Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Cheese Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Cheese in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Cheese has an estimated audience of 11,710,909 people in Italy.

The average Cheese fan in Italy is 42.4 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Piedmont, Lazio.

Top brand affinities include Sustainable energy, Plug-in hybrid, Mobile payment, with strongest over-indexing on Sustainable energy (1.64× the country average).

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

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

The typical Cheese fan in Italy is more female, around 42.4 years old, with strong Early Adopter Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for Sustainable energy.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Topic · Subtype: Cheese

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 Cheese profile in Italy.

Audience size
11.7M
in Italy
Gender
57.3%
42.7% male
Age
42.4
average years
Country rank
#395
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+5%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Cheese fans

57.3% are female, 42.7% are male, average age 42.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.3%
Female
42.7%
Male
Demographic split for Cheese audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female57.3%
Male42.7%
Average age42.4
Estimated audience size11,710,909
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.4
average years
Age distribution of the Cheese audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1914%
20-2916%
30-3920%
40-4922%
50+28%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

6.1%

of the worldwide Cheese audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Cheese
CountryShare
United States22.8%
Italy6.1%
Japan4.5%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Italy average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Cheese audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Cheese fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Piedmont~1.5M1.75×
02Tuscany~1M1.33×
03Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~300K1.13×
04Lombardy~2M1.08×
05Sicilia~1M1.06×
06Puglia~900K1.06×
07Aosta Valley~30K1.06×
08Lazio~1.5M1.05×
09Emilia-Romagna~1M1.04×
10Veneto~1M1.03×
11Sardinia~300K1.01×
12Campania~1.5M0.99×
13Liguria~300K0.96×
14Friuli-Venezia Giulia~200K0.93×
15Basilicata~100K0.90×
16Molise~50K0.90×
17Marche~200K0.85×
18Umbria~200K0.85×
19Calabria~300K0.84×
20Abruzzo~200K0.81×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Cheese audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Ovo-lacto vegetarianismFood & Beverages3.02×
02Ovo vegetarianismFood & Beverages2.82×
03Lacto vegetarianismFood & Beverages2.59×
04CastelloFood & Beverages2.53×
05RimowaFashion & Accessoires2.13×
06Alternative fuel vehicleCars & Mobility1.90×
07Battery electric vehicleCars & Mobility1.89×
08TrendsettersPolitics & Society1.81×
09Grana PadanoFood & Beverages1.68×
10Sustainable energyHome & Garden1.64×
11Plug-in hybridCars & Mobility1.63×
12Wearable technologyTechnology & Electronics1.62×
13Alexander McQueen (brand)Fashion & Accessoires1.60×
14Sustainable Development GoalsPolitics & Society1.60×
15DigitizingTechnology & Electronics1.58×
16Mobile paymentBusiness & Career1.54×
17Personal stylistFashion & Accessoires1.52×
185GTechnology & Electronics1.52×
19Maison MargielaFashion & Accessoires1.51×
20Peugeot 308Cars & Mobility1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Cheese 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 Cheese audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.05×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.97×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.96×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Cheese audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndividualismJOY0.70×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.70×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.73×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Cheese have in Italy?

Cheese has an estimated audience of 11,710,909 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Piedmont.

02

What is the gender split and age of Cheese fans?

57.3% of Cheese fans are female, 42.7% are male, with an average age of 42.4 years.

03

Which brands do Cheese fans like most?

Cheese fans show strongest brand affinity for Sustainable energy (1.64×), Plug-in hybrid (1.63×), and Mobile payment (1.54×) over the country average.

04

Where do Cheese fans live in Italy?

Cheese fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~2M), Piedmont (reach ~1.5M), and Lazio (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Cheese fans also like?

Beyond Cheese itself, the audience over-indexes on Plug-in hybrid (1.63×), Mobile payment (1.54×), Castello (2.53×), and Battery electric vehicle (1.89×) compared to the Italy average.

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How to read this data

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