Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Popular music Audience in Canada

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Popular music in Canada — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Popular music has an estimated audience of 7,949,455 people in Canada.

The average Popular music fan in Canada is 36.8 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Ontario.

The audience is concentrated in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia.

Top brand affinities include Bad Bunny, YouTube Music, Real property, with strongest over-indexing on Bad Bunny (2.83× the country average).

Demographically, the Popular music audience skews balanced with an average age of 36.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Early Adopter Mentality, Extroversion.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 10 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Popular music fan in Canada is balanced, around 36.8 years old, with strong Early Adopter Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for Bad Bunny.

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 Popular music profile in Canada.

Audience size
7.9M
in Canada
Gender
49.2%
50.8% male
Age
36.8
average years
Country rank
#188
Topic in Canada
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

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

Demographics of Popular music fans

49.2% are female, 50.8% are male, average age 36.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

49.2%
Female
50.8%
Male
Demographic split for Popular music audience in Canada
MetricValue
Female49.2%
Male50.8%
Average age36.8
Estimated audience size7,949,455
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.8
average years
Age distribution of the Popular music audience in Canada
Age bracketShare%
16-1928%
20-2920%
30-3917%
40-4917%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.2%

of the worldwide Popular music audience comes from Canada.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Popular music
CountryShare
United States20.9%
Japan6.5%
China6.1%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Canada average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Popular music audience in Canada is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Popular music fans by region: top regions in Canada
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Ontario~6M2.01×
02British Columbia~1.5M1.14×
03Manitoba~300K1.07×
04New Brunswick~200K1.03×
05Alberta~900K0.96×
06Saskatchewan~200K0.95×
07Prince Edward Island~40K0.94×
08Newfoundland and Labrador~100K0.89×
09Nova Scotia~200K0.88×
10Quebec~1.5M0.86×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Popular music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Bad BunnyMusic & Radio2.83×
02Cardi BMusic & Radio2.45×
03Artificial nailsBeauty & Wellness2.36×
04YouTube MusicInternet & Social Media2.34×
05GameStopGames2.30×
06JD SportsShopping2.17×
07BalenciagaFashion & Accessoires2.13×
08BurberryFashion & Accessoires2.07×
09Makeup TutorialsBeauty & Wellness1.90×
10StreetwearFashion & Accessoires1.77×
11Millie Bobby BrownMovies & TV1.75×
12Tabloid (newspaper format)Literature1.70×
13Golf ChannelSports1.69×
14Real propertyHome & Garden1.57×
15Sabrina CarpenterMusic & Radio1.55×
16ReggaeMusic & Radio1.54×
17Online food orderingFood & Beverages1.54×
18Katy PerryMusic & Radio1.53×
19New York YankeesSports1.53×
20Taylor SwiftMusic & Radio1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Popular music 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 Popular music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.32×
ExtroversionTHRILL1.14×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL1.13×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Popular music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.88×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.88×
DIY MentalityTHRILL0.91×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Popular music have in Canada?

Popular music has an estimated audience of 7,949,455 people in Canada, concentrated in Ontario and Quebec.

02

What is the gender split and age of Popular music fans?

49.2% of Popular music fans are female, 50.8% are male, with an average age of 36.8 years.

03

Which brands do Popular music fans like most?

Popular music fans show strongest brand affinity for Bad Bunny (2.83×), YouTube Music (2.34×), and Real property (1.57×) over the country average.

04

Where do Popular music fans live in Canada?

Popular music fans in Canada are most concentrated in Ontario (reach ~6M), Quebec (reach ~1.5M), and British Columbia (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Popular music fans also like?

Beyond Popular music itself, the audience over-indexes on YouTube Music (2.34×), Real property (1.57×), Taylor Swift (1.51×), and Streetwear (1.77×) compared to the Canada average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Canada who actively search for Popular music. 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 Canada. 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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