Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Higher education Audience in United Kingdom

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Higher education in United Kingdom — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Higher education has an estimated audience of 14,130,397 people in United Kingdom.

The average Higher education fan in United Kingdom is 41.0 years old, more female, and lives primarily in England.

The audience is concentrated in England, Greater London, South East.

Top brand affinities include Imdb, International student, Google News, with strongest over-indexing on Imdb (1.54× the country average).

Demographically, the Higher education audience skews more female with an average age of 41.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Career Orientation, Creativity.

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

The typical Higher education fan in United Kingdom is more female, around 41.0 years old, with strong Career Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Imdb.

Category: Business & Career · Type: Topic

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 Higher education profile in United Kingdom.

Audience size
14.1M
in United Kingdom
Gender
60.0%
40.0% male
Age
41.0
average years
Country rank
#277
Topic in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-39%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Higher education fans

60.0% are female, 40.0% are male, average age 41.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

60.0%
Female
40.0%
Male
Demographic split for Higher education audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female60.0%
Male40.0%
Average age41.0
Estimated audience size14,130,397
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.0
average years
Age distribution of the Higher education audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-1917%
20-2918%
30-3919%
40-4921%
50+25%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.3%

of the worldwide Higher education audience comes from United Kingdom.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Higher education
CountryShare
United States19.1%
Brazil5.3%
India4.3%
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 Higher education audience in United Kingdom is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Higher education fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01England~11M1.51×
02Greater London~2M1.10×
03North West~1.5M1.05×
04Northern Ireland~500K1.04×
05Wales~800K1.01×
06South West~1M0.94×
07East Midlands~900K0.93×
08East of England~1M0.92×
09Scotland~1M0.91×
10South East~1.5M0.89×
11North East~500K0.89×
12West Midlands~500K0.79×
13Yorkshire and the Humber~900K0.75×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Higher education audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01TOEICBusiness & Career2.49×
02Quinceañera (telenovela)Movies & TV2.32×
03Online degreeBusiness & Career2.21×
04Business EnglishBusiness & Career2.00×
05Study abroadBusiness & Career1.95×
06International English Language Testing SystemBusiness & Career1.94×
07Graduate schoolBusiness & Career1.90×
08International studentBusiness & Career1.78×
09AbujaTravel & Leisure1.74×
10International schoolBusiness & Career1.74×
11Language schoolKids & Family1.73×
12Test of English as a Foreign LanguageBusiness & Career1.73×
13University and college admissionBusiness & Career1.67×
14English as a second or foreign languageBusiness & Career1.66×
15Students' unionBusiness & Career1.59×
16Google NewsNews1.58×
17SlackerMovies & TV1.57×
18International educationBusiness & Career1.57×
19ImdbMovies & TV1.54×
20ScholarshipKids & Family1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Higher education 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 Higher education audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Career OrientationPOWER1.01×
CreativityOPEN0.97×
Social Media UsageJOY0.96×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Higher education audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY0.84×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.86×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.86×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Higher education have in United Kingdom?

Higher education has an estimated audience of 14,130,397 people in United Kingdom, concentrated in England and Greater London.

02

What is the gender split and age of Higher education fans?

60.0% of Higher education fans are female, 40.0% are male, with an average age of 41.0 years.

03

Which brands do Higher education fans like most?

Higher education fans show strongest brand affinity for Imdb (1.54×), International student (1.78×), and Google News (1.58×) over the country average.

04

Where do Higher education fans live in United Kingdom?

Higher education fans in United Kingdom are most concentrated in England (reach ~11M), Greater London (reach ~2M), and South East (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Higher education fans also like?

Beyond Higher education itself, the audience over-indexes on International student (1.78×), Google News (1.58×), Abuja (1.74×), and International English Language Testing System (1.94×) 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 Higher education. 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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