Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Soul music Audience in Switzerland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Soul music in Switzerland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Soul music has an estimated audience of 1,118,664 people in Switzerland.

#13among Musical genre in Switzerland
#297among Topic in Switzerland
#24in Music & Radio

The average Soul music fan in Switzerland is 37.8 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 Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Sarah Connor, with strongest over-indexing on Michael Jackson (1.52× the country average).

Demographically, the Soul music audience skews balanced with an average age of 37.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Early Adopter Mentality, Design Affinity.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 22 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Soul music fan in Switzerland is balanced, around 37.8 years old, with strong Early Adopter Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for Michael Jackson.

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 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Soul music profile in Switzerland.

Audience size
1.1M
in Switzerland
Gender
48.2%
51.8% male
Age
37.8
average years
Country rank
#442
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 Soul music fans

48.2% are female, 51.8% are male, average age 37.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

48.2%
Female
51.8%
Male
Demographic split for Soul music audience in Switzerland
MetricValue
Female48.2%
Male51.8%
Average age37.8
Estimated audience size1,118,664
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.8
average years
Age distribution of the Soul music audience in Switzerland
Age bracketShare%
16-1922%
20-2922%
30-3918%
40-4920%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.4%

of the worldwide Soul music audience comes from Switzerland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Soul music
CountryShare
United States24.5%
Brazil6.3%
United Kingdom4.6%
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 Soul music audience in Switzerland is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Soul music fans by region: top regions in Switzerland
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Canton of Obwalden~5K1.28×
02Appenzell Ausserrhoden~6K1.25×
03Jura~9K1.15×
04Canton of Geneva~80K1.11×
05Schaffhausen~10K1.10×
06Vaud~100K1.04×
07Canton of Zug~10K1.02×
08Schwyz~20K1.01×
09Valais~40K0.98×
10Fribourg~40K0.98×
11Neuchatel~20K0.98×
12Graubünden~30K0.96×
13Thurgau~30K0.94×
14Solothurn~30K0.94×
15Basel-City~40K0.92×
16Basel-Landschaft~20K0.92×
17Ticino~40K0.90×
18Luzern~40K0.89×
19Canton of St. Gallen~50K0.88×
20Aargau~60K0.85×
21Canton of Bern~90K0.83×
22Canton of Zürich~100K0.77×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Soul music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Janis JoplinMusic & Radio1.90×
02Eric ClaptonMusic & Radio1.77×
03Tina TurnerMusic & Radio1.73×
04Stefanie HeinzmannMusic & Radio1.72×
05Rebecca ImmanuelMovies & TV1.72×
06Xavier NaidooMusic & Radio1.70×
07Sarah ConnorMusic & Radio1.66×
08Jimi HendrixMusic & Radio1.64×
09Sophie HungerMusic & Radio1.59×
10Benjamin ClementineMusic & Radio1.59×
11Emilíana TorriniMusic & Radio1.57×
12Alicia KeysMusic & Radio1.55×
13DixielandMusic & Radio1.54×
14Zucchero FornaciariMusic & Radio1.53×
15Black Sea DahuMusic & Radio1.53×
16Michael JacksonMusic & Radio1.52×
17David GilmourMusic & Radio1.52×
18Stefanie KloßMusic & Radio1.52×
19The JacksonsMusic & Radio1.52×
20Celine DionMusic & Radio1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Soul 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 Soul music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.12×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.04×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.91×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Soul music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.83×
Social Media UsageJOY0.85×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.85×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Soul music have in Switzerland?

Soul music has an estimated audience of 1,118,664 people in Switzerland, concentrated in Canton of Zürich and Vaud.

02

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

48.2% of Soul music fans are female, 51.8% are male, with an average age of 37.8 years.

03

Which brands do Soul music fans like most?

Soul music fans show strongest brand affinity for Michael Jackson (1.52×), Celine Dion (1.51×), and Sarah Connor (1.66×) over the country average.

04

Where do Soul music fans live in Switzerland?

Soul music fans in Switzerland are most concentrated in Canton of Zürich (reach ~100K), Vaud (reach ~100K), and Canton of Bern (reach ~90K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Soul music fans also like?

Beyond Soul music itself, the audience over-indexes on Celine Dion (1.51×), Sarah Connor (1.66×), Dixieland (1.54×), and Zucchero Fornaciari (1.53×) 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 Soul 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 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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