Rascasse Audience Intelligence

RAI Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about RAI in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. RAI has an estimated audience of 11,963,473 people in Italy.

The average RAI fan in Italy is 47.2 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Wikipedia, WhatsApp, Mediaset, with strongest over-indexing on Wikipedia (4.58× the country average).

Demographically, the RAI audience skews more female with an average age of 47.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Patriotism.

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

The typical RAI fan in Italy is more female, around 47.2 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Wikipedia.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: TV Channel

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 RAI profile in Italy.

Audience size
12M
in Italy
Gender
57.4%
42.6% male
Age
47.2
average years
Country rank
#378
TV Channel in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-54%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of RAI

57.4% are female, 42.6% are male, average age 47.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.4%
Female
42.6%
Male
Demographic split for RAI audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female57.4%
Male42.6%
Average age47.2
Estimated audience size11,963,473
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 47.2
average years
Age distribution of the RAI audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-197%
20-2911%
30-3918%
40-4924%
50+41%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

63.2%

of the worldwide RAI audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for RAI
CountryShare
Italy63.2%
India11.6%
Japan4.3%
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 RAI audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

RAI fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Lazio~2M1.39×
02Puglia~1M1.21×
03Sicilia~1M1.18×
04Campania~1.5M1.15×
05Lombardy~2.5M1.14×
06Liguria~400K1.11×
07Tuscany~800K1.04×
08Piedmont~900K1.03×
09Calabria~400K1.02×
10Sardinia~300K1.02×
11Emilia-Romagna~900K0.99×
12Veneto~900K0.95×
13Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~200K0.95×
14Friuli-Venezia Giulia~200K0.93×
15Marche~300K0.92×
16Abruzzo~200K0.91×
17Umbria~200K0.90×
18Basilicata~90K0.81×
19Molise~40K0.77×
20Aosta Valley~20K0.56×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for RAI audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01WikipediaInternet & Social Media4.58×
02New TestamentPolitics & Society3.87×
03SatireLiterature3.83×
04ImprovisationMusic & Radio3.69×
05MediasetTechnology & Electronics3.54×
06Sanremo Music FestivalMusic & Radio2.95×
07General practitionerHealth2.56×
08ChampagneFood & Beverages2.20×
09VolunteeringPolitics & Society2.14×
10Subscription business modelShopping2.11×
11WhatsAppInternet & Social Media2.08×
12Musical theatreMovies & TV1.95×
13GeneticsKids & Family1.90×
14RaiPlayMovies & TV1.86×
15Personal financeBusiness & Career1.74×
16Singer-songwriterMusic & Radio1.74×
17MilkFood & Beverages1.72×
18NewspapersLiterature1.65×
19CoopFood & Beverages1.58×
20Borsa ItalianaBusiness & Career1.54×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the RAI 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 RAI audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN1.47×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.33×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.28×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by RAI audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.70×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.78×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.86×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does RAI have in Italy?

RAI has an estimated audience of 11,963,473 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of RAI fans?

57.4% of RAI fans are female, 42.6% are male, with an average age of 47.2 years.

03

Which brands do RAI fans like most?

RAI fans show strongest brand affinity for Wikipedia (4.58×), WhatsApp (2.08×), and Mediaset (3.54×) over the country average.

04

Where do RAI fans live in Italy?

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

05

What other brands do RAI fans also like?

Beyond RAI itself, the audience over-indexes on WhatsApp (2.08×), Mediaset (3.54×), Satire (3.83×), and Personal finance (1.74×) 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 RAI. 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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