Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Forró Audience in Brazil

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Forró in Brazil — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Forró has an estimated audience of 10,950,609 people in Brazil.

The average Forró fan in Brazil is 39.1 years old, more female, and lives primarily in São Paulo.

The audience is concentrated in São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Bahia.

Top brand affinities include Polka, Comedy movies, Video, with strongest over-indexing on Polka (3.94× the country average).

Demographically, the Forró audience skews more female with an average age of 39.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Tradition, Community Orientation.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 27 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Forró fan in Brazil is more female, around 39.1 years old, with strong Tradition tendencies and a notable affinity for Polka.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical genre

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Forró profile in Brazil.

Audience size
11M
in Brazil
Gender
56.4%
43.6% male
Age
39.1
average years
Country rank
#483
Topic in Brazil
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-10%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Forró fans

56.4% are female, 43.6% are male, average age 39.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

56.4%
Female
43.6%
Male
Demographic split for Forró audience in Brazil
MetricValue
Female56.4%
Male43.6%
Average age39.1
Estimated audience size10,950,609
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.1
average years
Age distribution of the Forró audience in Brazil
Age bracketShare%
16-1919%
20-2920%
30-3921%
40-4920%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

72.7%

of the worldwide Forró audience comes from Brazil.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Forró
CountryShare
Brazil72.7%
Argentina4.3%
Portugal3.5%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Brazil average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Forró audience in Brazil is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Forró fans by region: top regions in Brazil
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Roraima~50K1.69×
02Maranhão~400K1.50×
03Piauí~200K1.48×
04Ceará~700K1.41×
05Tocantins~100K1.36×
06Sergipe~200K1.33×
07Rondônia~100K1.22×
08Paraíba~300K1.21×
09Alagoas~200K1.18×
10Acre~40K1.16×
11Pará~400K1.14×
12Pernambuco~600K1.10×
13Amazonas~200K1.10×
14Bahia~800K1.08×
15Rio Grande do Norte~200K1.05×
16Goiás~400K0.90×
17Amapá~30K0.86×
18Espírito Santo~200K0.81×
19Mato Grosso~200K0.76×
20Minas Gerais~800K0.74×
21Mato Grosso do Sul~100K0.72×
22Federal District~100K0.63×
23São Paulo~1.5M0.54×
24Rio de Janeiro~500K0.51×
25Santa Catarina~200K0.49×
26Rio Grande do Sul~300K0.45×
27Paraná~300K0.42×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Forró audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01FrevoMusic & Radio5.27×
02Miles TellerMovies & TV5.27×
03PolkaMusic & Radio3.94×
04Romantic musicMusic & Radio3.24×
05São João, PernambucoTravel & Leisure3.22×
06Eduardo CostaMusic & Radio2.67×
07Bossa novaMusic & Radio2.16×
08SambaMusic & Radio2.03×
09DanceBusiness & Career1.93×
10Radio broadcastingMusic & Radio1.93×
11AgronomyHome & Garden1.80×
12Preta GilMusic & Radio1.76×
13FriendshipKids & Family1.73×
14Music videosMusic & Radio1.67×
15Northeast Region, BrazilTravel & Leisure1.65×
16AgricultureBusiness & Career1.59×
17LocalizaCars & Mobility1.58×
18IndustryBusiness & Career1.57×
19Comedy moviesMovies & TV1.53×
20VideoMovies & TV1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Forró 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 Forró audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.35×
Community OrientationOPEN1.19×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL1.18×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Forró audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.84×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.86×
TravellingTHRILL0.86×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Forró have in Brazil?

Forró has an estimated audience of 10,950,609 people in Brazil, concentrated in São Paulo and Minas Gerais.

02

What is the gender split and age of Forró fans?

56.4% of Forró fans are female, 43.6% are male, with an average age of 39.1 years.

03

Which brands do Forró fans like most?

Forró fans show strongest brand affinity for Polka (3.94×), Comedy movies (1.53×), and Video (1.53×) over the country average.

04

Where do Forró fans live in Brazil?

Forró fans in Brazil are most concentrated in São Paulo (reach ~1.5M), Minas Gerais (reach ~800K), and Bahia (reach ~800K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Forró fans also like?

Beyond Forró itself, the audience over-indexes on Comedy movies (1.53×), Video (1.53×), Preta Gil (1.76×), and Samba (2.03×) compared to the Brazil average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Brazil who actively search for Forró. 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 Brazil. 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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