Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Horror movies Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Horror movies in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Horror movies has an estimated audience of 9,062,946 people in Italy.

The average Horror movies fan in Italy is 38.6 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include The Conjuring, Eddie Brock, Vincent Cassel, with strongest over-indexing on The Conjuring (1.83× the country average).

Demographically, the Horror movies audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Extroversion, Spirituality.

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

The typical Horror movies fan in Italy is balanced, around 38.6 years old, with strong Extroversion tendencies and a notable affinity for The Conjuring.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: Topic · Subtype: Movie genre

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 Horror movies profile in Italy.

Audience size
9.1M
in Italy
Gender
50.2%
49.8% male
Age
38.6
average years
Country rank
#573
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+2%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Horror movies fans

50.2% are female, 49.8% are male, average age 38.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

50.2%
Female
49.8%
Male
Demographic split for Horror movies audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female50.2%
Male49.8%
Average age38.6
Estimated audience size9,062,946
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.6
average years
Age distribution of the Horror movies audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1921%
20-2920%
30-3921%
40-4918%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.6%

of the worldwide Horror movies audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Horror movies
CountryShare
United States22.4%
India5.6%
China4.3%
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 Horror movies audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Horror movies fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Lombardy~2M1.33×
02Lazio~1.5M1.22×
03Sicilia~1M1.21×
04Campania~1M1.19×
05Puglia~700K1.15×
06Emilia-Romagna~800K1.14×
07Veneto~800K1.14×
08Tuscany~700K1.11×
09Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~200K1.10×
10Marche~200K1.04×
11Friuli-Venezia Giulia~200K1.03×
12Piedmont~700K1.01×
13Calabria~300K0.98×
14Liguria~200K0.95×
15Aosta Valley~20K0.94×
16Molise~40K0.92×
17Sardinia~200K0.91×
18Basilicata~80K0.91×
19Umbria~100K0.89×
20Abruzzo~200K0.88×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Horror movies audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01ItMovies & TV2.03×
02Eddie BrockLiterature1.93×
03The ConjuringMovies & TV1.83×
04Jim JarmuschMovies & TV1.62×
05Annabelle (film)Movies & TV1.61×
06Sam RaimiMovies & TV1.60×
07SuspiriaMovies & TV1.60×
08Vincent CasselMovies & TV1.59×
09Supercell (band)Games1.59×
10Charlie's Angels (film)Movies & TV1.58×
11Stephen KingLiterature1.53×
12Whoopi GoldbergMovies & TV1.53×
13Michael ShannonMovies & TV1.53×
14God of War (series)Games1.52×
15Devil May CryGames1.52×
16Bill MurrayMovies & TV1.51×
17Bill SkarsgårdMovies & TV1.51×
18Fargo (film)Movies & TV1.50×
19Pennywise (band)Music & Radio1.50×
20Art AttackMovies & TV1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Horror movies 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 Horror movies audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
ExtroversionTHRILL1.02×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.98×
Pet OwnershipJOY0.98×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Horror movies audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.82×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.82×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.83×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Horror movies have in Italy?

Horror movies has an estimated audience of 9,062,946 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Horror movies fans?

50.2% of Horror movies fans are female, 49.8% are male, with an average age of 38.6 years.

03

Which brands do Horror movies fans like most?

Horror movies fans show strongest brand affinity for The Conjuring (1.83×), Eddie Brock (1.93×), and Vincent Cassel (1.59×) over the country average.

04

Where do Horror movies fans live in Italy?

Horror movies fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~2M), Lazio (reach ~1.5M), and Campania (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Horror movies fans also like?

Beyond Horror movies itself, the audience over-indexes on Eddie Brock (1.93×), Vincent Cassel (1.59×), It (2.03×), and Stephen King (1.53×) 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 Horror movies. 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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