Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Newspapers Audience in Switzerland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Newspapers in Switzerland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Newspapers has an estimated audience of 1,011,864 people in Switzerland.

#55among Lifestyle cluster in Switzerland
#355among Topic in Switzerland
#10in Literature

The average Newspapers fan in Switzerland is 43.4 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Canton of Zürich.

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

Top brand affinities include Le Matin, 20 minutes (Switzerland), Printing, with strongest over-indexing on Le Matin (1.79× the country average).

Demographically, the Newspapers audience skews balanced with an average age of 43.4, 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 Newspapers fan in Switzerland is balanced, around 43.4 years old, with strong Sustainability tendencies and a notable affinity for Le Matin.

Category: Literature · Type: Topic · Subtype: Lifestyle cluster

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 Newspapers profile in Switzerland.

Audience size
1M
in Switzerland
Gender
54.0%
46.0% male
Age
43.4
average years
Country rank
#528
Topic in Switzerland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-8%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Newspapers fans

54.0% are female, 46.0% are male, average age 43.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.0%
Female
46.0%
Male
Demographic split for Newspapers audience in Switzerland
MetricValue
Female54.0%
Male46.0%
Average age43.4
Estimated audience size1,011,864
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.4
average years
Age distribution of the Newspapers audience in Switzerland
Age bracketShare%
16-199%
20-2918%
30-3922%
40-4925%
50+27%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.5%

of the worldwide Newspapers audience comes from Switzerland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Newspapers
CountryShare
United States18.4%
India5.8%
Italy5.1%
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 Newspapers audience in Switzerland is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Newspapers fans by region: top regions in Switzerland
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Aargau~100K1.66×
02Canton of Zürich~200K1.45×
03Canton of Bern~100K1.45×
04Luzern~60K1.43×
05Canton of St. Gallen~60K1.30×
06Thurgau~30K1.25×
07Basel-Landschaft~30K1.22×
08Solothurn~30K1.11×
09Schwyz~20K1.10×
10Basel-City~40K1.09×
11Canton of Zug~10K1.09×
12Canton of Obwalden~4K1.08×
13Canton of Nidwalden~4K1.08×
14Appenzell Ausserrhoden~5K1.07×
15Graubünden~20K1.04×
16Schaffhausen~8K0.99×
17Jura~7K0.99×
18Canton of Glarus~4K0.99×
19Appenzell Innerrhoden~1K0.99×
20Uri~3K0.97×
21Canton of Geneva~60K0.91×
22Neuchatel~20K0.90×
23Vaud~90K0.88×
24Valais~30K0.83×
25Fribourg~30K0.83×
26Ticino~30K0.77×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Newspapers audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Home shoppingShopping2.14×
02Turkish AirlinesTravel & Leisure2.01×
03Republic of MacedoniaTravel & Leisure1.97×
04Dnevni avazNews1.88×
05TelegrafiNews1.81×
06Le MatinNews1.79×
07BlicNews1.69×
08Schweizer IllustrierteNews1.67×
09La Gazzetta dello SportSports1.67×
10JournalismBusiness & Career1.65×
11Luzerner ZeitungNews1.65×
12SerbiaTravel & Leisure1.62×
13Tages-AnzeigerNews1.58×
14La LibertéNews1.58×
15BalkansTravel & Leisure1.57×
16Online newspaperNews1.56×
17Electronic publishingNews1.55×
18PrintingTechnology & Electronics1.54×
19KosovoTravel & Leisure1.53×
2020 minutes (Switzerland)News1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Newspapers 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 Newspapers audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SustainabilityBALANCE0.97×
Urban LifestyleOPEN0.90×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.89×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Newspapers audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.38×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.57×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.80×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Newspapers have in Switzerland?

Newspapers has an estimated audience of 1,011,864 people in Switzerland, concentrated in Canton of Zürich and Canton of Bern.

02

What is the gender split and age of Newspapers fans?

54.0% of Newspapers fans are female, 46.0% are male, with an average age of 43.4 years.

03

Which brands do Newspapers fans like most?

Newspapers fans show strongest brand affinity for Le Matin (1.79×), 20 minutes (Switzerland) (1.5×), and Printing (1.54×) over the country average.

04

Where do Newspapers fans live in Switzerland?

Newspapers fans in Switzerland are most concentrated in Canton of Zürich (reach ~200K), Canton of Bern (reach ~100K), and Aargau (reach ~100K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Newspapers fans also like?

Beyond Newspapers itself, the audience over-indexes on 20 minutes (Switzerland) (1.5×), Printing (1.54×), Tages-Anzeiger (1.58×), and Schweizer Illustrierte (1.67×) 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 Newspapers. 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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