Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Korean cuisine Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Korean cuisine in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Korean cuisine has an estimated audience of 3,538,535 people in Italy.

The average Korean cuisine fan in Italy is 42.0 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lazio.

The audience is concentrated in Lazio, Lombardy, Tuscany.

Top brand affinities include Sweepstakes, Vietnamese cuisine, German cuisine, with strongest over-indexing on Sweepstakes (12.2× the country average).

Demographically, the Korean cuisine audience skews more female with an average age of 42.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Quality Awareness.

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

The typical Korean cuisine fan in Italy is more female, around 42.0 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Sweepstakes.

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

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 Korean cuisine profile in Italy.

Audience size
3.5M
in Italy
Gender
58.4%
41.6% male
Age
42.0
average years
Country rank
#2000
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+56%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Korean cuisine fans

58.4% are female, 41.6% are male, average age 42.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

58.4%
Female
41.6%
Male
Demographic split for Korean cuisine audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female58.4%
Male41.6%
Average age42.0
Estimated audience size3,538,535
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.0
average years
Age distribution of the Korean cuisine audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1917%
20-2916%
30-3918%
40-4921%
50+29%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.6%

of the worldwide Korean cuisine audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Korean cuisine
CountryShare
China18.2%
Japan13.4%
United States7.1%
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 Korean cuisine audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Korean cuisine fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Lazio~1.5M2.95×
02Tuscany~500K1.95×
03Veneto~400K1.47×
04Lombardy~800K1.35×
05Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~70K1.09×
06Friuli-Venezia Giulia~70K1.01×
07Aosta Valley~9K1.00×
08Basilicata~30K0.97×
09Molise~20K0.97×
10Campania~400K0.95×
11Sicilia~300K0.94×
12Umbria~50K0.93×
13Liguria~90K0.90×
14Piedmont~200K0.89×
15Calabria~100K0.89×
16Abruzzo~70K0.89×
17Emilia-Romagna~300K0.88×
18Sardinia~90K0.87×
19Marche~80K0.87×
20Puglia~200K0.81×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Korean cuisine audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01SweepstakesGames12.20×
02Vietnamese cuisineFood & Beverages8.47×
03Hors d'oeuvreFood & Beverages8.43×
04Thai cuisineFood & Beverages8.07×
05German cuisineFood & Beverages7.61×
06Middle Eastern cuisineFood & Beverages7.42×
07Greek cuisineFood & Beverages7.13×
08Latin American cuisineFood & Beverages6.42×
09Mexican cuisineFood & Beverages6.41×
10VermouthFood & Beverages6.15×
11Spanish cuisineFood & Beverages5.52×
12Chinese cuisineFood & Beverages4.69×
13Cooking showFood & Beverages4.45×
14CookbookFood & Beverages4.00×
15Japanese cuisineFood & Beverages3.33×
16LunchFood & Beverages2.75×
17Distilled beverageFood & Beverages2.51×
18AirbnbTravel & Leisure2.40×
19Tgcom24Movies & TV1.65×
20CuisineFood & Beverages1.54×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Korean cuisine 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 Korean cuisine audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY1.92×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.60×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM1.37×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Korean cuisine audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndividualismJOY0.70×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.71×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.77×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Korean cuisine have in Italy?

Korean cuisine has an estimated audience of 3,538,535 people in Italy, concentrated in Lazio and Lombardy.

02

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

58.4% of Korean cuisine fans are female, 41.6% are male, with an average age of 42.0 years.

03

Which brands do Korean cuisine fans like most?

Korean cuisine fans show strongest brand affinity for Sweepstakes (12.2×), Vietnamese cuisine (8.47×), and German cuisine (7.61×) over the country average.

04

Where do Korean cuisine fans live in Italy?

Korean cuisine fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lazio (reach ~1.5M), Lombardy (reach ~800K), and Tuscany (reach ~500K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Korean cuisine fans also like?

Beyond Korean cuisine itself, the audience over-indexes on Vietnamese cuisine (8.47×), German cuisine (7.61×), Thai cuisine (8.07×), and Greek cuisine (7.13×) 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 Korean 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.

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