Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Helsingin Sanomat Audience in Finland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Helsingin Sanomat in Finland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Helsingin Sanomat has an estimated audience of 4,200,000 people in Finland.

Helsingin Sanomat has an estimated audience of 4,200,000 people in Finland. 60.5% are female, 39.5% are male, average age 42.5. Top brand affinities: Finnair, WhatsApp, Helsinki, Valtteri Bottas, Stockmann.

Top brand affinities include Finnair, WhatsApp, Helsinki, with strongest over-indexing on Finnair (2.12× the country average).

Demographically, the Helsingin Sanomat audience skews more female with an average age of 42.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Need for Security, Community Orientation.

The typical Helsingin Sanomat fan in Finland is more female, around 42.5 years old, with strong Need for Security tendencies and a notable affinity for Finnair.

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 2026-08-17.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Helsingin Sanomat profile in Finland.

Audience size
4.2M
in Finland
Gender
60.5%
39.5% male
Age
42.5
average years
Country rank
#1
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Finland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-8%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of Helsingin Sanomat

60.5% are female, 39.5% are male, average age 42.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

60.5%
Female
39.5%
Male
Demographic split for Helsingin Sanomat audience in Finland
MetricValue
Female60.5%
Male39.5%
Average age42.5
Estimated audience size4,200,000
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.5
average years
Age distribution of the Helsingin Sanomat audience in Finland
Age bracketShare%
16-1914%
20-2916%
30-3919%
40-4923%
50+28%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

41.0%

of the worldwide Helsingin Sanomat audience comes from Finland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Helsingin Sanomat
CountryShare
Finland41.0%
Japan7.4%
China7.0%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Helsingin Sanomat audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01WhatsAppInternet & Social Media2.34×
02AudiobookLiterature2.22×
03Fiction booksLiterature2.13×
04FinnairTravel & Leisure2.12×
05Financial servicesBusiness & Career2.05×
06LunchFood & Beverages2.03×
07BarsTravel & Leisure1.86×
08UniversityBusiness & Career1.86×
09Valtteri BottasSports1.80×
10CruisesTravel & Leisure1.77×
11Gina TricotFashion & Accessoires1.69×
12MeatFood & Beverages1.62×
13WikipediaInternet & Social Media1.62×
14DogsPets & Animals1.61×
15DessertsFood & Beverages1.61×
16HelsinkiTravel & Leisure1.58×
17FlowerHome & Garden1.58×
18HappinessHealth1.55×
19KitchenHome & Garden1.52×
20StockmannShopping1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Helsingin Sanomat 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 Helsingin Sanomat audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.52×
Community OrientationOPEN1.47×
Career OrientationPOWER1.31×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Helsingin Sanomat audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE0.78×
IndividualismJOY0.88×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.93×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Finland who actively search for Helsingin Sanomat. 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 Finland. 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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