Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Manga Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Manga in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Manga has an estimated audience of 2,384,440 people in Australia.

#7among Literary genre in Australia
#822among Topic in Australia
#23in Literature

The average Manga fan in Australia is 35.7 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

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

Top brand affinities include TikTok, KPop Demon Hunters, Comics, with strongest over-indexing on TikTok (1.91× the country average).

Demographically, the Manga audience skews balanced with an average age of 35.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Early Adopter Mentality.

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

The typical Manga fan in Australia is balanced, around 35.7 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for TikTok.

Category: Literature · Type: Topic · Subtype: Literary 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 Manga profile in Australia.

Audience size
2.4M
in Australia
Gender
51.9%
48.1% male
Age
35.7
average years
Country rank
#1132
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+6%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Manga fans

51.9% are female, 48.1% are male, average age 35.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.9%
Female
48.1%
Male
Demographic split for Manga audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female51.9%
Male48.1%
Average age35.7
Estimated audience size2,384,440
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 35.7
average years
Age distribution of the Manga audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1928%
20-2925%
30-3916%
40-4914%
50+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.1%

of the worldwide Manga audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Manga
CountryShare
United States15.8%
Japan13.4%
China12.2%
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 Manga audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Manga fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Western Australia~300K1.16×
02Queensland~600K1.12×
03Victoria~800K1.05×
04New South Wales~900K0.99×
05Australian Capital Territory~50K0.98×
06South Australia~200K0.96×
07Tasmania~50K0.91×
08Northern Territory~20K0.91×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Manga audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01OtakuLiterature3.95×
02Animated cartoonMovies & TV3.88×
03Pokémon (video game series)Games3.66×
04TwitchGames3.58×
05Anime and manga fandomLiterature3.50×
06PokémonGames2.88×
07KPop Demon HuntersMovies & TV2.72×
08Anime moviesMovies & TV2.42×
09ComicsLiterature2.33×
10Comic bookLiterature2.30×
11TikTokInternet & Social Media1.91×
12Animated moviesMovies & TV1.91×
13Science fiction moviesMovies & TV1.81×
14Heavy metal musicMusic & Radio1.78×
15Blues musicMusic & Radio1.78×
16Rhythm and blues musicMusic & Radio1.67×
17Jazz musicMusic & Radio1.63×
18NFLSports1.62×
19Classical musicMusic & Radio1.59×
20Electronic musicMusic & Radio1.55×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Manga 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 Manga audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY1.22×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.12×
ExtroversionTHRILL1.09×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Manga audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE0.67×
Community OrientationOPEN0.71×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.73×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Manga have in Australia?

Manga has an estimated audience of 2,384,440 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Manga fans?

51.9% of Manga fans are female, 48.1% are male, with an average age of 35.7 years.

03

Which brands do Manga fans like most?

Manga fans show strongest brand affinity for TikTok (1.91×), KPop Demon Hunters (2.72×), and Comics (2.33×) over the country average.

04

Where do Manga fans live in Australia?

Manga fans in Australia are most concentrated in New South Wales (reach ~900K), Victoria (reach ~800K), and Queensland (reach ~600K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Manga fans also like?

Beyond Manga itself, the audience over-indexes on KPop Demon Hunters (2.72×), Comics (2.33×), Anime and manga fandom (3.5×), and Anime movies (2.42×) 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 Manga. 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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