Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Food Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Food in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Food has an estimated audience of 39,361,997 people in Italy.

The average Food fan in Italy is 42.5 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Eyelid, Narciso Rodriguez, Contemporary Ceramics, with strongest over-indexing on Eyelid (2.96× the country average).

Demographically, the Food audience skews balanced with an average age of 42.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Price Sensitivity, Quality Awareness.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 6 brand affinities and 20 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Food fan in Italy is balanced, around 42.5 years old, with strong Price Sensitivity tendencies and a notable affinity for Eyelid.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Topic · Subtype: Lifestyle cluster

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 Food profile in Italy.

Audience size
39.4M
in Italy
Gender
54.7%
45.3% male
Age
42.5
average years
Country rank
#12
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-43%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Food fans

54.7% are female, 45.3% are male, average age 42.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.7%
Female
45.3%
Male
Demographic split for Food audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female54.7%
Male45.3%
Average age42.5
Estimated audience size39,361,997
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.5
average years
Age distribution of the Food audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1914%
20-2915%
30-3920%
40-4922%
50+28%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.8%

of the worldwide Food audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Food
CountryShare
United States20.2%
Japan7.5%
India4.9%
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 Food audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Food fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Lazio~5.5M1.78×
02Tuscany~3M1.63×
03Veneto~3.5M1.58×
04Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~800K1.43×
05Sicilia~4M1.20×
06Lombardy~8M1.18×
07Liguria~1M1.08×
08Friuli-Venezia Giulia~800K1.05×
09Campania~4.5M1.02×
10Aosta Valley~100K1.00×
11Emilia-Romagna~3M0.94×
12Marche~900K0.89×
13Piedmont~2.5M0.86×
14Sardinia~900K0.83×
15Puglia~2M0.80×
16Umbria~500K0.78×
17Basilicata~300K0.75×
18Molise~100K0.72×
19Calabria~700K0.58×
20Abruzzo~500K0.56×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Food audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01EyelidBeauty & Wellness2.96×
02CorePower YogaSports1.81×
03Narciso RodriguezFashion & Accessoires1.60×
04Ritz-Carlton Hotel CompanyTravel & Leisure1.57×
05Contemporary CeramicsArts & Culture1.53×
06BudweiserFood & Beverages1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Food 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 Food audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.07×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.06×
DIY MentalityTHRILL0.99×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Food audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndividualismJOY0.59×
Community OrientationOPEN0.60×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.68×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Food have in Italy?

Food has an estimated audience of 39,361,997 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Food fans?

54.7% of Food fans are female, 45.3% are male, with an average age of 42.5 years.

03

Which brands do Food fans like most?

Food fans show strongest brand affinity for Eyelid (2.96×), Narciso Rodriguez (1.6×), and Contemporary Ceramics (1.53×) over the country average.

04

Where do Food fans live in Italy?

Food fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~8M), Lazio (reach ~5.5M), and Campania (reach ~4.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Food fans also like?

Beyond Food itself, the audience over-indexes on Narciso Rodriguez (1.6×), Contemporary Ceramics (1.53×), Budweiser (1.52×), and Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company (1.57×) 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 Food. 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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