Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Drinking Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Drinking in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Drinking has an estimated audience of 7,244,478 people in Italy.

The average Drinking fan in Italy is 37.8 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Whisky, Draught beer, Beer festival, with strongest over-indexing on Whisky (5.65× the country average).

Demographically, the Drinking audience skews balanced with an average age of 37.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Risk Appetite.

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

The typical Drinking fan in Italy is balanced, around 37.8 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Whisky.

Category: Food & Beverages · 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 Drinking profile in Italy.

Audience size
7.2M
in Italy
Gender
51.4%
48.6% male
Age
37.8
average years
Country rank
#817
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+9%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Drinking fans

51.4% are female, 48.6% are male, average age 37.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.4%
Female
48.6%
Male
Demographic split for Drinking audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female51.4%
Male48.6%
Average age37.8
Estimated audience size7,244,478
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.8
average years
Age distribution of the Drinking audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1922%
20-2921%
30-3920%
40-4919%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

6.0%

of the worldwide Drinking audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Drinking
CountryShare
United States21.1%
Japan12.2%
Italy6.0%
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 Drinking audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Drinking fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Lombardy~2.5M1.88×
02Lazio~1.5M1.85×
03Tuscany~700K1.41×
04Campania~1M1.39×
05Emilia-Romagna~800K1.37×
06Puglia~600K1.14×
07Piedmont~600K1.11×
08Sicilia~700K1.06×
09Veneto~600K1.06×
10Sardinia~200K0.95×
11Liguria~200K0.94×
12Aosta Valley~20K0.88×
13Umbria~100K0.86×
14Molise~30K0.85×
15Marche~200K0.84×
16Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~100K0.83×
17Basilicata~50K0.82×
18Abruzzo~100K0.77×
19Calabria~200K0.76×
20Friuli-Venezia Giulia~100K0.76×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Drinking audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01WhiskyFood & Beverages5.65×
02BodrumTravel & Leisure5.03×
03Belvedere (vodka)Food & Beverages4.54×
04Draught beerFood & Beverages3.97×
05Beer festivalFood & Beverages3.76×
06MadridTravel & Leisure3.56×
07Michelin GuideFood & Beverages3.10×
08Watercolor paintingArts & Culture2.81×
09White wineFood & Beverages2.56×
10Abstract artArts & Culture2.55×
11Red wineFood & Beverages2.50×
12Robert RedfordMovies & TV2.39×
13BreweryFood & Beverages2.28×
14Fast casual restaurantsFood & Beverages2.15×
15Gourmet FoodsFood & Beverages2.02×
16CocktailFood & Beverages2.00×
17Modern artArts & Culture1.94×
18Wine tastingFood & Beverages1.80×
19Local foodFood & Beverages1.66×
20TicketOneTravel & Leisure1.56×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Drinking 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 Drinking audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY1.53×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL1.47×
Career OrientationPOWER1.45×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Drinking audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.53×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.73×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.76×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Drinking have in Italy?

Drinking has an estimated audience of 7,244,478 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Drinking fans?

51.4% of Drinking fans are female, 48.6% are male, with an average age of 37.8 years.

03

Which brands do Drinking fans like most?

Drinking fans show strongest brand affinity for Whisky (5.65×), Draught beer (3.97×), and Beer festival (3.76×) over the country average.

04

Where do Drinking fans live in Italy?

Drinking fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~2.5M), Lazio (reach ~1.5M), and Campania (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Drinking fans also like?

Beyond Drinking itself, the audience over-indexes on Draught beer (3.97×), Beer festival (3.76×), Cocktail (2×), and Bodrum (5.03×) 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 Drinking. 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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