Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Hip hop music Audience in United Kingdom

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Hip hop music in United Kingdom — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Hip hop music has an estimated audience of 16,297,820 people in United Kingdom.

The average Hip hop music fan in United Kingdom is 38.8 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in England.

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

Top brand affinities include Self care, Gala Bingo, Drop shipping, with strongest over-indexing on Self care (1.87× the country average).

Demographically, the Hip hop music audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Individualism, Career Orientation.

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

The typical Hip hop music fan in United Kingdom is balanced, around 38.8 years old, with strong Individualism tendencies and a notable affinity for Self care.

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 Hip hop music profile in United Kingdom.

Audience size
16.3M
in United Kingdom
Gender
53.2%
46.8% male
Age
38.8
average years
Country rank
#200
Topic in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-25%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Hip hop music fans

53.2% are female, 46.8% are male, average age 38.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.2%
Female
46.8%
Male
Demographic split for Hip hop music audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female53.2%
Male46.8%
Average age38.8
Estimated audience size16,297,820
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.8
average years
Age distribution of the Hip hop music audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-1919%
20-2923%
30-3920%
40-4919%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.1%

of the worldwide Hip hop music audience comes from United Kingdom.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Hip hop music
CountryShare
United States23.3%
China4.1%
United Kingdom4.1%
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 Hip hop music audience in United Kingdom is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Hip hop music fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01England~12M1.45×
02North West~2M1.07×
03South West~1.5M1.05×
04East of England~1.5M1.01×
05East Midlands~1M1.01×
06Wales~900K1.00×
07South East~2M0.99×
08Greater London~2M0.97×
09Scotland~1.5M0.94×
10North East~600K0.90×
11West Midlands~600K0.88×
12Yorkshire and the Humber~1M0.82×
13Northern Ireland~400K0.82×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Hip hop music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Moneysupermarket.comBusiness & Career1.97×
02USwitchShopping1.97×
03Paris Saint-GermainSports1.95×
04Self careHealth1.87×
05Xero (software)Brand1.74×
06ExpediaTravel & Leisure1.72×
07Drop shippingShopping1.69×
08Home Interior DesignHome & Garden1.68×
09Leicester City F.C.Sports1.67×
10Gala BingoGames1.66×
11Home DesignHome & Garden1.61×
12PoundlandShopping1.60×
13Summer houseTravel & Leisure1.60×
14MSNNews1.58×
15Home constructionHome & Garden1.55×
16Tesco MobileTechnology & Electronics1.55×
17EssoCars & Mobility1.53×
18Rory McIlroySports1.53×
19The WorksShopping1.52×
20DiscountingShopping1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Hip hop 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 Hip hop music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndividualismJOY1.28×
Career OrientationPOWER1.16×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.15×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Hip hop music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.82×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.90×
Community OrientationOPEN0.90×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Hip hop music have in United Kingdom?

Hip hop music has an estimated audience of 16,297,820 people in United Kingdom, concentrated in England and South East.

02

What is the gender split and age of Hip hop music fans?

53.2% of Hip hop music fans are female, 46.8% are male, with an average age of 38.8 years.

03

Which brands do Hip hop music fans like most?

Hip hop music fans show strongest brand affinity for Self care (1.87×), Gala Bingo (1.66×), and Drop shipping (1.69×) over the country average.

04

Where do Hip hop music fans live in United Kingdom?

Hip hop music fans in United Kingdom are most concentrated in England (reach ~12M), South East (reach ~2M), and Greater London (reach ~2M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Hip hop music fans also like?

Beyond Hip hop music itself, the audience over-indexes on Gala Bingo (1.66×), Drop shipping (1.69×), Moneysupermarket.com (1.97×), and Esso (1.53×) 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 Hip hop 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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