Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Social media Audience in Belgium

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Social media in Belgium — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Social media has an estimated audience of 3,515,657 people in Belgium.

The average Social media fan in Belgium is 43.8 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in East Flanders.

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

Top brand affinities include Instant messaging, Transfermarkt, Hangzhou, with strongest over-indexing on Instant messaging (1.58× the country average).

Demographically, the Social media audience skews balanced with an average age of 43.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sustainability, Social Media Usage.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 14 brand affinities and 11 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Social media fan in Belgium is balanced, around 43.8 years old, with strong Sustainability tendencies and a notable affinity for Instant messaging.

Category: Business & Career · 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 Social media profile in Belgium.

Audience size
3.5M
in Belgium
Gender
52.9%
47.1% male
Age
43.8
average years
Country rank
#123
Topic in Belgium
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-4%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Social media fans

52.9% are female, 47.1% are male, average age 43.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.9%
Female
47.1%
Male
Demographic split for Social media audience in Belgium
MetricValue
Female52.9%
Male47.1%
Average age43.8
Estimated audience size3,515,657
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.8
average years
Age distribution of the Social media audience in Belgium
Age bracketShare%
16-1911%
20-2918%
30-3917%
40-4921%
50+34%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide Social media audience comes from Belgium.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Social media
CountryShare
United States19.1%
India5.9%
Brazil4.5%
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 Social media audience in Belgium is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Social media fans by region: top regions in Belgium
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Limburg~300K1.94×
02West Flanders~500K1.70×
03East Flanders~600K1.65×
04Antwerp~600K1.57×
05Flemish Brabant~500K1.50×
06Brussels~200K0.93×
07Luxembourg~80K0.87×
08Province of Namur~100K0.79×
09Walloon Brabant~70K0.79×
10Liege~200K0.64×
11Hainaut~200K0.62×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Social media audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01DoomscrollingInternet & Social Media1.89×
02Generation DeutschlandPolitics & Society1.89×
03Erlang (programming language)Technology & Electronics1.65×
04HangzhouTravel & Leisure1.63×
05Polaris SlingshotCars & Mobility1.62×
06Instant messagingInternet & Social Media1.58×
07Pepsi MaxFood & Beverages1.56×
08DominoesGames1.54×
09Just For Laughs Gags | Juste Pour Rire Les GagsMovies & TV1.54×
10Fake newsNews1.53×
11Party CityKids & Family1.53×
12TransfermarktSports1.52×
13CraigslistShopping1.51×
14UroTuningShopping1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Social media 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 Social media audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SustainabilityBALANCE1.02×
Social Media UsageJOY0.88×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.81×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Social media audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.55×
TravellingTHRILL0.74×
Urban LifestyleOPEN0.75×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Social media have in Belgium?

Social media has an estimated audience of 3,515,657 people in Belgium, concentrated in East Flanders and Antwerp.

02

What is the gender split and age of Social media fans?

52.9% of Social media fans are female, 47.1% are male, with an average age of 43.8 years.

03

Which brands do Social media fans like most?

Social media fans show strongest brand affinity for Instant messaging (1.58×), Transfermarkt (1.52×), and Hangzhou (1.63×) over the country average.

04

Where do Social media fans live in Belgium?

Social media fans in Belgium are most concentrated in East Flanders (reach ~600K), Antwerp (reach ~600K), and West Flanders (reach ~500K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Social media fans also like?

Beyond Social media itself, the audience over-indexes on Transfermarkt (1.52×), Hangzhou (1.63×), Erlang (programming language) (1.65×), and Pepsi Max (1.56×) 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 Social media. 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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