Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Pastry Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Pastry in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Pastry has an estimated audience of 15,979,780 people in Italy.

The average Pastry fan in Italy is 43.6 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lazio.

The audience is concentrated in Lazio, Lombardy, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Confectionery, Cake, Flour, with strongest over-indexing on Confectionery (1.72× the country average).

Demographically, the Pastry audience skews more female with an average age of 43.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Creativity, Spirituality.

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

The typical Pastry fan in Italy is more female, around 43.6 years old, with strong Creativity tendencies and a notable affinity for Confectionery.

Category: Food & Beverages · 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 Pastry profile in Italy.

Audience size
16M
in Italy
Gender
64.5%
35.5% male
Age
43.6
average years
Country rank
#215
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+6%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Pastry fans

64.5% are female, 35.5% are male, average age 43.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

64.5%
Female
35.5%
Male
Demographic split for Pastry audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female64.5%
Male35.5%
Average age43.6
Estimated audience size15,979,780
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.6
average years
Age distribution of the Pastry audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1911%
20-2915%
30-3921%
40-4923%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

7.7%

of the worldwide Pastry audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Pastry
CountryShare
United States14.0%
Italy7.7%
Japan6.7%
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 Pastry audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Pastry fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Lazio~4.5M2.27×
02Tuscany~2.5M2.14×
03Veneto~2M1.46×
04Sicilia~2M1.30×
05Campania~2.5M1.28×
06Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~400K1.19×
07Liguria~500K1.16×
08Lombardy~3M1.08×
09Sardinia~500K1.07×
10Puglia~1M0.97×
11Aosta Valley~40K0.95×
12Molise~70K0.92×
13Friuli-Venezia Giulia~300K0.90×
14Emilia-Romagna~1M0.89×
15Basilicata~100K0.88×
16Umbria~200K0.85×
17Piedmont~900K0.75×
18Abruzzo~300K0.75×
19Calabria~400K0.74×
20Marche~300K0.72×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Pastry audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01ShorteningHealth2.25×
02Chocolate cakeFood & Beverages2.11×
03Cake decoratingFood & Beverages2.08×
04Baking powderFood & Beverages1.94×
05DoughFood & Beverages1.80×
06Chocolate brownieFood & Beverages1.76×
07SweetnessFood & Beverages1.73×
08BakeryFood & Beverages1.73×
09ConfectioneryFood & Beverages1.72×
10FlourFood & Beverages1.71×
11Ciutat VellaTravel & Leisure1.70×
12CakeFood & Beverages1.68×
13CheesecakeFood & Beverages1.68×
14Bijou (jewellery)Fashion & Accessoires1.62×
15Birthday cakeFood & Beverages1.57×
16SaffronFood & Beverages1.55×
17CupcakeFood & Beverages1.54×
18PancakeFood & Beverages1.54×
19BomboniereHome & Garden1.52×
20BakingFood & Beverages1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Pastry 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 Pastry audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
CreativityOPEN1.06×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.99×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.97×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Pastry audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.68×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.72×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.74×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Pastry have in Italy?

Pastry has an estimated audience of 15,979,780 people in Italy, concentrated in Lazio and Lombardy.

02

What is the gender split and age of Pastry fans?

64.5% of Pastry fans are female, 35.5% are male, with an average age of 43.6 years.

03

Which brands do Pastry fans like most?

Pastry fans show strongest brand affinity for Confectionery (1.72×), Cake (1.68×), and Flour (1.71×) over the country average.

04

Where do Pastry fans live in Italy?

Pastry fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lazio (reach ~4.5M), Lombardy (reach ~3M), and Campania (reach ~2.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Pastry fans also like?

Beyond Pastry itself, the audience over-indexes on Cake (1.68×), Flour (1.71×), Dough (1.8×), and Sweetness (1.73×) 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 Pastry. 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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