Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Romance film Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Romance film in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Romance film has an estimated audience of 5,638,393 people in Italy.

The average Romance film fan in Italy is 41.0 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Message in a Bottle (film), Arts and music, SuperEnalotto, with strongest over-indexing on Message in a Bottle (film) (3.87× the country average).

Demographically, the Romance film audience skews more female with an average age of 41.0, 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 Romance film fan in Italy is more female, around 41.0 years old, with strong Tradition tendencies and a notable affinity for Message in a Bottle (film).

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 Romance film profile in Italy.

Audience size
5.6M
in Italy
Gender
64.1%
35.9% male
Age
41.0
average years
Country rank
#1148
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+4%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Romance film fans

64.1% are female, 35.9% are male, average age 41.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

64.1%
Female
35.9%
Male
Demographic split for Romance film audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female64.1%
Male35.9%
Average age41.0
Estimated audience size5,638,393
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.0
average years
Age distribution of the Romance film audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1918%
20-2917%
30-3919%
40-4921%
50+26%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.3%

of the worldwide Romance film audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Romance film
CountryShare
United States16.5%
Japan10.9%
China8.2%
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 Romance film audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Romance film fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Lombardy~1M1.14×
02Aosta Valley~20K1.07×
03Molise~30K1.05×
04Basilicata~50K1.02×
05Puglia~400K1.01×
06Tuscany~400K1.01×
07Umbria~90K1.01×
08Sicilia~500K0.99×
09Friuli-Venezia Giulia~100K0.99×
10Emilia-Romagna~400K0.98×
11Piedmont~400K0.98×
12Calabria~200K0.97×
13Marche~100K0.97×
14Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~100K0.97×
15Veneto~400K0.96×
16Abruzzo~100K0.95×
17Campania~600K0.94×
18Sardinia~100K0.94×
19Liguria~100K0.94×
20Lazio~600K0.90×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Romance film audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Message in a Bottle (film)Movies & TV3.87×
02Google NewsNews2.24×
03InsectPets & Animals1.80×
04Culinary artArts & Culture1.77×
05CandyFood & Beverages1.76×
06GeneticsKids & Family1.72×
07QuotationBusiness & Career1.72×
08GenderPolitics & Society1.68×
09GirlKids & Family1.64×
10SuperEnalottoGames1.63×
11AphorismLiterature1.63×
12Interpersonal relationshipKids & Family1.62×
13Human sexualityKids & Family1.62×
14Short storyLiterature1.62×
15MetaphysicsBusiness & Career1.61×
16Ancient historyPolitics & Society1.60×
17NovelLiterature1.59×
18TraditionPolitics & Society1.59×
19Arts and musicArts & Culture1.54×
20Grande FratelloMovies & TV1.54×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Romance film 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 Romance film audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.43×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.40×
IndividualismJOY1.40×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Romance film audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.81×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.84×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.91×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Romance film have in Italy?

Romance film has an estimated audience of 5,638,393 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Romance film fans?

64.1% of Romance film fans are female, 35.9% are male, with an average age of 41.0 years.

03

Which brands do Romance film fans like most?

Romance film fans show strongest brand affinity for Message in a Bottle (film) (3.87×), Arts and music (1.54×), and SuperEnalotto (1.63×) over the country average.

04

Where do Romance film fans live in Italy?

Romance film fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~1M), Lazio (reach ~600K), and Campania (reach ~600K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Romance film fans also like?

Beyond Romance film itself, the audience over-indexes on Arts and music (1.54×), SuperEnalotto (1.63×), Google News (2.24×), and Girl (1.64×) 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 Romance film. 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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