Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Chinese cuisine Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Chinese cuisine in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Chinese cuisine has an estimated audience of 5,274,314 people in Italy.

The average Chinese cuisine fan in Italy is 43.0 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Cooking show, Thai cuisine, Local food, with strongest over-indexing on Cooking show (2.4× the country average).

Demographically, the Chinese cuisine audience skews more female with an average age of 43.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Quality Awareness.

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

The typical Chinese cuisine fan in Italy is more female, around 43.0 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Cooking show.

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

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 Chinese cuisine profile in Italy.

Audience size
5.3M
in Italy
Gender
58.8%
41.2% male
Age
43.0
average years
Country rank
#1250
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

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

Demographics of Chinese cuisine fans

58.8% are female, 41.2% are male, average age 43.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

58.8%
Female
41.2%
Male
Demographic split for Chinese cuisine audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female58.8%
Male41.2%
Average age43.0
Estimated audience size5,274,314
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.0
average years
Age distribution of the Chinese cuisine audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1913%
20-2916%
30-3920%
40-4922%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.0%

of the worldwide Chinese cuisine audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Chinese cuisine
CountryShare
China11.1%
United States10.9%
Japan10.4%
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 Chinese cuisine audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Chinese cuisine fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Umbria~90K1.08×
02Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~100K1.06×
03Friuli-Venezia Giulia~100K1.06×
04Tuscany~400K1.02×
05Liguria~200K1.02×
06Marche~100K1.02×
07Veneto~400K1.01×
08Molise~30K1.01×
09Lazio~600K1.00×
10Sardinia~100K1.00×
11Abruzzo~100K1.00×
12Calabria~200K0.99×
13Basilicata~50K0.99×
14Sicilia~400K0.97×
15Piedmont~400K0.97×
16Puglia~400K0.97×
17Campania~600K0.96×
18Emilia-Romagna~400K0.95×
19Lombardy~800K0.92×
20Aosta Valley0.00×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Chinese cuisine audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Thai cuisineFood & Beverages3.43×
02Korean cuisineFood & Beverages3.00×
03Vietnamese cuisineFood & Beverages3.00×
04Indian cuisineFood & Beverages2.42×
05Cooking showFood & Beverages2.40×
06Japanese cuisineFood & Beverages2.05×
07Fast food restaurantsFood & Beverages2.00×
08FoodserviceFood & Beverages1.94×
09Street foodFood & Beverages1.90×
10Summer vacationTravel & Leisure1.81×
11Gourmet FoodsFood & Beverages1.74×
12Mediterranean cuisineFood & Beverages1.73×
13LunchFood & Beverages1.72×
14DinnerFood & Beverages1.71×
15Local foodFood & Beverages1.70×
16SeafoodFood & Beverages1.70×
17BreakfastFood & Beverages1.69×
18CookbookFood & Beverages1.66×
19DinersFood & Beverages1.64×
20AirbnbTravel & Leisure1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Chinese cuisine 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 Chinese cuisine audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY1.50×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.39×
IndividualismJOY1.38×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Chinese cuisine audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.93×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.02×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.05×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Chinese cuisine have in Italy?

Chinese cuisine has an estimated audience of 5,274,314 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Chinese cuisine fans?

58.8% of Chinese cuisine fans are female, 41.2% are male, with an average age of 43.0 years.

03

Which brands do Chinese cuisine fans like most?

Chinese cuisine fans show strongest brand affinity for Cooking show (2.4×), Thai cuisine (3.43×), and Local food (1.7×) over the country average.

04

Where do Chinese cuisine fans live in Italy?

Chinese cuisine fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~800K), Lazio (reach ~600K), and Campania (reach ~600K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Chinese cuisine fans also like?

Beyond Chinese cuisine itself, the audience over-indexes on Thai cuisine (3.43×), Local food (1.7×), Foodservice (1.94×), and Airbnb (1.51×) 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 Chinese cuisine. 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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