Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Gourmet Foods Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Gourmet Foods in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Gourmet Foods has an estimated audience of 7,903,595 people in Italy.

The average Gourmet Foods fan in Italy is 41.6 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Cooking show, Carrefour Market, Local food, with strongest over-indexing on Cooking show (4.69× the country average).

Demographically, the Gourmet Foods audience skews more female with an average age of 41.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Convenience Orientation.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 17 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Gourmet Foods fan in Italy is more female, around 41.6 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Cooking show.

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 Gourmet Foods profile in Italy.

Audience size
7.9M
in Italy
Gender
57.5%
42.5% male
Age
41.6
average years
Country rank
#723
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-25%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Gourmet Foods fans

57.5% are female, 42.5% are male, average age 41.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.5%
Female
42.5%
Male
Demographic split for Gourmet Foods audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female57.5%
Male42.5%
Average age41.6
Estimated audience size7,903,595
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.6
average years
Age distribution of the Gourmet Foods audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1915%
20-2918%
30-3920%
40-4921%
50+26%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

9.1%

of the worldwide Gourmet Foods audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Gourmet Foods
CountryShare
United States10.8%
Japan9.9%
Italy9.1%
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 Gourmet Foods audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Gourmet Foods fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Umbria~100K1.13×
02Friuli-Venezia Giulia~200K1.07×
03Abruzzo~200K1.06×
04Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~200K1.06×
05Calabria~300K1.04×
06Sardinia~200K1.02×
07Liguria~200K1.02×
08Marche~200K1.02×
09Campania~900K0.98×
10Puglia~500K0.96×
11Sicilia~700K0.95×
12Tuscany~500K0.95×
13Piedmont~600K0.94×
14Emilia-Romagna~600K0.93×
15Veneto~600K0.93×
16Lazio~900K0.90×
17Lombardy~1M0.83×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Gourmet Foods audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Barbecue grillHome & Garden6.03×
02Draught beerFood & Beverages5.15×
03Carrefour MarketShopping5.13×
04Food processingFood & Beverages5.13×
05Cooking showFood & Beverages4.69×
06EatalyFood & Beverages4.53×
07Beer festivalFood & Beverages4.46×
08Wine & SpiritsFood & Beverages4.06×
09Red wineFood & Beverages3.85×
10White wineFood & Beverages3.64×
11Culinary artArts & Culture3.49×
12DinnerFood & Beverages3.21×
13Burger KingFood & Beverages3.19×
14LunchFood & Beverages3.16×
15Wine tastingFood & Beverages3.09×
16CookbookFood & Beverages3.05×
17Local foodFood & Beverages3.04×
18Take-outFood & Beverages2.62×
19MeatFood & Beverages2.30×
20Tgcom24Movies & TV1.65×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Gourmet Foods 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 Gourmet Foods audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY2.10×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM2.05×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.59×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Gourmet Foods audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.87×
Social Media UsageJOY0.95×
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.99×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Gourmet Foods have in Italy?

Gourmet Foods has an estimated audience of 7,903,595 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Gourmet Foods fans?

57.5% of Gourmet Foods fans are female, 42.5% are male, with an average age of 41.6 years.

03

Which brands do Gourmet Foods fans like most?

Gourmet Foods fans show strongest brand affinity for Cooking show (4.69×), Carrefour Market (5.13×), and Local food (3.04×) over the country average.

04

Where do Gourmet Foods fans live in Italy?

Gourmet Foods fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~1M), Lazio (reach ~900K), and Campania (reach ~900K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Gourmet Foods fans also like?

Beyond Gourmet Foods itself, the audience over-indexes on Carrefour Market (5.13×), Local food (3.04×), Culinary art (3.49×), and Dinner (3.21×) 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 Gourmet Foods. 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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