Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Current events Audience in Belgium

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Current events in Belgium — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Current events has an estimated audience of 3,680,884 people in Belgium.

The average Current events fan in Belgium is 45.4 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Hainaut.

The audience is concentrated in Hainaut, East Flanders, Antwerp.

Top brand affinities include Online newspaper, Newspapers, Personally identifiable information, with strongest over-indexing on Online newspaper (1.56× the country average).

Demographically, the Current events audience skews balanced with an average age of 45.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Sustainability.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 9 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Current events fan in Belgium is balanced, around 45.4 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Online newspaper.

Category: Arts & Culture · 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 2026-08-13.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Current events profile in Belgium.

Audience size
3.7M
in Belgium
Gender
52.6%
47.4% male
Age
45.4
average years
Country rank
#113
Topic in Belgium
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-40%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Current events fans

52.6% are female, 47.4% are male, average age 45.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.6%
Female
47.4%
Male
Demographic split for Current events audience in Belgium
MetricValue
Female52.6%
Male47.4%
Average age45.4
Estimated audience size3,680,884
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 45.4
average years
Age distribution of the Current events audience in Belgium
Age bracketShare%
16-198%
20-2916%
30-3916%
40-4922%
50+38%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Current events audience comes from Belgium.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Current events
CountryShare
United States21.3%
India6.4%
United Kingdom4.5%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Belgium average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Current events audience in Belgium is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Current events fans by region: top regions in Belgium
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Walloon Brabant~100K1.16×
02West Flanders~300K1.04×
03Limburg~200K1.01×
04Liege~300K1.00×
05Hainaut~400K0.98×
06Flemish Brabant~300K0.97×
07East Flanders~400K0.96×
08Brussels~200K0.96×
09Antwerp~400K0.94×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Current events audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01TransfermarktSports1.67×
02Personally identifiable informationInternet & Social Media1.66×
03KSC Lokeren-TemseSports1.65×
04Polaris SlingshotCars & Mobility1.58×
05HummerCars & Mobility1.57×
06The SPORT BibleSports1.57×
07Online newspaperNews1.56×
08Dutch Society for the Protection of AnimalsPolitics & Society1.56×
09Sporting NewsSports1.55×
10Vuelta a EspañaSports1.55×
11Q-musicMusic & Radio1.53×
12The Football AssociationSports1.53×
13NewspapersLiterature1.52×
14LibellePets & Animals1.52×
15Government-owned corporationBusiness & Career1.52×
16Copa del ReySports1.52×
17DictionaryLiterature1.52×
18The Brussels TimesNews1.52×
19CBS Sports NetworkMovies & TV1.52×
20Eddy MerckxSports1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Current events 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 Current events audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.88×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.87×
Urban LifestyleOPEN0.76×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Current events audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.50×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.71×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.72×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Current events have in Belgium?

Current events has an estimated audience of 3,680,884 people in Belgium, concentrated in Hainaut and East Flanders.

02

What is the gender split and age of Current events fans?

52.6% of Current events fans are female, 47.4% are male, with an average age of 45.4 years.

03

Which brands do Current events fans like most?

Current events fans show strongest brand affinity for Online newspaper (1.56×), Newspapers (1.52×), and Personally identifiable information (1.66×) over the country average.

04

Where do Current events fans live in Belgium?

Current events fans in Belgium are most concentrated in Hainaut (reach ~400K), East Flanders (reach ~400K), and Antwerp (reach ~400K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Current events fans also like?

Beyond Current events itself, the audience over-indexes on Newspapers (1.52×), Personally identifiable information (1.66×), Libelle (1.52×), and Eddy Merckx (1.51×) compared to the Belgium average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Belgium who actively search for Current events. 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 Belgium. 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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