Rascasse Audience Intelligence

AFL Grand Final Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about AFL Grand Final in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. AFL Grand Final has an estimated audience of 2,569,197 people in Australia.

#2among Australian football in Australia
#14among Event in Australia
#58in Sports

The average AFL Grand Final fan in Australia is 40.7 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Victoria.

The audience is concentrated in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales.

Top brand affinities include Cotton On, Australian Football League, Harvey Norman, with strongest over-indexing on Cotton On (3.51× the country average).

Demographically, the AFL Grand Final audience skews balanced with an average age of 40.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sports Activity, Pet Ownership.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 8 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical AFL Grand Final fan in Australia is balanced, around 40.7 years old, with strong Sports Activity tendencies and a notable affinity for Cotton On.

Category: Sports · Type: Event · Subtype: Australian football

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the AFL Grand Final profile in Australia.

Audience size
2.6M
in Australia
Gender
52.6%
47.4% male
Age
40.7
average years
Country rank
#1014
Event in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+18%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of AFL Grand Final fans

52.6% are female, 47.4% are male, average age 40.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.6%
Female
47.4%
Male
Demographic split for AFL Grand Final audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female52.6%
Male47.4%
Average age40.7
Estimated audience size2,569,197
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.7
average years
Age distribution of the AFL Grand Final audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1915%
20-2921%
30-3919%
40-4920%
50+24%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

74.2%

of the worldwide AFL Grand Final audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for AFL Grand Final
CountryShare
Australia74.2%
United States9.7%
United Kingdom4.2%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Australia average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the AFL Grand Final audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

AFL Grand Final fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Victoria~1M1.30×
02South Australia~300K1.24×
03Western Australia~300K1.09×
04Queensland~600K1.01×
05Northern Territory~20K0.97×
06Tasmania~50K0.94×
07Australian Capital Territory~50K0.90×
08New South Wales~500K0.56×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for AFL Grand Final audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Melbourne Football ClubSports5.53×
02Richmond Football ClubSports5.02×
03Fremantle Football ClubSports4.81×
04Western BulldogsSports4.79×
05North Melbourne Football ClubSports4.62×
06Collingwood Football ClubSports4.59×
07Geelong Football ClubSports4.52×
08West Coast EaglesSports4.50×
09Hawthorn Football ClubSports4.50×
10Freedom FurnitureHome & Garden4.33×
11Brisbane LionsSports4.33×
12Nick Scali FurnitureHome & Garden4.18×
13ZimmermannHome & Garden4.13×
14KookaiFashion & Accessoires4.09×
15Cotton OnFashion & Accessoires3.51×
16Princess PollyFashion & Accessoires3.24×
17AdairsHome & Garden3.01×
18Australian Football LeagueSports2.52×
19Harvey NormanShopping2.42×
20National Rugby LeagueSports2.00×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the AFL Grand Final 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 AFL Grand Final audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Sports ActivityPOWER0.87×
Pet OwnershipJOY0.85×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.85×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by AFL Grand Final audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.47×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.54×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM0.56×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does AFL Grand Final have in Australia?

AFL Grand Final has an estimated audience of 2,569,197 people in Australia, concentrated in Victoria and Queensland.

02

What is the gender split and age of AFL Grand Final fans?

52.6% of AFL Grand Final fans are female, 47.4% are male, with an average age of 40.7 years.

03

Which brands do AFL Grand Final fans like most?

AFL Grand Final fans show strongest brand affinity for Cotton On (3.51×), Australian Football League (2.52×), and Harvey Norman (2.42×) over the country average.

04

Where do AFL Grand Final fans live in Australia?

AFL Grand Final fans in Australia are most concentrated in Victoria (reach ~1M), Queensland (reach ~600K), and New South Wales (reach ~500K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do AFL Grand Final fans also like?

Beyond AFL Grand Final itself, the audience over-indexes on Australian Football League (2.52×), Harvey Norman (2.42×), Kookai (4.09×), and Zimmermann (4.13×) compared to the Australia average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Australia who actively search for AFL Grand Final. 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 Australia. 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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