Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Crossword Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Crossword in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Crossword has an estimated audience of 2,112,455 people in Australia.

#6among Video game in Australia
#973among Topic in Australia
#22in Games

The average Crossword fan in Australia is 45.7 years old, more female, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

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

Top brand affinities include Hangman (game), Printing, Bureau of Meteorology, with strongest over-indexing on Hangman (game) (15.35× the country average).

Demographically, the Crossword audience skews more female with an average age of 45.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Patriotism.

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

The typical Crossword fan in Australia is more female, around 45.7 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Hangman (game).

Category: Games · Type: Topic · Subtype: Video game

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 Crossword profile in Australia.

Audience size
2.1M
in Australia
Gender
56.8%
43.2% male
Age
45.7
average years
Country rank
#1327
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+13%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Crossword fans

56.8% are female, 43.2% are male, average age 45.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

56.8%
Female
43.2%
Male
Demographic split for Crossword audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female56.8%
Male43.2%
Average age45.7
Estimated audience size2,112,455
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 45.7
average years
Age distribution of the Crossword audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-199%
20-2914%
30-3917%
40-4922%
50+38%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.8%

of the worldwide Crossword audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Crossword
CountryShare
United States23.8%
United Kingdom9.9%
India6.5%
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 Crossword audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Crossword fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Australian Capital Territory~70K1.60×
02Victoria~700K1.09×
03Tasmania~50K1.02×
04New South Wales~700K0.98×
05South Australia~200K0.95×
06Queensland~500K0.94×
07Western Australia~200K0.80×
08Northern Territory~10K0.70×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Crossword audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Hangman (game)Games15.35×
02Dick Van DykeMovies & TV2.29×
03Delivery (commerce)Food & Beverages2.22×
04RoadTravel & Leisure2.07×
05LanguageBusiness & Career2.04×
06PrintingTechnology & Electronics1.99×
07All-news radioMusic & Radio1.91×
08Computer networkTechnology & Electronics1.81×
09Bureau of MeteorologyHome & Garden1.79×
10EmailTechnology & Electronics1.78×
11DatabaseTechnology & Electronics1.75×
12Electronic publishingNews1.73×
13NewspapersLiterature1.69×
14PhysicianBusiness & Career1.63×
15Subscription business modelShopping1.62×
16Mobile deviceTechnology & Electronics1.61×
17Mobile gameGames1.59×
18Estate (law)Business & Career1.58×
19CentrelinkPolitics & Society1.55×
20CommunicationTechnology & Electronics1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Crossword 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 Crossword audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN1.42×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.27×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.27×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Crossword audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.84×
Pet OwnershipJOY0.90×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.94×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Crossword have in Australia?

Crossword has an estimated audience of 2,112,455 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Crossword fans?

56.8% of Crossword fans are female, 43.2% are male, with an average age of 45.7 years.

03

Which brands do Crossword fans like most?

Crossword fans show strongest brand affinity for Hangman (game) (15.35×), Printing (1.99×), and Bureau of Meteorology (1.79×) over the country average.

04

Where do Crossword fans live in Australia?

Crossword fans in Australia are most concentrated in New South Wales (reach ~700K), Victoria (reach ~700K), and Queensland (reach ~500K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Crossword fans also like?

Beyond Crossword itself, the audience over-indexes on Printing (1.99×), Bureau of Meteorology (1.79×), Delivery (commerce) (2.22×), and Road (2.07×) 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 Crossword. 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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