Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Hobby Audience in Switzerland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Hobby in Switzerland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Hobby has an estimated audience of 1,842,380 people in Switzerland.

#117among Topic in Switzerland
#13in Home & Garden

The average Hobby fan in Switzerland is 42.6 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Canton of Zürich.

The audience is concentrated in Canton of Zürich, Canton of Bern, Vaud.

Top brand affinities include Society, Recreation, Competition, with strongest over-indexing on Society (1.81× the country average).

Demographically, the Hobby audience skews more female with an average age of 42.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sustainability, Urban Lifestyle.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 26 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Hobby fan in Switzerland is more female, around 42.6 years old, with strong Sustainability tendencies and a notable affinity for Society.

Category: Home & Garden · 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 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Hobby profile in Switzerland.

Audience size
1.8M
in Switzerland
Gender
57.6%
42.4% male
Age
42.6
average years
Country rank
#193
Topic in Switzerland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-11%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Hobby fans

57.6% are female, 42.4% are male, average age 42.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.6%
Female
42.4%
Male
Demographic split for Hobby audience in Switzerland
MetricValue
Female57.6%
Male42.4%
Average age42.6
Estimated audience size1,842,380
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.6
average years
Age distribution of the Hobby audience in Switzerland
Age bracketShare%
16-1911%
20-2918%
30-3921%
40-4924%
50+26%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.5%

of the worldwide Hobby audience comes from Switzerland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Hobby
CountryShare
United States21.7%
China7.4%
Japan6.0%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Switzerland average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Hobby audience in Switzerland is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Hobby fans by region: top regions in Switzerland
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Canton of Bern~200K1.36×
02Canton of Zürich~400K1.31×
03Aargau~100K1.26×
04Luzern~100K1.25×
05Vaud~200K1.19×
06Canton of St. Gallen~100K1.18×
07Solothurn~60K1.14×
08Ticino~80K1.13×
09Fribourg~70K1.08×
10Thurgau~50K1.08×
11Graubünden~40K1.02×
12Valais~80K1.01×
13Basel-Landschaft~40K1.01×
14Basel-City~70K0.99×
15Schwyz~30K0.99×
16Canton of Zug~20K0.98×
17Schaffhausen~10K0.97×
18Canton of Obwalden~7K0.96×
19Appenzell Innerrhoden~2K0.96×
20Jura~10K0.95×
21Appenzell Ausserrhoden~8K0.95×
22Canton of Nidwalden~7K0.95×
23Canton of Geneva~100K0.94×
24Canton of Glarus~6K0.94×
25Uri~6K0.94×
26Neuchatel~40K0.93×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Hobby audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01SalarymanBusiness & Career2.54×
02Knitting needleFashion & Accessoires2.29×
03Korean hip hopMusic & Radio2.19×
04WeavingFashion & Accessoires1.99×
05Team sportSports1.85×
06Pattern (sewing)Home & Garden1.85×
07SocietyPolitics & Society1.81×
08CompetitionBusiness & Career1.81×
09YarnFashion & Accessoires1.81×
10Sewing machineHome & Garden1.78×
11WoolFashion & Accessoires1.74×
12KnittingHome & Garden1.62×
13CrochetHome & Garden1.61×
14OvenHome & Garden1.61×
15SweaterFashion & Accessoires1.61×
16Visual artsBusiness & Career1.57×
17RecreationTravel & Leisure1.56×
18South KoreaTravel & Leisure1.56×
19SewingHome & Garden1.55×
20SkirtFashion & Accessoires1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Hobby 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 Hobby audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SustainabilityBALANCE1.28×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.25×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.18×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Hobby audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.86×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.88×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.02×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Hobby have in Switzerland?

Hobby has an estimated audience of 1,842,380 people in Switzerland, concentrated in Canton of Zürich and Canton of Bern.

02

What is the gender split and age of Hobby fans?

57.6% of Hobby fans are female, 42.4% are male, with an average age of 42.6 years.

03

Which brands do Hobby fans like most?

Hobby fans show strongest brand affinity for Society (1.81×), Recreation (1.56×), and Competition (1.81×) over the country average.

04

Where do Hobby fans live in Switzerland?

Hobby fans in Switzerland are most concentrated in Canton of Zürich (reach ~400K), Canton of Bern (reach ~200K), and Vaud (reach ~200K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Hobby fans also like?

Beyond Hobby itself, the audience over-indexes on Recreation (1.56×), Competition (1.81×), Team sport (1.85×), and Knitting (1.62×) compared to the Switzerland average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Switzerland who actively search for Hobby. 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 Switzerland. 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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