Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Online newspaper Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Online newspaper in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Online newspaper has an estimated audience of 12,719,118 people in Italy.

The average Online newspaper fan in Italy is 46.4 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Lazio.

The audience is concentrated in Lazio, Lombardy, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Breaking news, Gazzetta del Sud, Electronic publishing, with strongest over-indexing on Breaking news (4.51× the country average).

Demographically, the Online newspaper audience skews balanced with an average age of 46.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Need for Security, Career Orientation.

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

The typical Online newspaper fan in Italy is balanced, around 46.4 years old, with strong Need for Security tendencies and a notable affinity for Breaking news.

Category: News · Type: Topic

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 Online newspaper profile in Italy.

Audience size
12.7M
in Italy
Gender
53.3%
46.7% male
Age
46.4
average years
Country rank
#340
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-16%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Online newspaper fans

53.3% are female, 46.7% are male, average age 46.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.3%
Female
46.7%
Male
Demographic split for Online newspaper audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female53.3%
Male46.7%
Average age46.4
Estimated audience size12,719,118
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 46.4
average years
Age distribution of the Online newspaper audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-196%
20-2913%
30-3920%
40-4924%
50+37%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

6.5%

of the worldwide Online newspaper audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Online newspaper
CountryShare
United States15.3%
India8.0%
Italy6.5%
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 Online newspaper audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Online newspaper fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Lazio~2.5M1.58×
02Friuli-Venezia Giulia~300K1.19×
03Tuscany~900K1.02×
04Abruzzo~300K1.02×
05Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~200K1.02×
06Piedmont~900K1.01×
07Sicilia~1M1.00×
08Emilia-Romagna~1M1.00×
09Veneto~1M1.00×
10Sardinia~400K1.00×
11Liguria~400K1.00×
12Marche~300K1.00×
13Umbria~200K1.00×
14Puglia~900K0.99×
15Calabria~400K0.99×
16Campania~1.5M0.98×
17Lombardy~2M0.93×
18Aosta Valley0.00×
19Molise0.00×
20Basilicata0.00×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Online newspaper audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Gazzetta del SudNews5.88×
02Broadcast journalismMovies & TV5.78×
03CataniaTodayNews4.64×
04Breaking newsMovies & TV4.51×
05La SiciliaNews4.31×
06MessinaTravel & Leisure3.78×
07Live SiciliaNews3.43×
08Electronic publishingNews3.30×
09Giornale di SiciliaNews3.30×
10FlatlineTechnology & Electronics3.00×
11PalermoTodayNews2.91×
12Communication studiesBusiness & Career2.55×
13Marketing communicationsBusiness & Career1.89×
14DagospiaNews1.87×
15Il GazzettinoNews1.80×
163BMeteoNews1.70×
17Libero (newspaper)News1.69×
18PalermoTravel & Leisure1.68×
19SuperEnalottoGames1.61×
20LeggoNews1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Online newspaper 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 Online newspaper audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.38×
Career OrientationPOWER1.19×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.16×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Online newspaper audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
ExtroversionTHRILL0.75×
Sports ActivityPOWER0.85×
Pet OwnershipJOY0.87×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Online newspaper have in Italy?

Online newspaper has an estimated audience of 12,719,118 people in Italy, concentrated in Lazio and Lombardy.

02

What is the gender split and age of Online newspaper fans?

53.3% of Online newspaper fans are female, 46.7% are male, with an average age of 46.4 years.

03

Which brands do Online newspaper fans like most?

Online newspaper fans show strongest brand affinity for Breaking news (4.51×), Gazzetta del Sud (5.88×), and Electronic publishing (3.3×) over the country average.

04

Where do Online newspaper fans live in Italy?

Online newspaper fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lazio (reach ~2.5M), Lombardy (reach ~2M), and Campania (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Online newspaper fans also like?

Beyond Online newspaper itself, the audience over-indexes on Gazzetta del Sud (5.88×), Electronic publishing (3.3×), Broadcast journalism (5.78×), and Live Sicilia (3.43×) 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 Online newspaper. 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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