Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Chocolate Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Chocolate in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Chocolate has an estimated audience of 14,662,009 people in Italy.

The average Chocolate fan in Italy is 43.6 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include WhatsApp, Coop, Wikipedia, with strongest over-indexing on WhatsApp (1.61× the country average).

Demographically, the Chocolate audience skews more female with an average age of 43.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Convenience Orientation, Community Orientation.

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

The typical Chocolate fan in Italy is more female, around 43.6 years old, with strong Convenience Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for WhatsApp.

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

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 Chocolate profile in Italy.

Audience size
14.7M
in Italy
Gender
64.2%
35.8% male
Age
43.6
average years
Country rank
#257
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-1%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Chocolate fans

64.2% are female, 35.8% are male, average age 43.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

64.2%
Female
35.8%
Male
Demographic split for Chocolate audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female64.2%
Male35.8%
Average age43.6
Estimated audience size14,662,009
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.6
average years
Age distribution of the Chocolate audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1911%
20-2915%
30-3921%
40-4924%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.8%

of the worldwide Chocolate audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Chocolate
CountryShare
United States17.2%
Brazil5.7%
Italy4.8%
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 Chocolate audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Chocolate fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Sicilia~1.5M1.37×
02Lombardy~3.5M1.33×
03Campania~2M1.30×
04Friuli-Venezia Giulia~300K1.26×
05Lazio~2M1.24×
06Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~300K1.20×
07Tuscany~1M1.16×
08Veneto~1.5M1.11×
09Emilia-Romagna~1.5M1.09×
10Piedmont~1M1.03×
11Puglia~1M1.00×
12Calabria~400K0.93×
13Liguria~400K0.92×
14Umbria~200K0.86×
15Aosta Valley~30K0.84×
16Basilicata~100K0.82×
17Marche~300K0.81×
18Abruzzo~300K0.80×
19Molise~50K0.75×
20Sardinia~300K0.73×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Chocolate audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01RiceFood & Beverages2.23×
02WikipediaInternet & Social Media2.02×
03ChampagneFood & Beverages1.96×
04MediasetTechnology & Electronics1.83×
05SatireLiterature1.79×
06CoopFood & Beverages1.76×
07Carrefour MarketShopping1.74×
08Natural skin careBeauty & Wellness1.68×
09Red wineFood & Beverages1.68×
10ConfectioneryFood & Beverages1.66×
11Fast casual restaurantsFood & Beverages1.65×
12White wineFood & Beverages1.62×
13WhatsAppInternet & Social Media1.61×
14VolunteeringPolitics & Society1.57×
15Wine tastingFood & Beverages1.55×
16SloveniaTravel & Leisure1.51×
17CandyFood & Beverages1.51×
18HVACHome & Garden1.51×
19MilkFood & Beverages1.50×
20Wedding dressFashion & Accessoires1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Chocolate 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 Chocolate audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.33×
Community OrientationOPEN1.19×
IndulgenceJOY1.15×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Chocolate audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.82×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.93×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.94×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Chocolate have in Italy?

Chocolate has an estimated audience of 14,662,009 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Chocolate fans?

64.2% of Chocolate fans are female, 35.8% are male, with an average age of 43.6 years.

03

Which brands do Chocolate fans like most?

Chocolate fans show strongest brand affinity for WhatsApp (1.61×), Coop (1.76×), and Wikipedia (2.02×) over the country average.

04

Where do Chocolate fans live in Italy?

Chocolate fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~3.5M), Lazio (reach ~2M), and Campania (reach ~2M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Chocolate fans also like?

Beyond Chocolate itself, the audience over-indexes on Coop (1.76×), Wikipedia (2.02×), Confectionery (1.66×), and Volunteering (1.57×) 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 Chocolate. 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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