Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Freeware Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Freeware in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Freeware has an estimated audience of 5,381,654 people in Italy.

The average Freeware 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 Erlang (programming language), Voice over IP, Italy, with strongest over-indexing on Erlang (programming language) (8.15× the country average).

Demographically, the Freeware audience skews balanced with an average age of 37.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Need for Security, Social Media Usage.

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

The typical Freeware fan in Italy is balanced, around 37.8 years old, with strong Need for Security tendencies and a notable affinity for Erlang (programming language).

Category: Technology & Electronics · 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 Freeware profile in Italy.

Audience size
5.4M
in Italy
Gender
51.6%
48.4% male
Age
37.8
average years
Country rank
#1218
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-59%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Freeware fans

51.6% are female, 48.4% are male, average age 37.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.6%
Female
48.4%
Male
Demographic split for Freeware audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female51.6%
Male48.4%
Average age37.8
Estimated audience size5,381,654
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.8
average years
Age distribution of the Freeware audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1924%
20-2919%
30-3920%
40-4919%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.8%

of the worldwide Freeware audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Freeware
CountryShare
United States18.3%
Germany8.5%
Brazil6.5%
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 Freeware audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Freeware fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Puglia~500K1.27×
02Sicilia~600K1.20×
03Calabria~200K1.15×
04Campania~700K1.14×
05Abruzzo~100K1.13×
06Aosta Valley~10K1.08×
07Basilicata~50K1.05×
08Lazio~700K1.04×
09Molise~30K1.02×
10Umbria~90K0.99×
11Sardinia~100K0.94×
12Marche~100K0.94×
13Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~90K0.93×
14Friuli-Venezia Giulia~90K0.91×
15Liguria~100K0.90×
16Tuscany~300K0.89×
17Piedmont~300K0.88×
18Veneto~400K0.84×
19Emilia-Romagna~400K0.83×
20Lombardy~700K0.78×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Freeware audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Erlang (programming language)Technology & Electronics8.15×
02SudokuGames5.87×
03FlickrInternet & Social Media5.54×
04Voice over IPTechnology & Electronics5.35×
05AzarInternet & Social Media3.95×
06BildNews3.81×
07VideotelephonyTechnology & Electronics3.46×
08Instant messagingInternet & Social Media2.04×
09Mobile appTechnology & Electronics2.01×
10GmailInternet & Social Media1.90×
11Mobile gameGames1.83×
12Message in a Bottle (film)Movies & TV1.82×
13Mobile deviceTechnology & Electronics1.73×
14Digital televisionMovies & TV1.73×
15SuperEnalottoGames1.63×
16Poste italianeBusiness & Career1.59×
17Q8Cars & Mobility1.55×
18ItalyTravel & Leisure1.54×
193BMeteoNews1.52×
20AutoScout24Cars & Mobility1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Freeware 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 Freeware audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.48×
Social Media UsageJOY1.35×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.35×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Freeware audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE0.74×
IndividualismJOY0.77×
Community OrientationOPEN0.78×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Freeware have in Italy?

Freeware has an estimated audience of 5,381,654 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Freeware fans?

51.6% of Freeware fans are female, 48.4% are male, with an average age of 37.8 years.

03

Which brands do Freeware fans like most?

Freeware fans show strongest brand affinity for Erlang (programming language) (8.15×), Voice over IP (5.35×), and Italy (1.54×) over the country average.

04

Where do Freeware fans live in Italy?

Freeware fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~700K), Lazio (reach ~700K), and Campania (reach ~700K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Freeware fans also like?

Beyond Freeware itself, the audience over-indexes on Voice over IP (5.35×), Italy (1.54×), Message in a Bottle (film) (1.82×), and Flickr (5.54×) 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 Freeware. 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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