Rascasse Audience Intelligence

YouTube Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about YouTube in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. YouTube has an estimated audience of 12,771,034 people in Australia.

#2among Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Australia
#4in Movies & TV

The average YouTube fan in Australia is 42.4 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in New South Wales.

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

Top brand affinities include Video hosting service, Livemusic, Gaming computer, with strongest over-indexing on Video hosting service (1.63× the country average).

Demographically, the YouTube audience skews balanced with an average age of 42.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Patriotism.

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

The typical YouTube fan in Australia is balanced, around 42.4 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Video hosting service.

Category: Movies & TV · 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 YouTube profile in Australia.

Audience size
12.8M
in Australia
Gender
50.8%
49.2% male
Age
42.4
average years
Country rank
#40
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 YouTube

50.8% are female, 49.2% are male, average age 42.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

50.8%
Female
49.2%
Male
Demographic split for YouTube audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female50.8%
Male49.2%
Average age42.4
Estimated audience size12,771,034
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.4
average years
Age distribution of the YouTube audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1914%
20-2918%
30-3918%
40-4920%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide YouTube audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for YouTube
CountryShare
China10.1%
United States5.2%
India1.5%
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 YouTube audience in Australia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

YouTube fans by region: top regions in Australia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01New South Wales~5.5M1.15×
02Queensland~3M1.04×
03Victoria~4M1.01×
04South Australia~1M1.01×
05Western Australia~1.5M0.99×
06Tasmania~300K0.96×
07Northern Territory~100K0.93×
08Australian Capital Territory~300K0.92×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for YouTube audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01BoyfriendKids & Family1.76×
02Gaming computerTechnology & Electronics1.74×
03TwitchGames1.66×
04Video hosting serviceTechnology & Electronics1.63×
05Priyanka ChopraMovies & TV1.63×
06Epic GamesGames1.62×
07Anime conventionLiterature1.60×
08Nintendo SwitchGames1.59×
09Funny VideosInternet & Social Media1.57×
10Survival horrorGames1.57×
11MinecraftGames1.56×
12My Hero AcademiaLiterature1.56×
13Anime and manga fandomLiterature1.55×
14Angela White (athlete)Movies & TV1.55×
15Comedy clubMovies & TV1.54×
16The Legend of ZeldaGames1.54×
17BTSMusic & Radio1.52×
18LivemusicMusic & Radio1.51×
19LyricsMusic & Radio1.50×
20CrunchyrollGames1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the YouTube 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 YouTube audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY1.07×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.06×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.03×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by YouTube audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.74×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.75×
Community OrientationOPEN0.80×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does YouTube have in Australia?

YouTube has an estimated audience of 12,771,034 people in Australia, concentrated in New South Wales and Victoria.

02

What is the gender split and age of YouTube fans?

50.8% of YouTube fans are female, 49.2% are male, with an average age of 42.4 years.

03

Which brands do YouTube fans like most?

YouTube fans show strongest brand affinity for Video hosting service (1.63×), Livemusic (1.51×), and Gaming computer (1.74×) over the country average.

04

Where do YouTube fans live in Australia?

YouTube fans in Australia are most concentrated in New South Wales (reach ~5.5M), Victoria (reach ~4M), and Queensland (reach ~3M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do YouTube fans also like?

Beyond YouTube itself, the audience over-indexes on Livemusic (1.51×), Gaming computer (1.74×), Twitch (1.66×), and Anime and manga fandom (1.55×) 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 YouTube. 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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