Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Higher education Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Higher education in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Higher education has an estimated audience of 15,791,653 people in Italy.

The average Higher education fan in Italy is 40.8 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include University, College, Scooby-Doo, with strongest over-indexing on University (1.53× the country average).

Demographically, the Higher education audience skews balanced with an average age of 40.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Pet Ownership, Career Orientation.

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

The typical Higher education fan in Italy is balanced, around 40.8 years old, with strong Pet Ownership tendencies and a notable affinity for University.

Category: Business & Career · 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 Higher education profile in Italy.

Audience size
15.8M
in Italy
Gender
54.9%
45.1% male
Age
40.8
average years
Country rank
#220
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+1%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Higher education fans

54.9% are female, 45.1% are male, average age 40.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.9%
Female
45.1%
Male
Demographic split for Higher education audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female54.9%
Male45.1%
Average age40.8
Estimated audience size15,791,653
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.8
average years
Age distribution of the Higher education audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1918%
20-2917%
30-3918%
40-4921%
50+26%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.7%

of the worldwide Higher education audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Higher education
CountryShare
United States19.1%
Brazil5.3%
India4.3%
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 Higher education audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Higher education fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Marche~500K1.35×
02Umbria~300K1.19×
03Aosta Valley~40K1.06×
04Basilicata~100K1.04×
05Molise~80K1.04×
06Veneto~1.5M1.01×
07Friuli-Venezia Giulia~300K1.01×
08Lazio~2M0.98×
09Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~300K0.97×
10Lombardy~2.5M0.96×
11Tuscany~1M0.96×
12Calabria~500K0.96×
13Abruzzo~300K0.96×
14Sardinia~400K0.95×
15Liguria~400K0.94×
16Piedmont~1M0.92×
17Emilia-Romagna~1M0.91×
18Puglia~1M0.91×
19Sicilia~1M0.90×
20Campania~1.5M0.86×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Higher education audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Fridays (TV series)Movies & TV1.98×
02Davao CityTravel & Leisure1.79×
03DomestikaArts & Culture1.74×
04Wall Street EnglishBusiness & Career1.73×
05Arya (actor)Movies & TV1.72×
06ePRICEShopping1.67×
07Scooby-DooMovies & TV1.64×
08English TutorBusiness & Career1.61×
09University of TeramoBusiness & Career1.59×
10MoovitTechnology & Electronics1.58×
11Australian rules footballSports1.54×
12UpToDateHealth1.54×
13UniversityBusiness & Career1.53×
14CollegeBusiness & Career1.53×
15speaking englishBusiness & Career1.53×
16Liev SchreiberMovies & TV1.53×
17Medical StudentsBusiness & Career1.52×
18Salvatore AranzullaInternet & Social Media1.52×
19UnivisionMovies & TV1.52×
20Online degreeBusiness & Career1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Higher education 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 Higher education audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Pet OwnershipJOY1.01×
Career OrientationPOWER1.01×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.00×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Higher education audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.89×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.90×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM0.90×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Higher education have in Italy?

Higher education has an estimated audience of 15,791,653 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Higher education fans?

54.9% of Higher education fans are female, 45.1% are male, with an average age of 40.8 years.

03

Which brands do Higher education fans like most?

Higher education fans show strongest brand affinity for University (1.53×), College (1.53×), and Scooby-Doo (1.64×) over the country average.

04

Where do Higher education fans live in Italy?

Higher education fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~2.5M), Lazio (reach ~2M), and Campania (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Higher education fans also like?

Beyond Higher education itself, the audience over-indexes on College (1.53×), Scooby-Doo (1.64×), ePRICE (1.67×), and Online degree (1.51×) 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 Higher education. 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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