Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Politics and social issues Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Politics and social issues in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Politics and social issues has an estimated audience of 12,621,363 people in Australia.

#2among Field of study in Australia
#24among Topic in Australia
#1in Politics & Society

The average Politics and social issues fan in Australia is 43.2 years old, more female, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

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

Category: Politics & Society · Type: Topic · Subtype: Field of study

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 Politics and social issues profile in Australia.

Audience size
12.6M
in Australia
Gender
56.4%
43.6% male
Age
43.2
average years
Country rank
#41
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-26%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Politics and social issues fans

56.4% are female, 43.6% are male, average age 43.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

56.4%
Female
43.6%
Male
Demographic split for Politics and social issues audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female56.4%
Male43.6%
Average age43.2
Estimated audience size12,621,363
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.2
average years
Age distribution of the Politics and social issues audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1912%
20-2917%
30-3918%
40-4921%
50+31%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.8%

of the worldwide Politics and social issues audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Politics and social issues
CountryShare
United States20.4%
Italy4.8%
Brazil4.7%
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 Politics and social issues audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Politics and social issues fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Tasmania~300K1.19×
02Australian Capital Territory~300K1.14×
03South Australia~1M0.96×
04Western Australia~1.5M0.94×
05Queensland~2.5M0.90×
06Victoria~3.5M0.89×
07New South Wales~4M0.85×
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Australia who actively search for Politics and social issues. 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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