Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Ice cream Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Ice cream in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Ice cream has an estimated audience of 6,842,233 people in Italy.

The average Ice cream fan in Italy is 40.9 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Veneto.

Top brand affinities include Desserts, Gelato, Cake, with strongest over-indexing on Desserts (1.55× the country average).

Demographically, the Ice cream audience skews more female with an average age of 40.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Healthy Lifestyle, Convenience Orientation.

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

The typical Ice cream fan in Italy is more female, around 40.9 years old, with strong Healthy Lifestyle tendencies and a notable affinity for Desserts.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sweet

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 Ice cream profile in Italy.

Audience size
6.8M
in Italy
Gender
63.5%
36.5% male
Age
40.9
average years
Country rank
#880
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-20%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Ice cream fans

63.5% are female, 36.5% are male, average age 40.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

63.5%
Female
36.5%
Male
Demographic split for Ice cream audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female63.5%
Male36.5%
Average age40.9
Estimated audience size6,842,233
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.9
average years
Age distribution of the Ice cream audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1917%
20-2917%
30-3921%
40-4921%
50+24%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

5.0%

of the worldwide Ice cream audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Ice cream
CountryShare
United States23.4%
Japan9.3%
Italy5.0%
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 Ice cream audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Ice cream fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~300K2.02×
02Sardinia~300K1.59×
03Tuscany~700K1.56×
04Veneto~800K1.45×
05Aosta Valley~20K1.36×
06Lazio~1M1.32×
07Sicilia~700K1.24×
08Liguria~200K1.23×
09Emilia-Romagna~700K1.19×
10Friuli-Venezia Giulia~100K1.05×
11Lombardy~1M0.95×
12Puglia~400K0.94×
13Campania~700K0.93×
14Molise~30K0.79×
15Basilicata~50K0.75×
16Umbria~70K0.64×
17Calabria~100K0.57×
18Piedmont~300K0.54×
19Abruzzo~70K0.46×
20Marche~70K0.44×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Ice cream audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Frozen dessertFood & Beverages3.93×
02GelatoFood & Beverages3.40×
03CheesecakeFood & Beverages2.60×
04Chocolate brownieFood & Beverages2.48×
05Birthday cakeFood & Beverages2.41×
06Chocolate cakeFood & Beverages2.32×
07Cake decoratingFood & Beverages2.17×
08CupcakeFood & Beverages2.15×
09YogurtFood & Beverages1.93×
10BakeryFood & Beverages1.84×
11CookieFood & Beverages1.84×
12Wedding cakeFood & Beverages1.72×
13Snack foodFood & Beverages1.67×
14Online food orderingFood & Beverages1.65×
15MilanoTodayNews1.59×
16Mother's DayKids & Family1.57×
17DessertsFood & Beverages1.55×
18CakeFood & Beverages1.53×
19BreakfastFood & Beverages1.51×
20CandyFood & Beverages1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Ice cream 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 Ice cream audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.15×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.15×
IndulgenceJOY1.14×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Ice cream audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.92×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.94×
Social Media UsageJOY0.95×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Ice cream have in Italy?

Ice cream has an estimated audience of 6,842,233 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Ice cream fans?

63.5% of Ice cream fans are female, 36.5% are male, with an average age of 40.9 years.

03

Which brands do Ice cream fans like most?

Ice cream fans show strongest brand affinity for Desserts (1.55×), Gelato (3.4×), and Cake (1.53×) over the country average.

04

Where do Ice cream fans live in Italy?

Ice cream fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~1M), Lazio (reach ~1M), and Veneto (reach ~800K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Ice cream fans also like?

Beyond Ice cream itself, the audience over-indexes on Gelato (3.4×), Cake (1.53×), Bakery (1.84×), and Cheesecake (2.6×) 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 Ice cream. 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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