The Guardian Audience in United Kingdom

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The Guardian has an estimated audience of 14,719,553 people in United Kingdom. 60.9% are female, 39.1% are male, average age 42.3. Top regions: England, South East, East of England. Top brand affinities: Daily Express, Mail Online, Gmail, Google Maps, The Independent.

The average The Guardian fan in United Kingdom is 42.3 years old, more female, and lives primarily in England. The audience is concentrated in England, South East, East of England. Top brand affinities include Daily Express, Mail Online, Gmail, with strongest over-indexing on Daily Express (1.52× the country average). Demographically, the The Guardian audience skews more female with an average age of 42.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sustainability, Indulgence. Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 12 regions tracked by Rascasse.

Category: News · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Newspaper

Demographics of The Guardian fans

Demographic split for The Guardian audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female60.9%
Male39.1%
Average age42.3
Estimated audience size14,719,553

Audience persona

The typical The Guardian fan in United Kingdom is more female, around 42.3 years old, with strong Sustainability tendencies and a notable affinity for Daily Express.

Top regions in United Kingdom

Top regions ranked by reach for The Guardian in United Kingdom
RegionReachAffinity
England11,039,6652.22×
South East2,256,4821.14×
East of England1,573,3031.17×
Yorkshire and the Humber1,549,7501.31×
South West1,145,9990.95×
Scotland896,4000.68×
North West856,8130.54×
East Midlands690,0290.67×
North East672,7001.17×
West Midlands659,6871.05×
Wales446,9280.53×
Northern Ireland259,4790.57×

Top brand affinities

Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for The Guardian audience
BrandAffinityCategory
Daily Express1.52×News
Mail Online1.77×News
Gmail1.89×Internet & Social Media
Google Maps1.6×Internet & Social Media
The Independent1.73×News
Katie Price1.66×Fashion & Accessoires
The Times1.78×News
OneDrive1.66×Technology & Electronics
Sharon Osbourne1.92×Movies & TV
Channel 5 (UK)1.62×Movies & TV
Catherine Zeta-Jones2.19×Movies & TV
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge2.1×Politics & Society
Michael Jackson1.67×Music & Radio
The Observer2.15×News
OK!News
Keir Starmer1.69×Politics & Society
Michael Douglas2.21×Movies & TV
Pope Francis1.77×Politics & Society
Eva Longoria2.25×Movies & TV
The Sun News1.55×News

Psychographic profile

Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Top personality traits over-indexed by The Guardian audience
TraitClusterScore
SustainabilityBALANCE1.33
IndulgenceJOY1.17
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.04
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.03
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.02
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.01

Worldwide distribution

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for The Guardian
CountryShare
United Kingdom27.4%
United States15.8%
Australia6.0%

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Frequently asked questions

How many fans does The Guardian have in United Kingdom?

The Guardian has an estimated audience of 14,719,553 people in United Kingdom, concentrated in England and South East.

What is the gender split and age of The Guardian fans?

60.9% of The Guardian fans are female, 39.1% are male, with an average age of 42.3 years.

Which brands do The Guardian fans like most?

The Guardian fans show strongest brand affinity for Daily Express (1.52×), Mail Online (1.77×), and Gmail (1.89×) over the country average.

Where do The Guardian fans live in United Kingdom?

The Guardian fans in United Kingdom are most concentrated in England (reach 11,039,665), South East (reach 2,256,482), and East of England (reach 1,573,303). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

What other brands do The Guardian fans also like?

Beyond The Guardian itself, the audience over-indexes on Mail Online (1.77×), Gmail (1.89×), Google Maps (1.6×), and The Independent (1.73×) compared to the United Kingdom average.

How to read this data

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