Rascasse Audience Intelligence

YouTube Music Audience in Canada

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about YouTube Music in Canada — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. YouTube Music has an estimated audience of 3,560,565 people in Canada.

The average YouTube Music fan in Canada is 31.6 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Ontario.

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

Top brand affinities include LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987), japanese music, TRiDENT, with strongest over-indexing on LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987) (30.31× the country average).

Demographically, the YouTube Music audience skews balanced with an average age of 31.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Spirituality.

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

The typical YouTube Music fan in Canada is balanced, around 31.6 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987).

Category: Internet & Social Media · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: TV / music streaming

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 YouTube Music profile in Canada.

Audience size
3.6M
in Canada
Gender
54.6%
45.4% male
Age
31.6
average years
Country rank
#791
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Canada
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+12%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of YouTube Music

54.6% are female, 45.4% are male, average age 31.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.6%
Female
45.4%
Male
Demographic split for YouTube Music audience in Canada
MetricValue
Female54.6%
Male45.4%
Average age31.6
Estimated audience size3,560,565
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 31.6
average years
Age distribution of the YouTube Music audience in Canada
Age bracketShare%
16-1940%
20-2925%
30-3915%
40-4912%
50+9%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.2%

of the worldwide YouTube Music audience comes from Canada.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for YouTube Music
CountryShare
United States19.2%
Colombia4.8%
Brazil4.4%
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 YouTube Music audience in Canada is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

YouTube Music fans by region: top regions in Canada
#RegionReachAffinity×
01New Brunswick~100K1.25×
02Quebec~1M1.21×
03Saskatchewan~100K1.14×
04Alberta~400K1.01×
05British Columbia~500K1.00×
06Nova Scotia~100K0.95×
07Ontario~1.5M0.94×
08Manitoba~100K0.94×
09Newfoundland and Labrador~50K0.89×
10Prince Edward Island~10K0.68×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for YouTube Music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01J-RockMusic & Radio42.22×
02Spandau BalletMusic & Radio39.62×
03japanese musicMusic & Radio33.41×
04TRiDENTMusic & Radio31.81×
05LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987)Music & Radio30.31×
06Memoirs of a Geisha (film)Movies & TV26.65×
07BabymetalMusic & Radio26.52×
08Hyde (musician)Music & Radio26.11×
09Love Live!Movies & TV18.30×
10Neon Genesis Evangelion (manga)Literature17.72×
11JoJo's Bizarre AdventureLiterature13.97×
121970s in musicMusic & Radio10.51×
13Cute (Japanese band)Music & Radio10.40×
14U.K.Music & Radio9.48×
15Japanese artArts & Culture4.96×
16TwitchGames4.73×
17Michael JacksonMusic & Radio3.36×
18TikTokInternet & Social Media2.57×
19Donald TrumpPolitics & Society2.37×
20Popular musicMusic & Radio2.34×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the YouTube 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 YouTube Music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY1.57×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.52×
Career OrientationPOWER1.36×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by YouTube Music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.64×
IndividualismJOY0.72×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.79×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does YouTube Music have in Canada?

YouTube Music has an estimated audience of 3,560,565 people in Canada, concentrated in Ontario and Quebec.

02

What is the gender split and age of YouTube Music fans?

54.6% of YouTube Music fans are female, 45.4% are male, with an average age of 31.6 years.

03

Which brands do YouTube Music fans like most?

YouTube Music fans show strongest brand affinity for LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987) (30.31×), japanese music (33.41×), and TRiDENT (31.81×) over the country average.

04

Where do YouTube Music fans live in Canada?

YouTube Music fans in Canada are most concentrated in Ontario (reach ~1.5M), Quebec (reach ~1M), and British Columbia (reach ~500K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do YouTube Music fans also like?

Beyond YouTube Music itself, the audience over-indexes on japanese music (33.41×), TRiDENT (31.81×), J-Rock (42.22×), and Twitch (4.73×) 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 YouTube 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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