Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Horror movies Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Horror movies in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Horror movies has an estimated audience of 3,971,937 people in Australia.

#8among Movie genre in Australia
#379among Topic in Australia
#33in Movies & TV

The average Horror movies fan in Australia is 38.8 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

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

Top brand affinities include Horror fiction, Tabletop role-playing game, Mission: Impossible, with strongest over-indexing on Horror fiction (1.6× the country average).

Demographically, the Horror movies audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Extroversion.

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

The typical Horror movies fan in Australia is balanced, around 38.8 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Horror fiction.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: Topic · Subtype: Movie genre

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 Horror movies profile in Australia.

Audience size
4M
in Australia
Gender
51.3%
48.7% male
Age
38.8
average years
Country rank
#532
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 Horror movies fans

51.3% are female, 48.7% are male, average age 38.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.3%
Female
48.7%
Male
Demographic split for Horror movies audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female51.3%
Male48.7%
Average age38.8
Estimated audience size3,971,937
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.8
average years
Age distribution of the Horror movies audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1919%
20-2922%
30-3919%
40-4920%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.6%

of the worldwide Horror movies audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Horror movies
CountryShare
United States22.4%
India5.6%
China4.3%
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 Horror movies audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Horror movies fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Victoria~1.5M1.10×
02South Australia~300K1.07×
03Queensland~1M1.03×
04Western Australia~500K1.02×
05Tasmania~80K0.96×
06Northern Territory~40K0.96×
07New South Wales~1.5M0.94×
08Australian Capital Territory~80K0.94×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Horror movies audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Woody HarrelsonMovies & TV1.76×
02ShrekMovies & TV1.69×
03Mission: ImpossibleMovies & TV1.68×
04Tabletop role-playing gameGames1.67×
05Miniature wargamingGames1.66×
06Good Will HuntingMovies & TV1.62×
07Dead Poets SocietyMovies & TV1.61×
08Horror fictionMovies & TV1.60×
09Stephen KingLiterature1.56×
10Brokeback MountainMovies & TV1.56×
11Sarah Michelle GellarMovies & TV1.54×
12CrunchyrollGames1.53×
13The Legend of ZeldaGames1.53×
14Star TrekMovies & TV1.53×
15Emma StoneMovies & TV1.52×
16Jennifer ConnellyMovies & TV1.51×
17Sigourney WeaverMovies & TV1.51×
18Magic: The GatheringGames1.51×
19Eddie MurphyMovies & TV1.51×
20American Horror StoryMovies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Horror movies 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 Horror movies audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.17×
ExtroversionTHRILL1.15×
Social Media UsageJOY1.09×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Horror movies audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.84×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.89×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.89×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Horror movies have in Australia?

Horror movies has an estimated audience of 3,971,937 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Horror movies fans?

51.3% of Horror movies fans are female, 48.7% are male, with an average age of 38.8 years.

03

Which brands do Horror movies fans like most?

Horror movies fans show strongest brand affinity for Horror fiction (1.6×), Tabletop role-playing game (1.67×), and Mission: Impossible (1.68×) over the country average.

04

Where do Horror movies fans live in Australia?

Horror movies fans in Australia are most concentrated in New South Wales (reach ~1.5M), Victoria (reach ~1.5M), and Queensland (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Horror movies fans also like?

Beyond Horror movies itself, the audience over-indexes on Tabletop role-playing game (1.67×), Mission: Impossible (1.68×), Crunchyroll (1.53×), and Shrek (1.69×) 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 Horror movies. 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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