Rascasse Audience Intelligence

New media Audience in United Kingdom

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about New media in United Kingdom — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. New media has an estimated audience of 3,950,997 people in United Kingdom.

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

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

Top brand affinities include Wikipedia, Superman, YouTube Music, with strongest over-indexing on Wikipedia (6.17× the country average).

Demographically, the New media audience skews more female with an average age of 42.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Travelling, Individualism.

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

The typical New media fan in United Kingdom is more female, around 42.9 years old, with strong Travelling tendencies and a notable affinity for Wikipedia.

Category: Internet & Social Media · 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 New media profile in United Kingdom.

Audience size
4M
in United Kingdom
Gender
56.3%
43.7% male
Age
42.9
average years
Country rank
#1806
Topic in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-13%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of New media fans

56.3% are female, 43.7% are male, average age 42.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

56.3%
Female
43.7%
Male
Demographic split for New media audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female56.3%
Male43.7%
Average age42.9
Estimated audience size3,950,997
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.9
average years
Age distribution of the New media audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-1913%
20-2917%
30-3918%
40-4922%
50+29%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

5.3%

of the worldwide New media audience comes from United Kingdom.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for New media
CountryShare
United States28.0%
Italy8.9%
Brazil7.0%
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 New media audience in United Kingdom is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

New media fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01England~3M1.49×
02West Midlands~200K1.15×
03East of England~400K1.06×
04Yorkshire and the Humber~300K1.06×
05North East~200K1.03×
06South West~300K0.99×
07Wales~200K0.98×
08Northern Ireland~100K0.98×
09South East~500K0.97×
10Scotland~300K0.97×
11East Midlands~300K0.97×
12North West~400K0.88×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for New media audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Travel BloggerTravel & Leisure6.97×
02YouTube MusicInternet & Social Media6.41×
03WikipediaInternet & Social Media6.17×
04ReggaetonMusic & Radio5.18×
05Cats (musical)Music & Radio5.17×
06Sketch comedyMovies & TV4.31×
07Digital artArts & Culture4.26×
08AdoptionKids & Family3.84×
09SupermanMovies & TV3.23×
10Britney SpearsMusic & Radio3.18×
11SatireLiterature3.12×
12LivemusicMusic & Radio3.12×
13PhilanthropyArts & Culture3.01×
14RedditInternet & Social Media3.00×
15Art exhibitionArts & Culture2.89×
16ActivismPolitics & Society2.79×
17Donald TrumpPolitics & Society2.65×
18BatmanMovies & TV2.36×
19HobbyHome & Garden2.12×
20Breaking newsMovies & TV2.02×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the New media 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 New media audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL2.00×
IndividualismJOY1.82×
Pet OwnershipJOY1.76×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by New media audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.68×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.76×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.83×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does New media have in United Kingdom?

New media has an estimated audience of 3,950,997 people in United Kingdom, concentrated in England and South East.

02

What is the gender split and age of New media fans?

56.3% of New media fans are female, 43.7% are male, with an average age of 42.9 years.

03

Which brands do New media fans like most?

New media fans show strongest brand affinity for Wikipedia (6.17×), Superman (3.23×), and YouTube Music (6.41×) over the country average.

04

Where do New media fans live in United Kingdom?

New media fans in United Kingdom are most concentrated in England (reach ~3M), South East (reach ~500K), and East of England (reach ~400K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do New media fans also like?

Beyond New media itself, the audience over-indexes on Superman (3.23×), YouTube Music (6.41×), Donald Trump (2.65×), and Philanthropy (3.01×) 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 New media. 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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