Rascasse Audience Intelligence

WhatsApp Audience in Spain

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about WhatsApp in Spain — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 13,075,966 people in Spain.

The average WhatsApp fan in Spain is 43.9 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Catalonia.

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

Top brand affinities include Monarchy, IBEX 35, Social network, with strongest over-indexing on Monarchy (3.48× the country average).

Demographically, the WhatsApp audience skews more female with an average age of 43.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Price Sensitivity.

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

The typical WhatsApp fan in Spain is more female, around 43.9 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Monarchy.

Category: Internet & Social Media · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Social media

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 WhatsApp profile in Spain.

Audience size
13.1M
in Spain
Gender
59.5%
40.5% male
Age
43.9
average years
Country rank
#105
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Spain
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+28%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of WhatsApp

59.5% are female, 40.5% are male, average age 43.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

59.5%
Female
40.5%
Male
Demographic split for WhatsApp audience in Spain
MetricValue
Female59.5%
Male40.5%
Average age43.9
Estimated audience size13,075,966
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.9
average years
Age distribution of the WhatsApp audience in Spain
Age bracketShare%
16-199%
20-2916%
30-3920%
40-4926%
50+28%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.9%

of the worldwide WhatsApp audience comes from Spain.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for WhatsApp
CountryShare
China7.5%
United States4.2%
Brazil4.0%
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 WhatsApp audience in Spain is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

WhatsApp fans by region: top regions in Spain
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Catalonia~3M1.24×
02Region of Murcia~500K1.22×
03Comunidad Valenciana~1.5M1.11×
04Community of Madrid~2.5M1.09×
05Andalusia~3M1.08×
06Castilla-La Mancha~600K1.07×
07Extremadura~300K1.07×
08Aragon~400K1.05×
09Canary Islands~600K0.97×
10Galicia~600K0.97×
11Castile and León~500K0.92×
12Balearic Islands~300K0.90×
13Navarre~100K0.90×
14La Rioja~80K0.90×
15Principality of Asturias~300K0.86×
16Basque Autonomous Country~400K0.85×
17Cantabria~100K0.80×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for WhatsApp audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01IBEX 35Business & Career3.76×
02MovistarTechnology & Electronics3.73×
03MonarchyPolitics & Society3.48×
04La CaixaBusiness & Career3.41×
05BroadcastingMovies & TV3.16×
06El Mundo Deportivo (newspaper)News3.02×
07XInternet & Social Media2.93×
08Social networkInternet & Social Media2.91×
09Iberia (airline)Travel & Leisure2.89×
10AliExpressShopping2.86×
11VideoMovies & TV2.74×
12ScienceBusiness & Career2.74×
13Android (operating system)Technology & Electronics2.74×
14PhilosophyBusiness & Career2.55×
15HotelsTravel & Leisure2.51×
16Current eventsArts & Culture2.50×
17ChildKids & Family2.44×
18LeisureTravel & Leisure2.38×
19MagazinesLiterature2.34×
20TelevisionsTechnology & Electronics2.32×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the WhatsApp 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 WhatsApp audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY1.70×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.43×
CreativityOPEN1.42×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by WhatsApp audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Career OrientationPOWER0.56×
IndividualismJOY0.60×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.68×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does WhatsApp have in Spain?

WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 13,075,966 people in Spain, concentrated in Catalonia and Andalusia.

02

What is the gender split and age of WhatsApp fans?

59.5% of WhatsApp fans are female, 40.5% are male, with an average age of 43.9 years.

03

Which brands do WhatsApp fans like most?

WhatsApp fans show strongest brand affinity for Monarchy (3.48×), IBEX 35 (3.76×), and Social network (2.91×) over the country average.

04

Where do WhatsApp fans live in Spain?

WhatsApp fans in Spain are most concentrated in Catalonia (reach ~3M), Andalusia (reach ~3M), and Community of Madrid (reach ~2.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do WhatsApp fans also like?

Beyond WhatsApp itself, the audience over-indexes on IBEX 35 (3.76×), Social network (2.91×), Iberia (airline) (2.89×), and Video (2.74×) 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 WhatsApp. 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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