Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Linux Audience in Spain

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Linux in Spain — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Linux has an estimated audience of 2,538,699 people in Spain.

The average Linux fan in Spain is 42.1 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Andalusia.

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

Top brand affinities include GitHub, Node.js, C (programming language), with strongest over-indexing on GitHub (9.27× the country average).

Demographically, the Linux audience skews balanced with an average age of 42.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Need for Security, Career Orientation.

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

The typical Linux fan in Spain is balanced, around 42.1 years old, with strong Need for Security tendencies and a notable affinity for GitHub.

Category: Technology & Electronics · 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 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Linux profile in Spain.

Audience size
2.5M
in Spain
Gender
51.8%
48.2% male
Age
42.1
average years
Country rank
#1544
Topic in Spain
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-9%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Linux fans

51.8% are female, 48.2% are male, average age 42.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.8%
Female
48.2%
Male
Demographic split for Linux audience in Spain
MetricValue
Female51.8%
Male48.2%
Average age42.1
Estimated audience size2,538,699
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.1
average years
Age distribution of the Linux audience in Spain
Age bracketShare%
16-1914%
20-2916%
30-3920%
40-4925%
50+25%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.2%

of the worldwide Linux audience comes from Spain.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Linux
CountryShare
United States22.2%
India5.3%
United Kingdom4.7%
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 Linux audience in Spain is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Linux fans by region: top regions in Spain
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Region of Murcia~100K1.21×
02Aragon~80K1.13×
03Galicia~100K1.11×
04Principality of Asturias~60K1.08×
05Catalonia~500K1.07×
06Community of Madrid~500K1.07×
07Castilla-La Mancha~100K1.07×
08Andalusia~500K1.06×
09Comunidad Valenciana~300K1.04×
10Navarre~30K0.96×
11La Rioja~20K0.95×
12Castile and León~100K0.93×
13Basque Autonomous Country~90K0.91×
14Extremadura~50K0.91×
15Canary Islands~100K0.89×
16Cantabria~30K0.88×
17Balearic Islands~60K0.81×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Linux audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Docker (software)Technology & Electronics12.47×
02Ruby (programming language)Technology & Electronics10.08×
03Stack OverflowTechnology & Electronics9.70×
04GitHubInternet & Social Media9.27×
05AngularJSTechnology & Electronics9.24×
06Personal digital assistantTechnology & Electronics8.24×
07C (programming language)Technology & Electronics8.16×
08Cascading Style SheetsInternet & Social Media7.90×
09Node.jsTechnology & Electronics7.22×
10HTMLTechnology & Electronics6.19×
11C++Technology & Electronics5.89×
12PHPTechnology & Electronics5.28×
13Python (programming language)Technology & Electronics5.13×
14Wearable technologyTechnology & Electronics5.12×
15GPS devicesTechnology & Electronics4.63×
16JavaScriptTechnology & Electronics4.27×
17Programming languageTechnology & Electronics3.14×
18Personal computerTechnology & Electronics2.92×
19GeminiTechnology & Electronics2.61×
20DIRECTV SportsMovies & TV1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Linux 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 Linux audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM2.06×
Career OrientationPOWER1.36×
TravellingTHRILL1.32×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Linux audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.93×
CreativityOPEN0.94×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.94×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Linux have in Spain?

Linux has an estimated audience of 2,538,699 people in Spain, concentrated in Andalusia and Catalonia.

02

What is the gender split and age of Linux fans?

51.8% of Linux fans are female, 48.2% are male, with an average age of 42.1 years.

03

Which brands do Linux fans like most?

Linux fans show strongest brand affinity for GitHub (9.27×), Node.js (7.22×), and C (programming language) (8.16×) over the country average.

04

Where do Linux fans live in Spain?

Linux fans in Spain are most concentrated in Andalusia (reach ~500K), Catalonia (reach ~500K), and Community of Madrid (reach ~500K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Linux fans also like?

Beyond Linux itself, the audience over-indexes on Node.js (7.22×), C (programming language) (8.16×), Personal digital assistant (8.24×), and C++ (5.89×) 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 Linux. 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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