Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Gastronomy Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Gastronomy in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Gastronomy has an estimated audience of 13,860,788 people in Italy.

Gastronomy has an estimated audience of 13,860,788 people in Italy. 57.7% are female, 42.3% are male, average age 43.3. Top brand affinities: Wikipedia, Wine tasting, Singer-songwriter, Robert Redford, Champagne.

Top brand affinities include Wikipedia, Wine tasting, Singer-songwriter, with strongest over-indexing on Wikipedia (2.16× the country average).

Demographically, the Gastronomy audience skews more female with an average age of 43.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Convenience Orientation.

The typical Gastronomy fan in Italy is more female, around 43.3 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Wikipedia.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Touchpoint

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 Gastronomy profile in Italy.

Audience size
13.9M
in Italy
Gender
57.7%
42.3% male
Age
43.3
average years
Country rank
#287
Touchpoint in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-7%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Gastronomy fans

57.7% are female, 42.3% are male, average age 43.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.7%
Female
42.3%
Male
Demographic split for Gastronomy audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female57.7%
Male42.3%
Average age43.3
Estimated audience size13,860,788
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.3
average years
Age distribution of the Gastronomy audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1913%
20-2915%
30-3920%
40-4922%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

5.6%

of the worldwide Gastronomy audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Gastronomy
CountryShare
United States12.0%
Japan8.5%
Brazil8.2%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Gastronomy audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Robert RedfordMovies & TV2.61×
02WikipediaInternet & Social Media2.16×
03Red wineFood & Beverages2.16×
04White wineFood & Beverages2.11×
05ChampagneFood & Beverages2.08×
06Wine tastingFood & Beverages2.02×
07General practitionerHealth1.96×
08Adriatic SeaTravel & Leisure1.89×
09Gourmet FoodsFood & Beverages1.82×
10Wine cellarFood & Beverages1.81×
11KitchenwareHome & Garden1.77×
12Fast casual restaurantsFood & Beverages1.72×
13Travel websiteTravel & Leisure1.63×
14Singer-songwriterMusic & Radio1.60×
15MilkFood & Beverages1.57×
16VolunteeringPolitics & Society1.56×
17Street foodFood & Beverages1.56×
18MediasetTechnology & Electronics1.55×
19Deal of the dayShopping1.54×
20GeneticsKids & Family1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Gastronomy 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 Gastronomy audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY1.66×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.25×
Career OrientationPOWER1.24×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Gastronomy audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE0.86×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.87×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.88×
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 Gastronomy. 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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