Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Short story Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Short story in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Short story has an estimated audience of 1,901,733 people in Australia.

#1110among Topic in Australia
#28in Literature

The average Short story fan in Australia is 43.5 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 Novel, Fiction books, Bookselling, with strongest over-indexing on Novel (2.97× the country average).

Demographically, the Short story audience skews more female with an average age of 43.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Tradition, Pet Ownership.

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

The typical Short story fan in Australia is more female, around 43.5 years old, with strong Tradition tendencies and a notable affinity for Novel.

Category: Literature · 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 Short story profile in Australia.

Audience size
1.9M
in Australia
Gender
69.7%
30.3% male
Age
43.5
average years
Country rank
#1513
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-18%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Short story fans

69.7% are female, 30.3% are male, average age 43.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

69.7%
Female
30.3%
Male
Demographic split for Short story audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female69.7%
Male30.3%
Average age43.5
Estimated audience size1,901,733
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.5
average years
Age distribution of the Short story audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1912%
20-2917%
30-3918%
40-4922%
50+32%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.7%

of the worldwide Short story audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Short story
CountryShare
United States17.4%
Brazil7.6%
Italy6.9%
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 Short story audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Short story fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Western Australia~300K1.18×
02Australian Capital Territory~50K1.12×
03Victoria~600K1.02×
04South Australia~200K1.01×
05Queensland~400K0.99×
06Northern Territory~20K0.97×
07New South Wales~700K0.96×
08Tasmania~40K0.89×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Short story audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01NovellaLiterature5.36×
02Pulp FictionMovies & TV4.88×
03RomanticismPolitics & Society4.55×
04Public libraryLiterature4.16×
05BestsellerLiterature3.62×
06Detective fictionLiterature3.59×
07Web fictionLiterature3.38×
08BooksellingLiterature3.17×
09Crime fictionLiterature2.98×
10NovelLiterature2.97×
11E-book readersTechnology & Electronics2.95×
12Creative writingBusiness & Career2.83×
13Non-fiction booksLiterature2.78×
14Horror fictionMovies & TV2.65×
15Fiction booksLiterature2.31×
16Romance novelsLiterature2.13×
17Mystery fictionLiterature2.03×
18E-booksLiterature1.99×
19LiteratureBusiness & Career1.84×
20PoetryLiterature1.83×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Short story 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 Short story audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.08×
Pet OwnershipJOY1.05×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.04×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Short story audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
DIY MentalityTHRILL0.79×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.79×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.81×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Short story have in Australia?

Short story has an estimated audience of 1,901,733 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Short story fans?

69.7% of Short story fans are female, 30.3% are male, with an average age of 43.5 years.

03

Which brands do Short story fans like most?

Short story fans show strongest brand affinity for Novel (2.97×), Fiction books (2.31×), and Bookselling (3.17×) over the country average.

04

Where do Short story fans live in Australia?

Short story fans in Australia are most concentrated in New South Wales (reach ~700K), Victoria (reach ~600K), and Queensland (reach ~400K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Short story fans also like?

Beyond Short story itself, the audience over-indexes on Fiction books (2.31×), Bookselling (3.17×), Bestseller (3.62×), and Public library (4.16×) 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 Short story. 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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