Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Pet food Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Pet food in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Pet food has an estimated audience of 10,247,456 people in Italy.

The average Pet food fan in Italy is 43.1 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Pet store, Dog harness, Dog lovers, with strongest over-indexing on Pet store (4.71× the country average).

Demographically, the Pet food audience skews more female with an average age of 43.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Pet Ownership, Design Affinity.

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

The typical Pet food fan in Italy is more female, around 43.1 years old, with strong Pet Ownership tendencies and a notable affinity for Pet store.

Category: Pets & Animals · 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 Pet food profile in Italy.

Audience size
10.2M
in Italy
Gender
62.2%
37.8% male
Age
43.1
average years
Country rank
#479
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+28%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Pet food fans

62.2% are female, 37.8% are male, average age 43.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

62.2%
Female
37.8%
Male
Demographic split for Pet food audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female62.2%
Male37.8%
Average age43.1
Estimated audience size10,247,456
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.1
average years
Age distribution of the Pet food audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1914%
20-2915%
30-3917%
40-4923%
50+31%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.8%

of the worldwide Pet food audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Pet food
CountryShare
United States20.9%
Japan10.2%
China4.9%
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 Pet food audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Pet food fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Veneto~1M1.27×
02Emilia-Romagna~1M1.15×
03Lombardy~2M1.12×
04Piedmont~800K1.07×
05Lazio~1.5M1.05×
06Campania~1M1.05×
07Aosta Valley~30K1.05×
08Umbria~200K1.03×
09Marche~300K1.02×
10Friuli-Venezia Giulia~200K1.02×
11Molise~50K1.00×
12Liguria~300K0.98×
13Abruzzo~200K0.97×
14Basilicata~90K0.96×
15Sicilia~800K0.95×
16Puglia~700K0.94×
17Tuscany~600K0.94×
18Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~200K0.93×
19Calabria~300K0.91×
20Sardinia~300K0.89×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Pet food audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Great DanePets & Animals5.59×
02Pomeranian (dog)Pets & Animals5.20×
03Dog harnessPets & Animals5.04×
04Shih TzuPets & Animals4.93×
05Yorkshire TerrierPets & Animals4.84×
06Pet storePets & Animals4.71×
07Dog loversPets & Animals4.39×
08Dog breedingPets & Animals4.27×
09Pet sittingPets & Animals4.20×
10DachshundPets & Animals4.02×
11Dog healthPets & Animals3.93×
12Chihuahua (dog)Pets & Animals3.85×
13Persian catPets & Animals3.80×
14Cat foodPets & Animals3.78×
15Dog foodPets & Animals3.71×
16Labrador RetrieverPets & Animals3.60×
17Dog collarPets & Animals3.50×
18Golden RetrieverPets & Animals3.46×
19Animal welfarePolitics & Society2.89×
20Dog breedPets & Animals2.79×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Pet food 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 Pet food audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Pet OwnershipJOY1.97×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.27×
CreativityOPEN1.19×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Pet food audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.82×
Career OrientationPOWER0.85×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.91×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Pet food have in Italy?

Pet food has an estimated audience of 10,247,456 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Pet food fans?

62.2% of Pet food fans are female, 37.8% are male, with an average age of 43.1 years.

03

Which brands do Pet food fans like most?

Pet food fans show strongest brand affinity for Pet store (4.71×), Dog harness (5.04×), and Dog lovers (4.39×) over the country average.

04

Where do Pet food fans live in Italy?

Pet food fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~2M), Lazio (reach ~1.5M), and Campania (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Pet food fans also like?

Beyond Pet food itself, the audience over-indexes on Dog harness (5.04×), Dog lovers (4.39×), Pomeranian (dog) (5.2×), and Yorkshire Terrier (4.84×) 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 Pet food. 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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