Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Dogs Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Dogs in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Dogs has an estimated audience of 18,817,355 people in Italy.

The average Dogs fan in Italy is 44.8 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Pet food, Pet store, Dog walking, with strongest over-indexing on Pet food (1.67× the country average).

Demographically, the Dogs audience skews more female with an average age of 44.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Pet Ownership, Price Sensitivity.

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

The typical Dogs fan in Italy is more female, around 44.8 years old, with strong Pet Ownership tendencies and a notable affinity for Pet food.

Category: Pets & Animals · 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 Dogs profile in Italy.

Audience size
18.8M
in Italy
Gender
56.8%
43.2% male
Age
44.8
average years
Country rank
#138
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+88%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Dogs fans

56.8% are female, 43.2% are male, average age 44.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

56.8%
Female
43.2%
Male
Demographic split for Dogs audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female56.8%
Male43.2%
Average age44.8
Estimated audience size18,817,355
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.8
average years
Age distribution of the Dogs audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2914%
30-3919%
40-4924%
50+34%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.5%

of the worldwide Dogs audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Dogs
CountryShare
United States24.1%
United Kingdom5.6%
Japan4.6%
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 Dogs audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Dogs fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Veneto~2M1.45×
02Lombardy~4.5M1.31×
03Campania~3M1.31×
04Tuscany~1.5M1.23×
05Lazio~3M1.22×
06Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~400K1.19×
07Friuli-Venezia Giulia~400K1.14×
08Emilia-Romagna~1.5M1.09×
09Sicilia~2M1.08×
10Piedmont~1.5M1.01×
11Puglia~1.5M0.97×
12Sardinia~500K0.97×
13Calabria~500K0.95×
14Liguria~500K0.92×
15Aosta Valley~40K0.89×
16Marche~400K0.86×
17Basilicata~100K0.86×
18Molise~80K0.85×
19Abruzzo~300K0.84×
20Umbria~300K0.84×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Dogs audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Pomeranian (dog)Pets & Animals2.18×
02Maltese (dog)Pets & Animals2.17×
03Shih TzuPets & Animals2.10×
04Yorkshire TerrierPets & Animals2.03×
05Chihuahua (dog)Pets & Animals1.98×
06DachshundPets & Animals1.98×
07Dog harnessPets & Animals1.95×
08BulldogPets & Animals1.93×
09PugPets & Animals1.92×
10Labrador RetrieverPets & Animals1.85×
11Dog walkingPets & Animals1.83×
12Dog healthPets & Animals1.80×
13Golden RetrieverPets & Animals1.75×
14Pet foodPets & Animals1.67×
15Pet storePets & Animals1.67×
16Dog foodPets & Animals1.67×
17Dog breedPets & Animals1.66×
18Dog loversPets & Animals1.62×
19Animal welfarePolitics & Society1.59×
20Veterinary medicineBusiness & Career1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Dogs 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 Dogs audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Pet OwnershipJOY1.34×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.00×
DIY MentalityTHRILL0.97×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Dogs audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN0.72×
Career OrientationPOWER0.72×
IndividualismJOY0.75×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Dogs have in Italy?

Dogs has an estimated audience of 18,817,355 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Dogs fans?

56.8% of Dogs fans are female, 43.2% are male, with an average age of 44.8 years.

03

Which brands do Dogs fans like most?

Dogs fans show strongest brand affinity for Pet food (1.67×), Pet store (1.67×), and Dog walking (1.83×) over the country average.

04

Where do Dogs fans live in Italy?

Dogs fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~4.5M), Lazio (reach ~3M), and Campania (reach ~3M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Dogs fans also like?

Beyond Dogs itself, the audience over-indexes on Pet store (1.67×), Dog walking (1.83×), Dog breed (1.66×), and Dog health (1.8×) 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 Dogs. 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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