Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Il Messaggero Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Il Messaggero in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Il Messaggero has an estimated audience of 19,143,127 people in Italy.

The average Il Messaggero fan in Italy is 45.8 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lazio.

The audience is concentrated in Lazio, Lombardy, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Il Fatto Quotidiano, La Stampa, Leggo, with strongest over-indexing on Il Fatto Quotidiano (1.63× the country average).

Demographically, the Il Messaggero audience skews more female with an average age of 45.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Tradition, Spirituality.

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

The typical Il Messaggero fan in Italy is more female, around 45.8 years old, with strong Tradition tendencies and a notable affinity for Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Category: News · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Newspaper

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 Il Messaggero profile in Italy.

Audience size
19.1M
in Italy
Gender
56.3%
43.7% male
Age
45.8
average years
Country rank
#134
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

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

Audience demographics of Il Messaggero

56.3% are female, 43.7% are male, average age 45.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

56.3%
Female
43.7%
Male
Demographic split for Il Messaggero audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female56.3%
Male43.7%
Average age45.8
Estimated audience size19,143,127
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 45.8
average years
Age distribution of the Il Messaggero audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-196%
20-2912%
30-3922%
40-4926%
50+33%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

92.9%

of the worldwide Il Messaggero audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Il Messaggero
CountryShare
Italy92.9%
Germany0.8%
Switzerland0.7%
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 Il Messaggero audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Il Messaggero fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Lazio~5.5M5.66×
02Abruzzo~900K2.22×
03Umbria~500K1.46×
04Molise~100K1.23×
05Marche~500K1.07×
06Sardinia~500K0.89×
07Calabria~500K0.83×
08Tuscany~800K0.66×
09Puglia~800K0.64×
10Basilicata~100K0.62×
11Lombardy~2M0.57×
12Sicilia~900K0.57×
13Emilia-Romagna~900K0.57×
14Campania~1M0.51×
15Liguria~300K0.50×
16Piedmont~700K0.49×
17Friuli-Venezia Giulia~200K0.45×
18Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~200K0.44×
19Veneto~600K0.39×
20Aosta Valley~20K0.31×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Il Messaggero audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Charlotte CasiraghiPolitics & Society2.18×
02ForliTodayNews1.92×
03Catherine, Duchess of CambridgePolitics & Society1.91×
04RomaTodayNews1.90×
05L'Unione SardaNews1.89×
06La NazioneNews1.80×
07LeggoNews1.79×
08Il GazzettinoNews1.70×
09BolognaTodayNews1.67×
10Il Fatto QuotidianoNews1.63×
11Chinese surnamePolitics & Society1.62×
12Il Resto del CarlinoNews1.61×
13PensionBusiness & Career1.59×
14La StampaNews1.58×
15La7Movies & TV1.57×
16Il Secolo XIXNews1.56×
17MeteoWebNews1.55×
18La SiciliaNews1.55×
19Gazzetta di ModenaNews1.53×
20TorinoTodayNews1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Il Messaggero 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 Il Messaggero audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.92×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.90×
CreativityOPEN0.90×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Il Messaggero audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.58×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.64×
Community OrientationOPEN0.65×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Il Messaggero have in Italy?

Il Messaggero has an estimated audience of 19,143,127 people in Italy, concentrated in Lazio and Lombardy.

02

What is the gender split and age of Il Messaggero fans?

56.3% of Il Messaggero fans are female, 43.7% are male, with an average age of 45.8 years.

03

Which brands do Il Messaggero fans like most?

Il Messaggero fans show strongest brand affinity for Il Fatto Quotidiano (1.63×), La Stampa (1.58×), and Leggo (1.79×) over the country average.

04

Where do Il Messaggero fans live in Italy?

Il Messaggero fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lazio (reach ~5.5M), Lombardy (reach ~2M), and Campania (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Il Messaggero fans also like?

Beyond Il Messaggero itself, the audience over-indexes on La Stampa (1.58×), Leggo (1.79×), Il Gazzettino (1.7×), and RomaToday (1.9×) 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 Il Messaggero. 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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