Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Instant messaging Audience in United Kingdom

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Instant messaging in United Kingdom — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Instant messaging has an estimated audience of 11,905,970 people in United Kingdom.

The average Instant messaging fan in United Kingdom is 40.7 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in England.

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

Category: Internet & Social Media · Type: Topic · Subtype: Content type

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 Instant messaging profile in United Kingdom.

Audience size
11.9M
in United Kingdom
Gender
54.9%
45.1% male
Age
40.7
average years
Country rank
#378
Topic in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-42%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Instant messaging fans

54.9% are female, 45.1% are male, average age 40.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.9%
Female
45.1%
Male
Demographic split for Instant messaging audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female54.9%
Male45.1%
Average age40.7
Estimated audience size11,905,970
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.7
average years
Age distribution of the Instant messaging audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-1918%
20-2918%
30-3918%
40-4922%
50+24%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.7%

of the worldwide Instant messaging audience comes from United Kingdom.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Instant messaging
CountryShare
United States19.0%
Brazil6.4%
India5.9%
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 Instant messaging audience in United Kingdom is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Instant messaging fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Northern Ireland~500K1.25×
02West Midlands~600K1.13×
03South East~2M1.12×
04South West~1M1.04×
05East Midlands~800K1.00×
06North East~500K0.99×
07East of England~1M0.98×
08Yorkshire and the Humber~900K0.98×
09Wales~700K0.97×
10North West~1M0.90×
11Scotland~900K0.88×
12England~8.5M0.77×
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in United Kingdom who actively search for Instant messaging. 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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