Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Social media Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Social media in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Social media has an estimated audience of 9,591,451 people in Australia.

#38among Lifestyle cluster in Australia
#51among Topic in Australia
#7in Business & Career

The average Social media fan in Australia is 42.6 years old, more female, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

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

Demographically, the Social media audience skews more female with an average age of 42.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as DIY Mentality, Creativity.

Category: Business & Career · Type: Topic · Subtype: Lifestyle cluster

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 Social media profile in Australia.

Audience size
9.6M
in Australia
Gender
55.1%
44.9% male
Age
42.6
average years
Country rank
#76
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-16%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Social media fans

55.1% are female, 44.9% are male, average age 42.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

55.1%
Female
44.9%
Male
Demographic split for Social media audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female55.1%
Male44.9%
Average age42.6
Estimated audience size9,591,451
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.6
average years
Age distribution of the Social media audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1914%
20-2918%
30-3918%
40-4920%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.8%

of the worldwide Social media audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Social media
CountryShare
United States19.1%
India5.9%
Brazil4.5%
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 Social media audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Social media fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Queensland~2.5M1.16×
02Australian Capital Territory~200K1.16×
03New South Wales~3.5M1.04×
04Western Australia~1M1.01×
05Victoria~3M0.99×
06South Australia~700K0.98×
07Northern Territory~80K0.91×
08Tasmania~200K0.87×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Social media 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 Social media audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
DIY MentalityTHRILL0.98×
CreativityOPEN0.96×
IndividualismJOY0.95×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Social media audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.79×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.81×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.81×
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 Social media. 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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