Rascasse Audience Intelligence

El País Audience in Spain

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about El País in Spain — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. El País has an estimated audience of 12,561,023 people in Spain.

The average El País fan in Spain is 43.4 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Community of Madrid.

The audience is concentrated in Community of Madrid, Andalusia, Comunidad Valenciana.

Top brand affinities include Madrid, El Confidencial, La Vanguardia, with strongest over-indexing on Madrid (1.57× the country average).

Demographically, the El País audience skews more female with an average age of 43.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Price Sensitivity, Patriotism.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 17 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical El País fan in Spain is more female, around 43.4 years old, with strong Price Sensitivity tendencies and a notable affinity for Madrid.

Category: News · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Newspaper

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 El País profile in Spain.

Audience size
12.6M
in Spain
Gender
58.0%
42.0% male
Age
43.4
average years
Country rank
#116
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Spain
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+10%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of El País

58.0% are female, 42.0% are male, average age 43.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

58.0%
Female
42.0%
Male
Demographic split for El País audience in Spain
MetricValue
Female58.0%
Male42.0%
Average age43.4
Estimated audience size12,561,023
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.4
average years
Age distribution of the El País audience in Spain
Age bracketShare%
16-1911%
20-2915%
30-3921%
40-4926%
50+27%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

33.0%

of the worldwide El País audience comes from Spain.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for El País
CountryShare
Spain33.0%
Uruguay10.4%
Mexico7.8%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Spain average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the El País audience in Spain is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

El País fans by region: top regions in Spain
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Galicia~800K1.33×
02Castile and León~700K1.33×
03Principality of Asturias~400K1.26×
04Navarre~200K1.26×
05Cantabria~200K1.22×
06Community of Madrid~2.5M1.21×
07Basque Autonomous Country~600K1.20×
08Aragon~400K1.17×
09La Rioja~80K0.98×
10Castilla-La Mancha~500K0.91×
11Extremadura~200K0.91×
12Canary Islands~500K0.82×
13Comunidad Valenciana~1M0.81×
14Andalusia~2M0.80×
15Region of Murcia~300K0.68×
16Balearic Islands~200K0.61×
17Catalonia~1M0.48×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for El País audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Zara KidsFashion & Accessoires2.52×
02El MuebleHome & Garden2.37×
03Revista HOLANews2.18×
04idealista.comHome & Garden2.15×
05SemanaNews1.88×
06Público (Spain)News1.83×
07El ConfidencialNews1.81×
08Antena 3 (Spain)Movies & TV1.81×
09Cadena SERMusic & Radio1.80×
10MSNNews1.80×
11TelecincoMovies & TV1.72×
12La VanguardiaNews1.70×
13BankinterBusiness & Career1.70×
14ABCMovies & TV1.69×
15Catalan languagePolitics & Society1.65×
16AldiShopping1.63×
17LaSextaMovies & TV1.58×
18MadridTravel & Leisure1.57×
1920 minutosNews1.56×
20El Corte InglésShopping1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the El País 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 El País audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.20×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.07×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.02×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by El País audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
ExtroversionTHRILL0.72×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.74×
Urban LifestyleOPEN0.77×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does El País have in Spain?

El País has an estimated audience of 12,561,023 people in Spain, concentrated in Community of Madrid and Andalusia.

02

What is the gender split and age of El País fans?

58.0% of El País fans are female, 42.0% are male, with an average age of 43.4 years.

03

Which brands do El País fans like most?

El País fans show strongest brand affinity for Madrid (1.57×), El Confidencial (1.81×), and La Vanguardia (1.7×) over the country average.

04

Where do El País fans live in Spain?

El País fans in Spain are most concentrated in Community of Madrid (reach ~2.5M), Andalusia (reach ~2M), and Comunidad Valenciana (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do El País fans also like?

Beyond El País itself, the audience over-indexes on El Confidencial (1.81×), La Vanguardia (1.7×), idealista.com (2.15×), and Público (Spain) (1.83×) compared to the Spain average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Spain who actively search for El País. 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 Spain. 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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