Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Comics Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Comics in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Comics has an estimated audience of 11,184,010 people in Italy.

The average Comics fan in Italy is 37.7 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Anime and manga fandom, Manga, Anime convention, with strongest over-indexing on Anime and manga fandom (3.2× the country average).

Demographically, the Comics audience skews balanced with an average age of 37.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Extroversion, 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 Comics fan in Italy is balanced, around 37.7 years old, with strong Extroversion tendencies and a notable affinity for Anime and manga fandom.

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 Comics profile in Italy.

Audience size
11.2M
in Italy
Gender
46.8%
53.2% male
Age
37.7
average years
Country rank
#418
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 Comics fans

46.8% are female, 53.2% are male, average age 37.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

46.8%
Female
53.2%
Male
Demographic split for Comics audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female46.8%
Male53.2%
Average age37.7
Estimated audience size11,184,010
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.7
average years
Age distribution of the Comics audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1924%
20-2920%
30-3919%
40-4918%
50+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.2%

of the worldwide Comics audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Comics
CountryShare
United States20.1%
China9.6%
Japan9.0%
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 Comics audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Comics fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Tuscany~1M1.40×
02Piedmont~1M1.38×
03Lazio~2M1.33×
04Lombardy~2.5M1.25×
05Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~200K1.14×
06Puglia~900K1.12×
07Sicilia~1M1.07×
08Veneto~900K1.06×
09Campania~1.5M1.05×
10Calabria~400K1.04×
11Emilia-Romagna~900K1.01×
12Liguria~300K1.01×
13Marche~300K1.01×
14Friuli-Venezia Giulia~200K0.95×
15Aosta Valley~30K0.93×
16Sardinia~300K0.91×
17Molise~50K0.91×
18Basilicata~90K0.88×
19Umbria~200K0.87×
20Abruzzo~200K0.84×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Comics audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Anime & CosplayFashion & Accessoires3.35×
02Anime and manga fandomLiterature3.20×
03Anime conventionLiterature3.08×
04CosplayGames2.84×
05Japanese artArts & Culture2.83×
06Japanese popular cultureTravel & Leisure2.63×
07One PieceMovies & TV2.53×
08MangaLiterature2.37×
09Comic bookLiterature2.12×
10KPop Demon HuntersMovies & TV2.06×
11PokémonGames2.03×
12Japanese languagePolitics & Society2.00×
13Stranger ThingsMovies & TV1.81×
14SupermanMovies & TV1.80×
15TwitchGames1.80×
16Animated moviesMovies & TV1.70×
17Anime moviesMovies & TV1.66×
18Mobile gameGames1.65×
19IllustrationArts & Culture1.65×
20Harry PotterMovies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Comics 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 Comics audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
ExtroversionTHRILL1.19×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.18×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.12×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Comics audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Career OrientationPOWER0.92×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.95×
DIY MentalityTHRILL0.95×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Comics have in Italy?

Comics has an estimated audience of 11,184,010 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Comics fans?

46.8% of Comics fans are female, 53.2% are male, with an average age of 37.7 years.

03

Which brands do Comics fans like most?

Comics fans show strongest brand affinity for Anime and manga fandom (3.2×), Manga (2.37×), and Anime convention (3.08×) over the country average.

04

Where do Comics fans live in Italy?

Comics fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~2.5M), Lazio (reach ~2M), and Campania (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Comics fans also like?

Beyond Comics itself, the audience over-indexes on Manga (2.37×), Anime convention (3.08×), Animated movies (1.7×), and Japanese art (2.83×) 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 Comics. 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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