Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Mediterranean cuisine Audience in France

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Mediterranean cuisine in France — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Mediterranean cuisine has an estimated audience of 2,783,399 people in France.

The average Mediterranean cuisine fan in France is 43.3 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Île-de-France.

The audience is concentrated in Île-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Top brand affinities include Take-out, Shopping and fashion, Sports and outdoors, with strongest over-indexing on Take-out (4.51× the country average).

Demographically, the Mediterranean cuisine audience skews more female with an average age of 43.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Convenience Orientation, Individualism.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 13 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Mediterranean cuisine fan in France is more female, around 43.3 years old, with strong Convenience Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Take-out.

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 Mediterranean cuisine profile in France.

Audience size
2.8M
in France
Gender
58.6%
41.4% male
Age
43.3
average years
Country rank
#1586
Topic in France
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-22%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Mediterranean cuisine fans

58.6% are female, 41.4% are male, average age 43.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

58.6%
Female
41.4%
Male
Demographic split for Mediterranean cuisine audience in France
MetricValue
Female58.6%
Male41.4%
Average age43.3
Estimated audience size2,783,399
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.3
average years
Age distribution of the Mediterranean cuisine audience in France
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2919%
30-3920%
40-4922%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.4%

of the worldwide Mediterranean cuisine audience comes from France.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Mediterranean cuisine
CountryShare
United States22.5%
Italy11.8%
United Kingdom5.5%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the France average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Mediterranean cuisine audience in France is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Mediterranean cuisine fans by region: top regions in France
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur~700K3.28×
02Île-de-France~900K1.91×
03Corsica~20K1.10×
04Bourgogne-Franche-Comté~100K0.93×
05Centre-Val de Loire~100K0.93×
06Occitanie~200K0.91×
07Normandy~100K0.91×
08Brittany~100K0.90×
09Pays de la Loire~100K0.89×
10Grand Est~200K0.87×
11Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes~300K0.86×
12Nouvelle-Aquitaine~200K0.86×
13Hauts-de-France~200K0.85×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Mediterranean cuisine audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Arab cuisineFood & Beverages9.27×
02Delivery orderFood & Beverages7.27×
03Home DeliveryFood & Beverages6.63×
04Cooking showFood & Beverages6.35×
05Take-outFood & Beverages4.51×
06Modeling agencyFashion & Accessoires4.01×
07Health And BeautyBeauty & Wellness3.82×
08Local foodFood & Beverages3.57×
09DinersFood & Beverages3.38×
10Travel websiteTravel & Leisure3.37×
11KitchenwareHome & Garden3.27×
12TikTokInternet & Social Media2.13×
13Shopping and fashionShopping2.00×
14BusinessBusiness & Career2.00×
15Sports and outdoorsSports1.93×
16FranceTravel & Leisure1.76×
17Online shoppingShopping1.74×
18SportsSports1.66×
19RestaurantsFood & Beverages1.51×
20DoctolibHealth1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Mediterranean 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 Mediterranean cuisine audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM2.11×
IndividualismJOY1.97×
TravellingTHRILL1.95×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Mediterranean cuisine audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.08×
Social Media UsageJOY1.11×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.14×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Mediterranean cuisine have in France?

Mediterranean cuisine has an estimated audience of 2,783,399 people in France, concentrated in Île-de-France and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

02

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

58.6% of Mediterranean cuisine fans are female, 41.4% are male, with an average age of 43.3 years.

03

Which brands do Mediterranean cuisine fans like most?

Mediterranean cuisine fans show strongest brand affinity for Take-out (4.51×), Shopping and fashion (2×), and Sports and outdoors (1.93×) over the country average.

04

Where do Mediterranean cuisine fans live in France?

Mediterranean cuisine fans in France are most concentrated in Île-de-France (reach ~900K), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (reach ~700K), and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (reach ~300K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Mediterranean cuisine fans also like?

Beyond Mediterranean cuisine itself, the audience over-indexes on Shopping and fashion (2×), Sports and outdoors (1.93×), TikTok (2.13×), and Business (2×) compared to the France average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in France who actively search for Mediterranean 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 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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