Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Wikipedia Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Wikipedia in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Wikipedia has an estimated audience of 3,377,193 people in Australia.

#28among Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Australia
#21in Internet & Social Media

The average Wikipedia fan in Australia is 43.1 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

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

Top brand affinities include Creative Commons, Information science, Web server, with strongest over-indexing on Creative Commons (24.02× the country average).

Demographically, the Wikipedia audience skews balanced with an average age of 43.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Tradition.

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

The typical Wikipedia fan in Australia is balanced, around 43.1 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Creative Commons.

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

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 Wikipedia profile in Australia.

Audience size
3.4M
in Australia
Gender
50.6%
49.4% male
Age
43.1
average years
Country rank
#678
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

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

Audience demographics of Wikipedia

50.6% are female, 49.4% are male, average age 43.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

50.6%
Female
49.4%
Male
Demographic split for Wikipedia audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female50.6%
Male49.4%
Average age43.1
Estimated audience size3,377,193
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.1
average years
Age distribution of the Wikipedia audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1912%
20-2917%
30-3918%
40-4921%
50+31%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.6%

of the worldwide Wikipedia audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Wikipedia
CountryShare
United States21.9%
Germany6.8%
United Kingdom5.0%
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 Wikipedia audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Wikipedia fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Australian Capital Territory~100K1.51×
02Tasmania~80K1.10×
03South Australia~300K1.05×
04New South Wales~1M0.95×
05Victoria~900K0.92×
06Queensland~700K0.90×
07Western Australia~400K0.90×
08Northern Territory~20K0.70×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Wikipedia audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Information scienceBusiness & Career41.63×
02Drudge ReportSports31.19×
03GrokipediaInternet & Social Media30.44×
04Creative CommonsTechnology & Electronics24.02×
05Web serverTechnology & Electronics11.80×
06Broadcast journalismMovies & TV11.67×
07Broadcast engineeringBusiness & Career8.53×
08Political scienceBusiness & Career8.26×
09OttawaTravel & Leisure7.67×
10Public securityPolitics & Society7.48×
11HumorismLiterature7.14×
12Wind turbineHome & Garden6.55×
13PapyrusPolitics & Society6.35×
14Video hosting serviceTechnology & Electronics5.86×
15Institute of technologyBusiness & Career5.80×
16OneDriveTechnology & Electronics5.75×
17All-news radioMusic & Radio4.50×
18RadioTechnology & Electronics3.83×
19Donald TrumpPolitics & Society3.34×
20SpotlightsMusic & Radio2.09×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM3.90×
TraditionCONSERVATISM2.93×
SpiritualityBALANCE2.60×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Wikipedia audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.04×
IndulgenceJOY1.17×
CreativityOPEN1.28×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Wikipedia have in Australia?

Wikipedia has an estimated audience of 3,377,193 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of Wikipedia fans?

50.6% of Wikipedia fans are female, 49.4% are male, with an average age of 43.1 years.

03

Which brands do Wikipedia fans like most?

Wikipedia fans show strongest brand affinity for Creative Commons (24.02×), Information science (41.63×), and Web server (11.8×) over the country average.

04

Where do Wikipedia fans live in Australia?

Wikipedia fans in Australia are most concentrated in New South Wales (reach ~1M), Victoria (reach ~900K), and Queensland (reach ~700K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Wikipedia fans also like?

Beyond Wikipedia itself, the audience over-indexes on Information science (41.63×), Web server (11.8×), Political science (8.26×), and Video hosting service (5.86×) 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 Wikipedia. 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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