Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Italian cuisine Audience in United Kingdom

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Italian cuisine in United Kingdom — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Italian cuisine has an estimated audience of 9,407,839 people in United Kingdom.

The average Italian cuisine fan in United Kingdom is 42.9 years old, more female, and lives primarily in England.

The audience is concentrated in England, South East, Scotland.

Top brand affinities include Local food, Restaurants, Halifax (United Kingdom bank), with strongest over-indexing on Local food (2.98× the country average).

Demographically, the Italian cuisine audience skews more female with an average age of 42.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Luxury Orientation.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 12 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Italian cuisine fan in United Kingdom is more female, around 42.9 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Local food.

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 Italian cuisine profile in United Kingdom.

Audience size
9.4M
in United Kingdom
Gender
61.6%
38.4% male
Age
42.9
average years
Country rank
#545
Topic in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-23%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Italian cuisine fans

61.6% are female, 38.4% are male, average age 42.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

61.6%
Female
38.4%
Male
Demographic split for Italian cuisine audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female61.6%
Male38.4%
Average age42.9
Estimated audience size9,407,839
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.9
average years
Age distribution of the Italian cuisine audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-1911%
20-2919%
30-3920%
40-4922%
50+29%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.7%

of the worldwide Italian cuisine audience comes from United Kingdom.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Italian cuisine
CountryShare
United States16.3%
Italy9.2%
Japan8.4%
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 Italian cuisine audience in United Kingdom is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Italian cuisine fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Scotland~1M1.43×
02West Midlands~500K1.30×
03Yorkshire and the Humber~1M1.29×
04South East~1.5M1.11×
05South West~800K1.01×
06North East~400K0.98×
07Wales~500K0.95×
08East of England~800K0.91×
09East Midlands~600K0.91×
10Northern Ireland~300K0.90×
11England~7M0.84×
12North West~700K0.74×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Italian cuisine audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Fast casual restaurantsFood & Beverages3.52×
02Mediterranean cuisineFood & Beverages3.04×
03Local foodFood & Beverages2.98×
04FoodserviceFood & Beverages2.56×
05Fast food restaurantsFood & Beverages2.51×
06SeafoodFood & Beverages2.33×
07Burger KingFood & Beverages2.23×
08Indian cuisineFood & Beverages2.22×
09Halifax (United Kingdom bank)Business & Career2.19×
10Fast foodFood & Beverages1.81×
11DinnerFood & Beverages1.81×
12FoodieFood & Beverages1.79×
13PizzaFood & Beverages1.71×
14OvenHome & Garden1.67×
15Organic foodFood & Beverages1.61×
16BreakfastFood & Beverages1.56×
17Take-outFood & Beverages1.55×
18RestaurantsFood & Beverages1.54×
19CuisineFood & Beverages1.53×
20MeatFood & Beverages1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Italian 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 Italian cuisine audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY1.60×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM1.43×
DIY MentalityTHRILL1.41×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Italian cuisine audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.84×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.89×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.97×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Italian cuisine have in United Kingdom?

Italian cuisine has an estimated audience of 9,407,839 people in United Kingdom, concentrated in England and South East.

02

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

61.6% of Italian cuisine fans are female, 38.4% are male, with an average age of 42.9 years.

03

Which brands do Italian cuisine fans like most?

Italian cuisine fans show strongest brand affinity for Local food (2.98×), Restaurants (1.54×), and Halifax (United Kingdom bank) (2.19×) over the country average.

04

Where do Italian cuisine fans live in United Kingdom?

Italian cuisine fans in United Kingdom are most concentrated in England (reach ~7M), South East (reach ~1.5M), and Scotland (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Italian cuisine fans also like?

Beyond Italian cuisine itself, the audience over-indexes on Restaurants (1.54×), Halifax (United Kingdom bank) (2.19×), Fast casual restaurants (3.52×), and Cuisine (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 Italian 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 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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