Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Hobby Audience in Belgium

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Hobby in Belgium — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Hobby has an estimated audience of 2,550,835 people in Belgium.

The average Hobby fan in Belgium is 44.1 years old, more female, and lives primarily in East Flanders.

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

Top brand affinities include Society, Team sport, Competition, with strongest over-indexing on Society (2.13× the country average).

Demographically, the Hobby audience skews more female with an average age of 44.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Travelling, Sustainability.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 11 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Hobby fan in Belgium is more female, around 44.1 years old, with strong Travelling tendencies and a notable affinity for Society.

Category: Home & Garden · Type: Topic

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 Hobby profile in Belgium.

Audience size
2.6M
in Belgium
Gender
57.3%
42.7% male
Age
44.1
average years
Country rank
#217
Topic in Belgium
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-22%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Hobby fans

57.3% are female, 42.7% are male, average age 44.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.3%
Female
42.7%
Male
Demographic split for Hobby audience in Belgium
MetricValue
Female57.3%
Male42.7%
Average age44.1
Estimated audience size2,550,835
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.1
average years
Age distribution of the Hobby audience in Belgium
Age bracketShare%
16-1911%
20-2917%
30-3916%
40-4922%
50+34%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide Hobby audience comes from Belgium.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Hobby
CountryShare
United States21.7%
China7.4%
Japan6.0%
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 Hobby audience in Belgium is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Hobby fans by region: top regions in Belgium
#RegionReachAffinity×
01East Flanders~300K1.15×
02Flemish Brabant~200K1.12×
03Antwerp~300K1.11×
04West Flanders~200K1.05×
05Limburg~100K1.04×
06Brussels~200K1.01×
07Liege~200K0.96×
08Hainaut~300K0.94×
09Luxembourg~60K0.94×
10Province of Namur~100K0.92×
11Walloon Brabant~60K0.88×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Hobby audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01ONEUSMusic & Radio3.61×
02Korean hip hopMusic & Radio2.33×
03SocietyPolitics & Society2.13×
04CompetitionBusiness & Career1.98×
05Team sportSports1.95×
06Photographic filmTechnology & Electronics1.72×
07WeavingFashion & Accessoires1.72×
08MSNNews1.65×
09YarnFashion & Accessoires1.65×
10FireHome & Garden1.65×
11Patrick BruelMusic & Radio1.62×
12WoolFashion & Accessoires1.61×
13RecreationTravel & Leisure1.60×
14Visual artsBusiness & Career1.59×
15MeteorologyHome & Garden1.59×
16LinensHome & Garden1.54×
17StoveHome & Garden1.54×
18EmbroideryHome & Garden1.53×
19Spa, BelgiumTravel & Leisure1.52×
20RTBFMovies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Hobby 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 Hobby audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL1.26×
SustainabilityBALANCE1.12×
Social Media UsageJOY1.01×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Hobby audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.78×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.97×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.00×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Hobby have in Belgium?

Hobby has an estimated audience of 2,550,835 people in Belgium, concentrated in East Flanders and Antwerp.

02

What is the gender split and age of Hobby fans?

57.3% of Hobby fans are female, 42.7% are male, with an average age of 44.1 years.

03

Which brands do Hobby fans like most?

Hobby fans show strongest brand affinity for Society (2.13×), Team sport (1.95×), and Competition (1.98×) over the country average.

04

Where do Hobby fans live in Belgium?

Hobby fans in Belgium are most concentrated in East Flanders (reach ~300K), Antwerp (reach ~300K), and Hainaut (reach ~300K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Hobby fans also like?

Beyond Hobby itself, the audience over-indexes on Team sport (1.95×), Competition (1.98×), Recreation (1.6×), and RTBF (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 Hobby. 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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