Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Linux Audience in Brazil

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Linux in Brazil — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Linux has an estimated audience of 4,683,658 people in Brazil.

The average Linux fan in Brazil is 38.2 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in São Paulo.

The audience is concentrated in São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro.

Top brand affinities include Wearable technology, Ubuntu (operating system), Software framework, with strongest over-indexing on Wearable technology (17.65× the country average).

Demographically, the Linux audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Need for Security, Mindfulness.

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

The typical Linux fan in Brazil is balanced, around 38.2 years old, with strong Need for Security tendencies and a notable affinity for Wearable technology.

Category: Technology & Electronics · 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 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Linux profile in Brazil.

Audience size
4.7M
in Brazil
Gender
54.7%
45.3% male
Age
38.2
average years
Country rank
#1442
Topic in Brazil
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-20%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Linux fans

54.7% are female, 45.3% are male, average age 38.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.7%
Female
45.3%
Male
Demographic split for Linux audience in Brazil
MetricValue
Female54.7%
Male45.3%
Average age38.2
Estimated audience size4,683,658
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.2
average years
Age distribution of the Linux audience in Brazil
Age bracketShare%
16-1921%
20-2921%
30-3921%
40-4920%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.0%

of the worldwide Linux audience comes from Brazil.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Linux
CountryShare
United States22.2%
India5.3%
United Kingdom4.7%
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 Linux audience in Brazil is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Linux fans by region: top regions in Brazil
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Amazonas~90K1.16×
02Pernambuco~200K1.15×
03Sergipe~60K1.14×
04Amapá~20K1.12×
05Paraíba~100K1.09×
06Roraima~10K1.08×
07Pará~200K1.07×
08Rondônia~40K1.06×
09Acre~20K1.06×
10Piauí~70K1.05×
11Ceará~200K1.04×
12Rio Grande do Norte~80K1.04×
13Alagoas~70K1.04×
14Maranhão~100K1.03×
15Mato Grosso do Sul~70K1.02×
16Bahia~300K0.99×
17Paraná~300K0.94×
18Rio Grande do Sul~300K0.93×
19Rio de Janeiro~400K0.92×
20Federal District~70K0.92×
21Minas Gerais~400K0.90×
22Goiás~200K0.90×
23Tocantins~30K0.88×
24São Paulo~1M0.87×
25Santa Catarina~200K0.86×
26Espírito Santo~80K0.85×
27Mato Grosso~70K0.82×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Linux audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Ubuntu (operating system)Technology & Electronics18.45×
02NoSQLTechnology & Electronics18.10×
03Wearable technologyTechnology & Electronics17.65×
04Solaris (operating system)Technology & Electronics17.44×
05VMwareTechnology & Electronics17.30×
06Personal digital assistantTechnology & Electronics13.80×
07Software frameworkTechnology & Electronics11.82×
08Docker (software)Technology & Electronics9.93×
09Oracle CorporationTechnology & Electronics8.35×
10Smart deviceTechnology & Electronics4.12×
11GitHubInternet & Social Media4.06×
12WatchFashion & Accessoires4.05×
13SAS (software)Technology & Electronics3.95×
14Eclipse (software)Technology & Electronics3.73×
15Personal computerTechnology & Electronics3.64×
16Google DriveTechnology & Electronics3.55×
17IntelligenceHealth3.14×
18Web applicationTechnology & Electronics3.00×
19GeminiTechnology & Electronics2.97×
20PriceShopping1.62×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Linux 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 Linux audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.63×
MindfulnessBALANCE1.52×
Career OrientationPOWER1.44×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Linux audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Pet OwnershipJOY0.90×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.99×
TravellingTHRILL1.00×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Linux have in Brazil?

Linux has an estimated audience of 4,683,658 people in Brazil, concentrated in São Paulo and Minas Gerais.

02

What is the gender split and age of Linux fans?

54.7% of Linux fans are female, 45.3% are male, with an average age of 38.2 years.

03

Which brands do Linux fans like most?

Linux fans show strongest brand affinity for Wearable technology (17.65×), Ubuntu (operating system) (18.45×), and Software framework (11.82×) over the country average.

04

Where do Linux fans live in Brazil?

Linux fans in Brazil are most concentrated in São Paulo (reach ~1M), Minas Gerais (reach ~400K), and Rio de Janeiro (reach ~400K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Linux fans also like?

Beyond Linux itself, the audience over-indexes on Ubuntu (operating system) (18.45×), Software framework (11.82×), Personal digital assistant (13.8×), and Gemini (2.97×) 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 Linux. 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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