Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Free software Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Free software in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Free software has an estimated audience of 2,734,685 people in Australia.

#674among Topic in Australia
#49in Technology & Electronics

Free software has an estimated audience of 2,734,685 people in Australia. 51.5% are female, 48.5% are male, average age 40.9. Top brand affinities: Computer monitors, Pizza, Instant messaging, Robert Pattinson, Drawing.

Top brand affinities include Computer monitors, Pizza, Instant messaging, with strongest over-indexing on Computer monitors (5× the country average).

Demographically, the Free software audience skews balanced with an average age of 40.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Risk Appetite, Convenience Orientation.

The typical Free software fan in Australia is balanced, around 40.9 years old, with strong Risk Appetite tendencies and a notable affinity for Computer monitors.

Category: Technology & Electronics · Type: Topic

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 Free software profile in Australia.

Audience size
2.7M
in Australia
Gender
51.5%
48.5% male
Age
40.9
average years
Country rank
#929
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-20%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Free software fans

51.5% are female, 48.5% are male, average age 40.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.5%
Female
48.5%
Male
Demographic split for Free software audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female51.5%
Male48.5%
Average age40.9
Estimated audience size2,734,685
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.9
average years
Age distribution of the Free software audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1917%
20-2919%
30-3919%
40-4921%
50+25%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.4%

of the worldwide Free software audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Free software
CountryShare
United States17.6%
Brazil5.8%
India5.7%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Free software audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Robert PattinsonMovies & TV5.76×
02FirefoxInternet & Social Media5.45×
03Computer monitorsTechnology & Electronics5.00×
04Dire StraitsMusic & Radio3.55×
05Search engine optimizationBusiness & Career2.68×
06Michelle PfeifferMovies & TV2.62×
07Dylan O'BrienMovies & TV2.62×
08Lily AllenMusic & Radio2.62×
09Rachel McAdamsMovies & TV2.62×
10PizzaFood & Beverages2.53×
11Instant messagingInternet & Social Media2.04×
12DrawingHome & Garden1.96×
13BroadbandTechnology & Electronics1.79×
14Tom WellingMovies & TV1.78×
15Desktop computersTechnology & Electronics1.72×
16Facebook MessengerInternet & Social Media1.66×
17WikipediaInternet & Social Media1.59×
18VolunteeringPolitics & Society1.56×
19InnovationBusiness & Career1.53×
20Online auctionShopping1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Free software 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 Free software audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL1.38×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.17×
ExtroversionTHRILL1.16×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Free software audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.80×
Pet OwnershipJOY0.83×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.84×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Australia who actively search for Free software. 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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