Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Books Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Books in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Books has an estimated audience of 18,382,597 people in Italy.

Books has an estimated audience of 18,382,597 people in Italy. 58.6% are female, 41.4% are male, average age 42.4. Top brand affinities: Innovation, Wikipedia, Batman, Superman, Uniqlo.

Top brand affinities include Innovation, Wikipedia, Batman, with strongest over-indexing on Innovation (1.62× the country average).

Demographically, the Books audience skews more female with an average age of 42.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sustainability, Individualism.

The typical Books fan in Italy is more female, around 42.4 years old, with strong Sustainability tendencies and a notable affinity for Innovation.

Category: Literature · 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 Books profile in Italy.

Audience size
18.4M
in Italy
Gender
58.6%
41.4% male
Age
42.4
average years
Country rank
#155
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+6%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Books fans

58.6% are female, 41.4% are male, average age 42.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

58.6%
Female
41.4%
Male
Demographic split for Books audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female58.6%
Male41.4%
Average age42.4
Estimated audience size18,382,597
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.4
average years
Age distribution of the Books audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1915%
20-2915%
30-3920%
40-4922%
50+28%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.3%

of the worldwide Books audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Books
CountryShare
United States21.2%
United Kingdom5.1%
India4.5%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Books audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01UniqloShopping2.01×
02Crime fictionLiterature2.01×
03Detective fictionLiterature2.01×
04Boutique hotelTravel & Leisure1.98×
05Non-fiction booksLiterature1.85×
06Board gamesGames1.78×
07Diane KeatonMovies & TV1.77×
08WhiskyFood & Beverages1.68×
09LibraryLiterature1.67×
10InnovationBusiness & Career1.62×
11TV talkshowsMovies & TV1.62×
12E-book readersTechnology & Electronics1.58×
13RiceFood & Beverages1.58×
14Fast casual restaurantsFood & Beverages1.57×
15LegoKids & Family1.57×
16WikipediaInternet & Social Media1.55×
17BatmanMovies & TV1.54×
18SupermanMovies & TV1.54×
19DisneylandTravel & Leisure1.54×
20TV comediesMovies & TV1.54×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Books 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 Books audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SustainabilityBALANCE1.35×
IndividualismJOY1.25×
Community OrientationOPEN1.24×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Books audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.82×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.83×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.91×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Italy who actively search for Books. 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 Italy. 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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