Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Comic book Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Comic book in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Comic book has an estimated audience of 5,061,775 people in Italy.

The average Comic book fan in Italy is 33.1 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Tuscany.

Top brand affinities include Twitch, Anime and manga fandom, Superhero film, with strongest over-indexing on Twitch (4.02× the country average).

Demographically, the Comic book audience skews more male with an average age of 33.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Urban Lifestyle, Early Adopter Mentality.

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

The typical Comic book fan in Italy is more male, around 33.1 years old, with strong Urban Lifestyle tendencies and a notable affinity for Twitch.

Category: Literature · Type: Topic · Subtype: Literary genre

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 Comic book profile in Italy.

Audience size
5.1M
in Italy
Gender
43.8%
56.2% male
Age
33.1
average years
Country rank
#1313
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-8%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Comic book fans

43.8% are female, 56.2% are male, average age 33.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

43.8%
Female
56.2%
Male
Demographic split for Comic book audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female43.8%
Male56.2%
Average age33.1
Estimated audience size5,061,775
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 33.1
average years
Age distribution of the Comic book audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1934%
20-2924%
30-3917%
40-4914%
50+10%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.0%

of the worldwide Comic book audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Comic book
CountryShare
United States23.4%
China17.5%
Japan13.6%
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 Comic book audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Comic book fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Tuscany~500K1.62×
02Lombardy~1M1.28×
03Emilia-Romagna~500K1.23×
04Lazio~700K1.16×
05Piedmont~400K1.08×
06Aosta Valley~10K1.04×
07Liguria~100K1.03×
08Umbria~80K1.03×
09Marche~100K1.01×
10Molise~20K1.00×
11Veneto~400K0.97×
12Friuli-Venezia Giulia~90K0.96×
13Basilicata~40K0.96×
14Campania~500K0.93×
15Puglia~300K0.93×
16Calabria~100K0.92×
17Abruzzo~100K0.92×
18Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~90K0.91×
19Sicilia~400K0.88×
20Sardinia~100K0.88×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Comic book audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01CrunchyrollGames5.68×
02Miniature wargamingGames4.89×
03Superhero filmMovies & TV4.74×
04Graphic novelLiterature4.73×
05TwitchGames4.02×
06Anime and manga fandomLiterature3.93×
07One PieceMovies & TV3.32×
08PokémonGames3.26×
09Strategy video gameGames3.25×
10DC ComicsLiterature3.16×
11Millie Bobby BrownMovies & TV2.69×
12Digital artArts & Culture2.50×
13DAZNMovies & TV2.47×
14SupermanMovies & TV2.33×
15BatmanMovies & TV2.22×
16MangaLiterature2.17×
17ComicsLiterature2.12×
18Harry PotterMovies & TV1.89×
19Mobile gameGames1.83×
20Video gamesGames1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Comic book 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 Comic book audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.31×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.24×
IndividualismJOY1.22×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Comic book audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.65×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.75×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.76×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Comic book have in Italy?

Comic book has an estimated audience of 5,061,775 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Comic book fans?

43.8% of Comic book fans are female, 56.2% are male, with an average age of 33.1 years.

03

Which brands do Comic book fans like most?

Comic book fans show strongest brand affinity for Twitch (4.02×), Anime and manga fandom (3.93×), and Superhero film (4.74×) over the country average.

04

Where do Comic book fans live in Italy?

Comic book fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~1M), Lazio (reach ~700K), and Tuscany (reach ~500K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Comic book fans also like?

Beyond Comic book itself, the audience over-indexes on Anime and manga fandom (3.93×), Superhero film (4.74×), Harry Potter (1.89×), and Video games (1.5×) 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 Comic book. 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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