Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Cycling Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Cycling in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Cycling has an estimated audience of 7,493,811 people in Italy.

The average Cycling fan in Italy is 41.6 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Veneto.

Top brand affinities include Carlos Alcaraz, MotoGP, Bicycle touring, with strongest over-indexing on Carlos Alcaraz (1.52× the country average).

Demographically, the Cycling audience skews more male with an average age of 41.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sports Activity, Luxury Orientation.

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

The typical Cycling fan in Italy is more male, around 41.6 years old, with strong Sports Activity tendencies and a notable affinity for Carlos Alcaraz.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sport

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 Cycling profile in Italy.

Audience size
7.5M
in Italy
Gender
38.8%
61.2% male
Age
41.6
average years
Country rank
#774
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+14%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Cycling fans

38.8% are female, 61.2% are male, average age 41.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

38.8%
Female
61.2%
Male
Demographic split for Cycling audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female38.8%
Male61.2%
Average age41.6
Estimated audience size7,493,811
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.6
average years
Age distribution of the Cycling audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1915%
20-2917%
30-3920%
40-4922%
50+25%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

5.7%

of the worldwide Cycling audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Cycling
CountryShare
United States19.0%
Japan5.8%
Italy5.7%
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 Cycling audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Cycling fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Lazio~1.5M1.57×
02Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~200K1.46×
03Veneto~800K1.32×
04Lombardy~1.5M1.28×
05Tuscany~600K1.21×
06Aosta Valley~20K1.03×
07Friuli-Venezia Giulia~100K1.02×
08Emilia-Romagna~600K1.01×
09Liguria~200K1.01×
10Piedmont~600K1.00×
11Molise~30K0.98×
12Basilicata~60K0.95×
13Sardinia~200K0.93×
14Abruzzo~200K0.92×
15Umbria~100K0.92×
16Sicilia~600K0.91×
17Marche~200K0.91×
18Calabria~200K0.90×
19Puglia~400K0.83×
20Campania~600K0.77×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Cycling audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Vuelta a EspañaSports3.70×
02Racing bicycleSports2.62×
03Bicycle touringSports2.44×
04Mountain bikeSports2.31×
05Tour de FranceSports2.28×
06Cycle sportSports1.98×
07Motorcycle helmetCars & Mobility1.94×
08Mountain bikingSports1.89×
09Sustainable transportCars & Mobility1.86×
10Motorcycle accessoriesCars & Mobility1.85×
11Novak DjokovicSports1.82×
12Ligue 1Sports1.76×
13Sport bikeCars & Mobility1.73×
14MotoGPSports1.62×
15Motorcycle racingCars & Mobility1.61×
16Motorcycle sportSports1.60×
17BicycleCars & Mobility1.59×
18Motorcycle clubCars & Mobility1.53×
19Carlos AlcarazSports1.52×
20MotorcyclingCars & Mobility1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Cycling 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 Cycling audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Sports ActivityPOWER1.09×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM1.08×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL1.06×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Cycling audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE0.67×
Community OrientationOPEN0.68×
IndividualismJOY0.69×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Cycling have in Italy?

Cycling has an estimated audience of 7,493,811 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Cycling fans?

38.8% of Cycling fans are female, 61.2% are male, with an average age of 41.6 years.

03

Which brands do Cycling fans like most?

Cycling fans show strongest brand affinity for Carlos Alcaraz (1.52×), MotoGP (1.62×), and Bicycle touring (2.44×) over the country average.

04

Where do Cycling fans live in Italy?

Cycling fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~1.5M), Lazio (reach ~1.5M), and Veneto (reach ~800K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Cycling fans also like?

Beyond Cycling itself, the audience over-indexes on MotoGP (1.62×), Bicycle touring (2.44×), Mountain bike (2.31×), and Racing bicycle (2.62×) 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 Cycling. 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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