Rascasse Audience Intelligence

WhatsApp Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about WhatsApp in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 3,648,847 people in Australia.

#7among Social media in Australia
#25among Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Australia
#19in Internet & Social Media

The average WhatsApp fan in Australia is 38.7 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 Oceania, Punjabi language, Gmail, with strongest over-indexing on Oceania (1.61× the country average).

Demographically, the WhatsApp audience skews more female with an average age of 38.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Tradition, Urban Lifestyle.

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

The typical WhatsApp fan in Australia is more female, around 38.7 years old, with strong Tradition tendencies and a notable affinity for Oceania.

Category: Internet & Social Media · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Social media

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 WhatsApp profile in Australia.

Audience size
3.6M
in Australia
Gender
56.6%
43.4% male
Age
38.7
average years
Country rank
#596
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+20%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of WhatsApp

56.6% are female, 43.4% are male, average age 38.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

56.6%
Female
43.4%
Male
Demographic split for WhatsApp audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female56.6%
Male43.4%
Average age38.7
Estimated audience size3,648,847
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.7
average years
Age distribution of the WhatsApp audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1917%
20-2925%
30-3920%
40-4918%
50+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.5%

of the worldwide WhatsApp audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for WhatsApp
CountryShare
China7.5%
United States4.3%
Brazil4.1%
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 WhatsApp audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

WhatsApp fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01New South Wales~1.5M1.28×
02Western Australia~500K1.19×
03Victoria~1M1.11×
04Northern Territory~40K1.03×
05Australian Capital Territory~70K0.97×
06Queensland~700K0.86×
07South Australia~200K0.86×
08Tasmania~60K0.70×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for WhatsApp audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Kannada languagePolitics & Society6.44×
02Punjabi languagePolitics & Society6.16×
03Punjab, IndiaTravel & Leisure5.92×
04New DelhiTravel & Leisure5.35×
05International English Language Testing SystemBusiness & Career5.01×
06Bengali languagePolitics & Society4.72×
07BangladeshTravel & Leisure4.11×
08UrduPolitics & Society4.11×
09International studentBusiness & Career4.06×
10Tamil languagePolitics & Society3.64×
11Bollywood moviesMovies & TV3.10×
12South AsiaTravel & Leisure3.06×
13GmailInternet & Social Media2.35×
14Singapore AirlinesTravel & Leisure1.99×
15Google MapsInternet & Social Media1.89×
16Google DriveTechnology & Electronics1.76×
17Google DocsInternet & Social Media1.69×
18OceaniaTravel & Leisure1.61×
19WestpacBusiness & Career1.58×
20SydneyTravel & Leisure1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the WhatsApp 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 WhatsApp audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM2.03×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.52×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.48×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by WhatsApp audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE0.89×
Pet OwnershipJOY0.90×
Sports ActivityPOWER0.92×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does WhatsApp have in Australia?

WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 3,648,847 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of WhatsApp fans?

56.6% of WhatsApp fans are female, 43.4% are male, with an average age of 38.7 years.

03

Which brands do WhatsApp fans like most?

WhatsApp fans show strongest brand affinity for Oceania (1.61×), Punjabi language (6.16×), and Gmail (2.35×) over the country average.

04

Where do WhatsApp fans live in Australia?

WhatsApp fans in Australia are most concentrated in New South Wales (reach ~1.5M), Victoria (reach ~1M), and Queensland (reach ~700K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do WhatsApp fans also like?

Beyond WhatsApp itself, the audience over-indexes on Punjabi language (6.16×), Gmail (2.35×), Sydney (1.51×), and Google Maps (1.89×) 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 WhatsApp. 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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