Italian cuisine Audience in Italy

Italian cuisine has an estimated audience of 23,468,048 people in Italy. 59.2% are female, 40.8% are male, average age 43.2. Top regions: Lombardy, Lazio, Tuscany. Top brand affinities: Frying pan, Saffron, La Cucina Italiana, Salumi, Risotto.

The average Italian cuisine fan in Italy is 43.2 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lombardy. The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Tuscany. Top brand affinities include Frying pan, Saffron, La Cucina Italiana, with strongest over-indexing on Frying pan (1.52× the country average). Demographically, the Italian cuisine audience skews more female with an average age of 43.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Indulgence. Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 20 regions tracked by Rascasse.

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

Demographics of Italian cuisine fans

Demographic split for Italian cuisine audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female59.2%
Male40.8%
Average age43.2
Estimated audience size23,468,048

Audience persona

The typical Italian cuisine fan in Italy is more female, around 43.2 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Frying pan.

Top regions in Italy

Top regions ranked by reach for Italian cuisine in Italy
RegionReachAffinity
Lombardy4,626,2791.12×
Lazio4,440,0001.55×
Tuscany2,220,3121.43×
Campania1,918,9500.73×
Veneto1,645,7440.89×
Emilia-Romagna1,456,0220.76×
Sicilia1,288,5020.63×
Piedmont1,108,4930.64×
Puglia1,010,0200.62×
Liguria575,0560.87×
Calabria508,9220.71×
Friuli-Venezia Giulia492,6081.11×
Marche442,2440.76×
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol440,1100.99×
Sardinia400,7570.61×
Abruzzo381,4430.74×
Umbria354,2630.93×
Basilicata212,1830.99×
Molise178,4031.6×
Aosta Valley112,2752.32×

Top brand affinities

Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Italian cuisine audience
BrandAffinityCategory
Frying pan1.52×Home & Garden
Saffron1.56×Food & Beverages
La Cucina Italiana1.68×Food & Beverages
Salumi1.5×Food & Beverages
Risotto1.56×Food & Beverages
Push-up1.56×Sports
Sweepstakes1.55×Games
Bruschetta1.53×Food & Beverages
Squid1.5×Pets & Animals
Menu1.53×Food & Beverages
Carlo Cracco1.54×Food & Beverages
Clerks1.88×Movies & TV
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)1.91×Movies & TV
InterRail1.95×Cars & Mobility
Rana1.53×Food & Beverages
Gut flora1.52×Health
Cetaphil1.69×Beauty & Wellness
Eggplant1.64×Food & Beverages
Essilor1.55×Fashion & Accessoires
White rice1.66×Food & Beverages

Psychographic profile

Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Top personality traits over-indexed by Italian cuisine audience
TraitClusterScore
Community OrientationOPEN1.12
IndulgenceJOY1.06
ExtroversionTHRILL1.04
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM1.01
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.95
Social Media UsageJOY0.94

Worldwide distribution

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Italian cuisine
CountryShare
United States16.3%
Italy9.2%
Japan8.4%

See Italian cuisine audiences in other countries

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Frequently asked questions

How many fans does Italian cuisine have in Italy?

Italian cuisine has an estimated audience of 23,468,048 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

What is the gender split and age of Italian cuisine fans?

59.2% of Italian cuisine fans are female, 40.8% are male, with an average age of 43.2 years.

Which brands do Italian cuisine fans like most?

Italian cuisine fans show strongest brand affinity for Frying pan (1.52×), Saffron (1.56×), and La Cucina Italiana (1.68×) over the country average.

Where do Italian cuisine fans live in Italy?

Italian cuisine fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach 4,626,279), Lazio (reach 4,440,000), and Tuscany (reach 2,220,312). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

What other brands do Italian cuisine fans also like?

Beyond Italian cuisine itself, the audience over-indexes on Saffron (1.56×), La Cucina Italiana (1.68×), Salumi (1.5×), and Risotto (1.56×) compared to the Italy average.

How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Italy who actively search for Italian cuisine. 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.