Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Pay television Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Pay television in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Pay television has an estimated audience of 17,989,514 people in Italy.

The average Pay television fan in Italy is 44.1 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Pension, Heat pump, Bed sheet, with strongest over-indexing on Pension (1.54× the country average).

Demographically, the Pay television audience skews balanced with an average age of 44.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Need for Security, Price Sensitivity.

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

The typical Pay television fan in Italy is balanced, around 44.1 years old, with strong Need for Security tendencies and a notable affinity for Pension.

Category: Movies & TV · 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 Pay television profile in Italy.

Audience size
18M
in Italy
Gender
49.2%
50.8% male
Age
44.1
average years
Country rank
#164
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-15%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Pay television fans

49.2% are female, 50.8% are male, average age 44.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

49.2%
Female
50.8%
Male
Demographic split for Pay television audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female49.2%
Male50.8%
Average age44.1
Estimated audience size17,989,514
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.1
average years
Age distribution of the Pay television audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-199%
20-2915%
30-3922%
40-4924%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

14.5%

of the worldwide Pay television audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Pay television
CountryShare
United States18.9%
Italy14.5%
Brazil4.5%
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 Pay television audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Pay television fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Aosta Valley~50K1.17×
02Molise~90K1.08×
03Puglia~1.5M1.07×
04Campania~2M1.02×
05Sicilia~1.5M1.02×
06Calabria~600K1.01×
07Basilicata~200K1.01×
08Lazio~2M1.00×
09Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~300K0.97×
10Umbria~300K0.97×
11Lombardy~3M0.96×
12Marche~400K0.95×
13Abruzzo~400K0.95×
14Friuli-Venezia Giulia~300K0.95×
15Sardinia~500K0.94×
16Liguria~500K0.94×
17Emilia-Romagna~1.5M0.92×
18Piedmont~1M0.92×
19Veneto~1.5M0.90×
20Tuscany~1M0.89×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Pay television audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01JeggingsFashion & Accessoires2.10×
02Slime (Dragon Quest)Games1.93×
03Tax refundBusiness & Career1.80×
04PiperineHealth1.75×
05ScrubberHome & Garden1.71×
06BonprixShopping1.67×
07Bed sheetHome & Garden1.64×
08Cats (musical)Music & Radio1.63×
09Nursing home careKids & Family1.61×
10Pellet stoveHome & Garden1.60×
11Cervical vertebraeHealth1.59×
12Arthritis awarenessHealth1.59×
13Magnetic resonance imagingHealth1.58×
14PensionBusiness & Career1.54×
15TurmericFood & Beverages1.54×
16Class actionBusiness & Career1.53×
17Water heatingHome & Garden1.53×
18Heat pumpHome & Garden1.52×
19Rheumatoid Arthritis awarenessHealth1.52×
20HESPRESSNews1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Pay television 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 Pay television audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.98×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.94×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.84×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Pay television audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.54×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.59×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.62×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Pay television have in Italy?

Pay television has an estimated audience of 17,989,514 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Pay television fans?

49.2% of Pay television fans are female, 50.8% are male, with an average age of 44.1 years.

03

Which brands do Pay television fans like most?

Pay television fans show strongest brand affinity for Pension (1.54×), Heat pump (1.52×), and Bed sheet (1.64×) over the country average.

04

Where do Pay television fans live in Italy?

Pay television fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~3M), Lazio (reach ~2M), and Campania (reach ~2M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Pay television fans also like?

Beyond Pay television itself, the audience over-indexes on Heat pump (1.52×), Bed sheet (1.64×), Bonprix (1.67×), and Cats (musical) (1.63×) 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 Pay television. 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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