Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Italian cuisine Audience in Spain

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Italian cuisine in Spain — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Italian cuisine has an estimated audience of 6,380,806 people in Spain.

The average Italian cuisine fan in Spain is 43.8 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Andalusia.

The audience is concentrated in Andalusia, Catalonia, Community of Madrid.

Top brand affinities include Local food, Gourmet Foods, Take-out, with strongest over-indexing on Local food (2.66× the country average).

Demographically, the Italian cuisine audience skews more female with an average age of 43.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Quality Awareness.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 16 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Italian cuisine fan in Spain is more female, around 43.8 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Local food.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Topic · Subtype: Cuisine

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 Italian cuisine profile in Spain.

Audience size
6.4M
in Spain
Gender
62.1%
37.9% male
Age
43.8
average years
Country rank
#423
Topic in Spain
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-54%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Italian cuisine fans

62.1% are female, 37.9% are male, average age 43.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

62.1%
Female
37.9%
Male
Demographic split for Italian cuisine audience in Spain
MetricValue
Female62.1%
Male37.9%
Average age43.8
Estimated audience size6,380,806
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.8
average years
Age distribution of the Italian cuisine audience in Spain
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2916%
30-3919%
40-4925%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.5%

of the worldwide Italian cuisine audience comes from Spain.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Italian cuisine
CountryShare
United States16.3%
Italy9.2%
Japan8.4%
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 Italian cuisine audience in Spain is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Italian cuisine fans by region: top regions in Spain
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Cantabria~90K1.12×
02Navarre~90K1.11×
03Extremadura~100K1.07×
04Balearic Islands~200K1.03×
05Principality of Asturias~200K1.03×
06Region of Murcia~200K1.00×
07Aragon~200K1.00×
08Castilla-La Mancha~300K0.98×
09Canary Islands~300K0.96×
10Castile and León~300K0.96×
11Basque Autonomous Country~200K0.95×
12Galicia~300K0.94×
13Catalonia~1M0.90×
14Comunidad Valenciana~600K0.90×
15Andalusia~1M0.86×
16Community of Madrid~900K0.84×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Italian cuisine audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01EventosTopic4.42×
02Home DeliveryFood & Beverages2.73×
03Local foodFood & Beverages2.66×
04Mediterranean cuisineFood & Beverages2.62×
05Kitchen utensilHome & Garden2.58×
06Gourmet FoodsFood & Beverages2.50×
07DinersFood & Beverages2.42×
08Fast casual restaurantsFood & Beverages2.42×
09LunchFood & Beverages2.11×
10Spanish cuisineFood & Beverages2.05×
11BreakfastFood & Beverages2.01×
12DinnerFood & Beverages1.98×
13SeafoodFood & Beverages1.93×
14Healthy habitsHealth1.86×
15Vegetarian cuisineFood & Beverages1.73×
16Take-outFood & Beverages1.69×
17Moda FemininaFashion & Accessoires1.65×
18Organic foodFood & Beverages1.53×
19EatingFood & Beverages1.51×
20DessertsFood & Beverages1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Italian cuisine 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 Italian cuisine audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY1.56×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.30×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.20×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Italian cuisine audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN0.67×
Social Media UsageJOY0.74×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.74×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Italian cuisine have in Spain?

Italian cuisine has an estimated audience of 6,380,806 people in Spain, concentrated in Andalusia and Catalonia.

02

What is the gender split and age of Italian cuisine fans?

62.1% of Italian cuisine fans are female, 37.9% are male, with an average age of 43.8 years.

03

Which brands do Italian cuisine fans like most?

Italian cuisine fans show strongest brand affinity for Local food (2.66×), Gourmet Foods (2.5×), and Take-out (1.69×) over the country average.

04

Where do Italian cuisine fans live in Spain?

Italian cuisine fans in Spain are most concentrated in Andalusia (reach ~1M), Catalonia (reach ~1M), and Community of Madrid (reach ~900K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Italian cuisine fans also like?

Beyond Italian cuisine itself, the audience over-indexes on Gourmet Foods (2.5×), Take-out (1.69×), Diners (2.42×), and Mediterranean cuisine (2.62×) 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 Italian cuisine. 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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