A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Italian cuisine in France — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Italian cuisine has an estimated audience of 6,938,147 people in France.
The average Italian cuisine fan in France is 42.1 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Île-de-France.
The audience is concentrated in Île-de-France, Grand Est, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Top brand affinities include Local food, Diners, Recipes, with strongest over-indexing on Local food (3.14× the country average).
Demographically, the Italian cuisine audience skews more female with an average age of 42.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Luxury Orientation.
Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 13 regions tracked by Rascasse.
The typical Italian cuisine fan in France is more female, around 42.1 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Local food.
The key figures that characterise the Italian cuisine profile in France.
58.0% are female, 42.0% are male, average age 42.1.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 58.0% |
| Male | 42.0% |
| Average age | 42.1 |
| Estimated audience size | 6,938,147 |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-19 | 14% | |
| 20-29 | 19% | |
| 30-39 | 18% | |
| 40-49 | 21% | |
| 50+ | 28% |
of the worldwide Italian cuisine audience comes from France.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 16.3% |
| Italy | 9.2% |
| Japan | 8.4% |
Where the Italian cuisine audience in France is strongest.
| # | Region | Reach | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Grand Est | ~900K | 1.52× | |
| 02 | Île-de-France | ~1.5M | 1.20× | |
| 03 | Corsica | ~40K | 1.08× | |
| 04 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | ~500K | 1.02× | |
| 05 | Centre-Val de Loire | ~300K | 1.00× | |
| 06 | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | ~300K | 0.99× | |
| 07 | Normandy | ~300K | 0.97× | |
| 08 | Brittany | ~300K | 0.96× | |
| 09 | Pays de la Loire | ~400K | 0.95× | |
| 10 | Hauts-de-France | ~600K | 0.93× | |
| 11 | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | ~600K | 0.93× | |
| 12 | Occitanie | ~600K | 0.93× | |
| 13 | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | ~700K | 0.91× |
The strongest cross-interests of the Italian cuisine audience — brands, topics and people combined.
| # | · | Interest | Category | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Mediterranean cuisine | Food & Beverages | 3.39× | ||
| 02 | Gourmet Foods | Food & Beverages | 3.15× | ||
| 03 | Local food | Food & Beverages | 3.14× | ||
| 04 | Diners | Food & Beverages | 2.96× | ||
| 05 | Fast casual restaurants | Food & Beverages | 2.88× | ||
| 06 | Dinner | Food & Beverages | 2.54× | ||
| 07 | Take-out | Food & Beverages | 2.40× | ||
| 08 | Uniqlo | Shopping | 2.02× | ||
| 09 | French cuisine | Food & Beverages | 2.01× | ||
| 10 | Gastronomy | Food & Beverages | 1.92× | ||
| 11 | Pizza | Food & Beverages | 1.89× | ||
| 12 | Eating | Food & Beverages | 1.86× | ||
| 13 | Organic food | Food & Beverages | 1.80× | ||
| 14 | Meat | Food & Beverages | 1.71× | ||
| 15 | Cake | Food & Beverages | 1.71× | ||
| 16 | Desserts | Food & Beverages | 1.59× | ||
| 17 | Primark | Shopping | 1.58× | ||
| 18 | Kitchen | Home & Garden | 1.56× | ||
| 19 | Fast food | Food & Beverages | 1.54× | ||
| 20 | Recipes | Food & Beverages | 1.52× |
Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indulgence | JOY | 1.76× | |
| Luxury Orientation | PREMIUM | 1.47× | |
| Design Affinity | PREMIUM | 1.46× |
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patriotism | CONSERVATISM | 0.76× | |
| Need for Security | CONSERVATISM | 0.84× | |
| Community Orientation | OPEN | 0.85× |
Italian cuisine has an estimated audience of 6,938,147 people in France, concentrated in Île-de-France and Grand Est.
58.0% of Italian cuisine fans are female, 42.0% are male, with an average age of 42.1 years.
Italian cuisine fans show strongest brand affinity for Local food (3.14×), Diners (2.96×), and Recipes (1.52×) over the country average.
Italian cuisine fans in France are most concentrated in Île-de-France (reach ~1.5M), Grand Est (reach ~900K), and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (reach ~700K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.
Beyond Italian cuisine itself, the audience over-indexes on Diners (2.96×), Recipes (1.52×), Eating (1.86×), and Gourmet Foods (3.15×) compared to the France average.
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Audience size is the estimated number of people in France 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.
This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across France. 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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