Rascasse Audience Intelligence

WhatsApp Audience in Austria

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about WhatsApp in Austria — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 2,803,925 people in Austria.

The average WhatsApp fan in Austria is 39.1 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Vienna.

The audience is concentrated in Vienna, Lower Austria, Styria.

Top brand affinities include Heute, Spar (retailer), Billa (supermarket), with strongest over-indexing on Heute (1.63× the country average).

Demographically, the WhatsApp audience skews balanced with an average age of 39.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sustainability, Urban Lifestyle.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 9 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical WhatsApp fan in Austria is balanced, around 39.1 years old, with strong Sustainability tendencies and a notable affinity for Heute.

Category: Internet & Social Media · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Social media

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-13.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the WhatsApp profile in Austria.

Audience size
2.8M
in Austria
Gender
52.3%
47.7% male
Age
39.1
average years
Country rank
#85
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Austria
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-17%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of WhatsApp

52.3% are female, 47.7% are male, average age 39.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.3%
Female
47.7%
Male
Demographic split for WhatsApp audience in Austria
MetricValue
Female52.3%
Male47.7%
Average age39.1
Estimated audience size2,803,925
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.1
average years
Age distribution of the WhatsApp audience in Austria
Age bracketShare%
16-1919%
20-2921%
30-3919%
40-4922%
50+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.4%

of the worldwide WhatsApp audience comes from Austria.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for WhatsApp
CountryShare
China7.5%
United States4.2%
Brazil4.0%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Austria average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the WhatsApp audience in Austria is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

WhatsApp fans by region: top regions in Austria
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Vienna~600K1.11×
02Lower Austria~400K1.08×
03Styria~400K1.07×
04Upper Austria~400K1.00×
05Burgenland~70K1.00×
06Vorarlberg~100K0.98×
07Carinthia (state)~100K0.96×
08Tyrol~200K0.91×
09Salzburg~200K0.90×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the WhatsApp audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for WhatsApp audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Dnevni avazNews3.17×
02AutoScout24Cars & Mobility2.44×
03BwinGames2.31×
04GMX MailInternet & Social Media2.17×
05HornbachShopping2.13×
06InterwettenGames2.07×
07McDonald'sFood & Beverages2.02×
08GoogleInternet & Social Media2.01×
09Billa (supermarket)Shopping1.96×
10Spar (retailer)Shopping1.85×
11Obi (store)Shopping1.78×
12IKEAHome & Garden1.75×
13FacebookInternet & Social Media1.75×
14Müller (company)Food & Beverages1.69×
15Amazon.comShopping1.65×
16GermanyTravel & Leisure1.65×
17BildNews1.64×
18HeuteMovies & TV1.63×
19Kronen ZeitungNews1.63×
20InstagramInternet & Social Media1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the WhatsApp audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by WhatsApp audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SustainabilityBALANCE1.64×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.48×
MindfulnessBALANCE1.25×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by WhatsApp audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.20×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.56×
Social Media UsageJOY0.60×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does WhatsApp have in Austria?

WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 2,803,925 people in Austria, concentrated in Vienna and Lower Austria.

02

What is the gender split and age of WhatsApp fans?

52.3% of WhatsApp fans are female, 47.7% are male, with an average age of 39.1 years.

03

Which brands do WhatsApp fans like most?

WhatsApp fans show strongest brand affinity for Heute (1.63×), Spar (retailer) (1.85×), and Billa (supermarket) (1.96×) over the country average.

04

Where do WhatsApp fans live in Austria?

WhatsApp fans in Austria are most concentrated in Vienna (reach ~600K), Lower Austria (reach ~400K), and Styria (reach ~400K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do WhatsApp fans also like?

Beyond WhatsApp itself, the audience over-indexes on Spar (retailer) (1.85×), Billa (supermarket) (1.96×), Kronen Zeitung (1.63×), and Bild (1.64×) compared to the Austria average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Austria who actively search for WhatsApp. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Austria. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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