A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about WhatsApp in Indonesia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 14,886,692 people in Indonesia.
The average WhatsApp fan in Indonesia is 34.4 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in West Java.
The audience is concentrated in West Java, Jakarta, East Java.
Top brand affinities include Real Madrid C.F., Online shopping, Manchester United F.C., with strongest over-indexing on Real Madrid C.F. (2.12× the country average).
Demographically, the WhatsApp audience skews balanced with an average age of 34.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Individualism, Patriotism.
Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 34 regions tracked by Rascasse.
The typical WhatsApp fan in Indonesia is balanced, around 34.4 years old, with strong Individualism tendencies and a notable affinity for Real Madrid C.F..
The key figures that characterise the WhatsApp profile in Indonesia.
51.7% are female, 48.3% are male, average age 34.4.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 51.7% |
| Male | 48.3% |
| Average age | 34.4 |
| Estimated audience size | 14,886,692 |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-19 | 23% | |
| 20-29 | 33% | |
| 30-39 | 21% | |
| 40-49 | 14% | |
| 50+ | 9% |
of the worldwide WhatsApp audience comes from Indonesia.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| China | 7.5% |
| United States | 4.3% |
| Brazil | 4.1% |
Where the WhatsApp audience in Indonesia is strongest.
| # | Region | Reach | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Maluku | ~100K | 1.43× | |
| 02 | Southeast Sulawesi | ~200K | 1.37× | |
| 03 | Papua (province) | ~100K | 1.29× | |
| 04 | North Maluku | ~70K | 1.28× | |
| 05 | West Sulawesi | ~80K | 1.23× | |
| 06 | Central Sulawesi | ~200K | 1.22× | |
| 07 | South Sulawesi | ~500K | 1.21× | |
| 08 | Gorontalo (disambiguation)(2) | ~80K | 1.20× | |
| 09 | West Papua | ~60K | 1.19× | |
| 10 | North Sulawesi | ~200K | 1.17× | |
| 11 | East Nusa Tenggara | ~200K | 1.17× | |
| 12 | Jakarta | ~1.5M | 1.10× | |
| 13 | East Kalimantan | ~300K | 1.09× | |
| 14 | North Kalimantan | ~50K | 1.09× | |
| 15 | Central Kalimantan | ~100K | 1.05× | |
| 16 | Riau Islands | ~200K | 1.02× | |
| 17 | West Kalimantan | ~200K | 0.98× | |
| 18 | South Sumatra | ~300K | 0.93× | |
| 19 | South Kalimantan | ~200K | 0.93× | |
| 20 | West Nusa Tenggara | ~200K | 0.92× | |
| 21 | Banten | ~500K | 0.87× | |
| 22 | Lampung | ~300K | 0.86× | |
| 23 | Bali | ~300K | 0.86× | |
| 24 | Riau | ~300K | 0.84× | |
| 25 | Bangka-Belitung Islands | ~60K | 0.82× | |
| 26 | West Java | ~2M | 0.81× | |
| 27 | Jambi | ~100K | 0.80× | |
| 28 | North Sumatra | ~600K | 0.78× | |
| 29 | Special Region of Yogyakarta | ~200K | 0.78× | |
| 30 | East Java | ~1M | 0.77× | |
| 31 | Bengkulu | ~90K | 0.77× | |
| 32 | Aceh | ~100K | 0.72× | |
| 33 | Central Java | ~1M | 0.71× | |
| 34 | West Sumatra | ~200K | 0.71× |
The strongest cross-interests of the WhatsApp audience — brands, topics and people combined.
| # | · | Interest | Category | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | FC Barcelona | Sports | 2.14× | ||
| 02 | FIFA World Cup | Sports | 2.14× | ||
| 03 | UEFA Champions League | Sports | 2.14× | ||
| 04 | Real Madrid C.F. | Sports | 2.12× | ||
| 05 | Bali | Travel & Leisure | 2.06× | ||
| 06 | Manchester United F.C. | Sports | 2.05× | ||
| 07 | Philippines | Travel & Leisure | 2.01× | ||
| 08 | Malaysia | Travel & Leisure | 1.99× | ||
| 09 | Current events | Arts & Culture | 1.86× | ||
| 10 | Online shopping | Shopping | 1.81× | ||
| 11 | Beauty | Beauty & Wellness | 1.74× | ||
| 12 | Smartphones | Technology & Electronics | 1.74× | ||
| 13 | Asia | Travel & Leisure | 1.70× | ||
| 14 | Vehicles | Cars & Mobility | 1.68× | ||
| 15 | Southeast Asia | Travel & Leisure | 1.68× | ||
| 16 | Tokopedia | Shopping | 1.68× | ||
| 17 | Motherhood | Kids & Family | 1.68× | ||
| 18 | Cosmetics | Beauty & Wellness | 1.63× | ||
| 19 | Instant messaging | Internet & Social Media | 1.63× | ||
| 20 | TV Tokyo | Movies & TV | 1.51× |
Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individualism | JOY | 1.68× | |
| Patriotism | CONSERVATISM | 1.40× | |
| Social Media Usage | JOY | 1.02× |
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travelling | THRILL | 0.45× | |
| Need for Security | CONSERVATISM | 0.51× | |
| Indulgence | JOY | 0.56× |
WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 14,886,692 people in Indonesia, concentrated in West Java and Jakarta.
51.7% of WhatsApp fans are female, 48.3% are male, with an average age of 34.4 years.
WhatsApp fans show strongest brand affinity for Real Madrid C.F. (2.12×), Online shopping (1.81×), and Manchester United F.C. (2.05×) over the country average.
WhatsApp fans in Indonesia are most concentrated in West Java (reach ~2M), Jakarta (reach ~1.5M), and East Java (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.
Beyond WhatsApp itself, the audience over-indexes on Online shopping (1.81×), Manchester United F.C. (2.05×), FC Barcelona (2.14×), and Beauty (1.74×) compared to the Indonesia average.
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Audience size is the estimated number of people in Indonesia who actively search for WhatsApp. 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.
This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Indonesia. 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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