M-Net Movies Action (DStv 110)
4. Disney Channel (DStv 303)
5. SuperSport Channel (DStv 200 – 221)

Q28 Coolest TV Music Channels 2015
1. Trace Urban (DStv 325)
2. MTV Base (DStv 322)
3. Channel O (DStv 320)
4. MTV (DStv 130)
5. Mzanzi Magic Music (DStv 321)

Q29 Coolest Current TV Programmes 2015
1. Skeem Saam
2. IsiBaya
3. Muvhango
4. The Big Bang Theory
5. Generations – The Legacy

Q30 Coolest Community Programmes 2015
1. Soul City
2. Soul Buddyz
3. Save the Rhino
4. Add Hope (KFC)
5. Khumbul’ekhaya