Rascasse Audience Intelligence

African-American music Audience in United Kingdom

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about African-American music in United Kingdom — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. African-American music has an estimated audience of 7,099,076 people in United Kingdom.

The average African-American music fan in United Kingdom is 39.1 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in South East.

The audience is concentrated in South East, North West, East of England.

Top brand affinities include Lantern Festival, Monica Bellucci, Livemusic, with strongest over-indexing on Lantern Festival (16.3× the country average).

Demographically, the African-American music audience skews balanced with an average age of 39.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Tradition.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 8 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical African-American music fan in United Kingdom is balanced, around 39.1 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Lantern Festival.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical genre

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 African-American music profile in United Kingdom.

Audience size
7.1M
in United Kingdom
Gender
54.0%
46.0% male
Age
39.1
average years
Country rank
#835
Topic in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-24%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of African-American music fans

54.0% are female, 46.0% are male, average age 39.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.0%
Female
46.0%
Male
Demographic split for African-American music audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female54.0%
Male46.0%
Average age39.1
Estimated audience size7,099,076
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.1
average years
Age distribution of the African-American music audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-1920%
20-2921%
30-3918%
40-4920%
50+21%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.1%

of the worldwide African-American music audience comes from United Kingdom.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for African-American music
CountryShare
United States29.5%
Brazil7.3%
China5.0%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the United Kingdom average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the African-American music audience in United Kingdom is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

African-American music fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01South West~600K1.08×
02North East~300K1.02×
03East Midlands~500K1.01×
04East of England~600K0.99×
05Yorkshire and the Humber~600K0.99×
06South East~900K0.97×
07North West~700K0.96×
08West Midlands~300K0.96×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for African-American music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Lantern FestivalTravel & Leisure16.30×
02Monica BellucciMovies & TV11.41×
03Sustainable consumptionFood & Beverages9.09×
04Italo discoMusic & Radio7.65×
05Rosie Huntington-WhiteleyFashion & Accessoires6.60×
06Keeping Up AppearancesMovies & TV5.98×
07Jimmy CarrMovies & TV4.47×
08Natalie PortmanMovies & TV4.46×
09David WalliamsMovies & TV3.49×
10Alan CarrMovies & TV3.23×
11LivemusicMusic & Radio3.05×
12Diabetes mellitus awarenessHealth3.05×
13Sports nutritionFood & Beverages3.05×
14Drinking establishmentFood & Beverages2.97×
15Tax refundBusiness & Career2.89×
16WikipediaInternet & Social Media2.06×
17Real propertyHome & Garden1.97×
18Electronic dance musicMusic & Radio1.77×
19PhilanthropyArts & Culture1.73×
20Blues musicMusic & Radio1.61×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the African-American music 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 African-American music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN1.46×
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.29×
MindfulnessBALANCE1.25×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by African-American music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.83×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.85×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.90×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does African-American music have in United Kingdom?

African-American music has an estimated audience of 7,099,076 people in United Kingdom, concentrated in South East and North West.

02

What is the gender split and age of African-American music fans?

54.0% of African-American music fans are female, 46.0% are male, with an average age of 39.1 years.

03

Which brands do African-American music fans like most?

African-American music fans show strongest brand affinity for Lantern Festival (16.3×), Monica Bellucci (11.41×), and Livemusic (3.05×) over the country average.

04

Where do African-American music fans live in United Kingdom?

African-American music fans in United Kingdom are most concentrated in South East (reach ~900K), North West (reach ~700K), and East of England (reach ~600K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do African-American music fans also like?

Beyond African-American music itself, the audience over-indexes on Monica Bellucci (11.41×), Livemusic (3.05×), Wikipedia (2.06×), and Italo disco (7.65×) compared to the United Kingdom average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in United Kingdom who actively search for African-American music. 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 United Kingdom. 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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