Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Eating Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Eating in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Eating has an estimated audience of 18,775,603 people in Italy.

Eating has an estimated audience of 18,775,603 people in Italy. 61.1% are female, 38.9% are male, average age 44.7. Top brand affinities: Confectionery, Genetics, Gourmet Foods, Wine tasting, Fast food restaurants.

Top brand affinities include Confectionery, Genetics, Gourmet Foods, with strongest over-indexing on Confectionery (1.6× the country average).

Demographically, the Eating audience skews more female with an average age of 44.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Convenience Orientation, Community Orientation.

The typical Eating fan in Italy is more female, around 44.7 years old, with strong Convenience Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Confectionery.

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 Eating profile in Italy.

Audience size
18.8M
in Italy
Gender
61.1%
38.9% male
Age
44.7
average years
Country rank
#140
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+17%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Eating fans

61.1% are female, 38.9% are male, average age 44.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

61.1%
Female
38.9%
Male
Demographic split for Eating audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female61.1%
Male38.9%
Average age44.7
Estimated audience size18,775,603
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.7
average years
Age distribution of the Eating audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-199%
20-2914%
30-3920%
40-4924%
50+33%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.9%

of the worldwide Eating audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Eating
CountryShare
United States20.8%
Italy4.9%
Japan4.8%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Eating audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Diabetes mellitus awarenessHealth2.77×
02BiochemistryBusiness & Career2.08×
03RiceFood & Beverages2.01×
04NutritionistFood & Beverages1.86×
05Carrefour MarketShopping1.84×
06Gourmet FoodsFood & Beverages1.82×
07Red wineFood & Beverages1.76×
08Korean cuisineFood & Beverages1.74×
09GeneticsKids & Family1.73×
10Doctor of MedicineBusiness & Career1.72×
11General practitionerHealth1.69×
12White wineFood & Beverages1.69×
13Fast food restaurantsFood & Beverages1.67×
14ConfectioneryFood & Beverages1.60×
15Wine tastingFood & Beverages1.59×
16HVACHome & Garden1.56×
17TablewareFood & Beverages1.56×
18Adriatic SeaTravel & Leisure1.54×
19Fast casual restaurantsFood & Beverages1.52×
20Slow FoodFood & Beverages1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Eating 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 Eating audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.31×
Community OrientationOPEN1.26×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.20×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Eating audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.89×
Social Media UsageJOY0.91×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.93×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Italy who actively search for Eating. 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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