Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Online newspaper Audience in Switzerland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Online newspaper in Switzerland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Online newspaper has an estimated audience of 1,185,416 people in Switzerland.

#271among Topic in Switzerland
#12in News

The average Online newspaper fan in Switzerland is 44.4 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Canton of Zürich.

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

Top brand affinities include Tradus, Hornbach, UBS, with strongest over-indexing on Tradus (1.58× the country average).

Demographically, the Online newspaper audience skews balanced with an average age of 44.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sustainability, Travelling.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 11 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Online newspaper fan in Switzerland is balanced, around 44.4 years old, with strong Sustainability tendencies and a notable affinity for Tradus.

Category: News · 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 Online newspaper profile in Switzerland.

Audience size
1.2M
in Switzerland
Gender
54.0%
46.0% male
Age
44.4
average years
Country rank
#405
Topic in Switzerland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+33%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Online newspaper fans

54.0% are female, 46.0% are male, average age 44.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.0%
Female
46.0%
Male
Demographic split for Online newspaper audience in Switzerland
MetricValue
Female54.0%
Male46.0%
Average age44.4
Estimated audience size1,185,416
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.4
average years
Age distribution of the Online newspaper audience in Switzerland
Age bracketShare%
16-195%
20-2918%
30-3923%
40-4925%
50+29%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Online newspaper audience comes from Switzerland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Online newspaper
CountryShare
United States15.3%
India8.0%
Italy6.5%
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 Online newspaper audience in Switzerland is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Online newspaper fans by region: top regions in Switzerland
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Thurgau~30K1.10×
02Ticino~50K1.08×
03Basel-Landschaft~30K1.05×
04Basel-City~50K1.04×
05Canton of Geneva~80K1.03×
06Luzern~50K1.00×
07Canton of St. Gallen~60K0.99×
08Vaud~100K0.98×
09Aargau~70K0.97×
10Canton of Bern~100K0.92×
11Canton of Zürich~200K0.84×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Online newspaper audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01El PaísNews3.91×
02CNNMovies & TV3.54×
03Political scienceBusiness & Career3.09×
04Breaking newsMovies & TV2.86×
05Electronic publishingNews2.69×
06HornbachShopping2.32×
07WikipediaInternet & Social Media2.31×
08News broadcastingBusiness & Career2.20×
09RedditInternet & Social Media2.06×
10ClaudeTechnology & Electronics1.96×
11Current eventsArts & Culture1.83×
12Tages-AnzeigerNews1.83×
13GeminiTechnology & Electronics1.79×
14UBSBusiness & Career1.74×
15Le TempsNews1.70×
16DeepLTechnology & Electronics1.64×
17TradusBusiness & Career1.58×
18ZürichTravel & Leisure1.58×
1924 heuresNews1.57×
20Chat GPTTechnology & Electronics1.56×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Online newspaper 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 Online newspaper audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SustainabilityBALANCE1.58×
TravellingTHRILL1.34×
Social Media UsageJOY1.29×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Online newspaper audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.66×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.01×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.23×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Online newspaper have in Switzerland?

Online newspaper has an estimated audience of 1,185,416 people in Switzerland, concentrated in Canton of Zürich and Vaud.

02

What is the gender split and age of Online newspaper fans?

54.0% of Online newspaper fans are female, 46.0% are male, with an average age of 44.4 years.

03

Which brands do Online newspaper fans like most?

Online newspaper fans show strongest brand affinity for Tradus (1.58×), Hornbach (2.32×), and UBS (1.74×) over the country average.

04

Where do Online newspaper fans live in Switzerland?

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

05

What other brands do Online newspaper fans also like?

Beyond Online newspaper itself, the audience over-indexes on Hornbach (2.32×), UBS (1.74×), Claude (1.96×), and Zürich (1.58×) 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 Online newspaper. 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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