Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Radio Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Radio in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Radio has an estimated audience of 11,043,656 people in Italy.

The average Radio fan in Italy is 43.5 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Campania, Lazio.

Top brand affinities include Broadcasting, Radio broadcasting, Broadcast engineering, with strongest over-indexing on Broadcasting (1.66× the country average).

Demographically, the Radio audience skews balanced with an average age of 43.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Tradition, Spirituality.

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

The typical Radio fan in Italy is balanced, around 43.5 years old, with strong Tradition tendencies and a notable affinity for Broadcasting.

Category: Technology & Electronics · 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 Radio profile in Italy.

Audience size
11M
in Italy
Gender
46.4%
53.6% male
Age
43.5
average years
Country rank
#429
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-2%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Radio fans

46.4% are female, 53.6% are male, average age 43.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

46.4%
Female
53.6%
Male
Demographic split for Radio audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female46.4%
Male53.6%
Average age43.5
Estimated audience size11,043,656
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.5
average years
Age distribution of the Radio audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1912%
20-2915%
30-3920%
40-4923%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.5%

of the worldwide Radio audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Radio
CountryShare
United States18.8%
India6.1%
Germany5.1%
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 Radio audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Radio fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Campania~2M1.42×
02Puglia~1M1.40×
03Sicilia~1M1.16×
04Piedmont~900K1.09×
05Lazio~1.5M1.08×
06Calabria~300K1.03×
07Emilia-Romagna~900K1.01×
08Friuli-Venezia Giulia~200K0.99×
09Basilicata~100K0.98×
10Abruzzo~200K0.97×
11Lombardy~2M0.95×
12Veneto~800K0.95×
13Sardinia~300K0.94×
14Tuscany~700K0.92×
15Marche~200K0.91×
16Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~200K0.91×
17Liguria~300K0.88×
18Aosta Valley~20K0.88×
19Molise~40K0.81×
20Umbria~100K0.76×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Radio audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Broadcast engineeringBusiness & Career2.54×
02Public broadcastingMovies & TV1.91×
03Benjamin NetanyahuPolitics & Society1.73×
04Radio broadcastingMusic & Radio1.70×
05BroadcastingMovies & TV1.66×
06MedjugorjeTravel & Leisure1.64×
07Live televisionMovies & TV1.63×
08Rai 3Movies & TV1.61×
09Comedy clubMovies & TV1.61×
10Renato ZeroMusic & Radio1.60×
11Nobel Peace PrizePolitics & Society1.59×
12News broadcastingBusiness & Career1.58×
13Rai 1Movies & TV1.58×
14Free willPolitics & Society1.57×
15Digital audioTechnology & Electronics1.56×
16HumorismLiterature1.56×
17SilenceHealth1.54×
18Human voiceHealth1.52×
19RadiationHealth1.51×
20ChoirHome & Garden1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Radio 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 Radio audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.27×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.20×
Community OrientationOPEN1.04×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Radio audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY0.75×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.77×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.79×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Radio have in Italy?

Radio has an estimated audience of 11,043,656 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Campania.

02

What is the gender split and age of Radio fans?

46.4% of Radio fans are female, 53.6% are male, with an average age of 43.5 years.

03

Which brands do Radio fans like most?

Radio fans show strongest brand affinity for Broadcasting (1.66×), Radio broadcasting (1.7×), and Broadcast engineering (2.54×) over the country average.

04

Where do Radio fans live in Italy?

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

05

What other brands do Radio fans also like?

Beyond Radio itself, the audience over-indexes on Radio broadcasting (1.7×), Broadcast engineering (2.54×), News broadcasting (1.58×), and Rai 3 (1.61×) 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 Radio. 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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