Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Soap opera Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Soap opera in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Soap opera has an estimated audience of 5,234,911 people in Italy.

The average Soap opera fan in Italy is 44.9 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Serial (radio and television), Cuisine, Message in a Bottle (film), with strongest over-indexing on Serial (radio and television) (5.32× the country average).

Demographically, the Soap opera audience skews more female with an average age of 44.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Tradition, Extroversion.

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

The typical Soap opera fan in Italy is more female, around 44.9 years old, with strong Tradition tendencies and a notable affinity for Serial (radio and television).

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 Soap opera profile in Italy.

Audience size
5.2M
in Italy
Gender
71.4%
28.6% male
Age
44.9
average years
Country rank
#1256
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 Soap opera fans

71.4% are female, 28.6% are male, average age 44.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

71.4%
Female
28.6%
Male
Demographic split for Soap opera audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female71.4%
Male28.6%
Average age44.9
Estimated audience size5,234,911
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.9
average years
Age distribution of the Soap opera audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1915%
20-2911%
30-3915%
40-4919%
50+40%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

6.0%

of the worldwide Soap opera audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Soap opera
CountryShare
United States15.1%
Japan10.4%
United Kingdom8.3%
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 Soap opera audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Soap opera fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Sicilia~700K1.56×
02Puglia~500K1.41×
03Campania~700K1.25×
04Lazio~800K1.24×
05Calabria~200K1.24×
06Lombardy~1M1.16×
07Sardinia~200K1.08×
08Abruzzo~100K1.05×
09Piedmont~400K1.04×
10Tuscany~300K0.99×
11Liguria~100K0.98×
12Basilicata~50K0.95×
13Emilia-Romagna~400K0.94×
14Marche~100K0.92×
15Umbria~70K0.86×
16Molise~20K0.86×
17Aosta Valley~10K0.85×
18Veneto~300K0.84×
19Friuli-Venezia Giulia~80K0.80×
20Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~70K0.69×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Soap opera audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Serial (radio and television)Music & Radio5.32×
02Raoul BovaMovies & TV2.65×
03OVSFashion & Accessoires2.36×
04Sal da VinciMovies & TV2.11×
05Message in a Bottle (film)Movies & TV1.95×
06Take-outFood & Beverages1.76×
07MarriageKids & Family1.70×
08Personal careHealth1.69×
09CuisineFood & Beverages1.68×
10Harry PotterMovies & TV1.68×
11Italian languagePolitics & Society1.65×
12SicilyTravel & Leisure1.64×
133BMeteoNews1.63×
14GirlKids & Family1.63×
15Men's clothingFashion & Accessoires1.59×
16GiftShopping1.59×
17ConadShopping1.58×
18SuperEnalottoGames1.52×
19CoopFood & Beverages1.52×
20Consumer electronicsTechnology & Electronics1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Soap opera 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 Soap opera audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.30×
ExtroversionTHRILL1.27×
Pet OwnershipJOY1.25×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Soap opera audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.76×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.87×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.89×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Soap opera have in Italy?

Soap opera has an estimated audience of 5,234,911 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Soap opera fans?

71.4% of Soap opera fans are female, 28.6% are male, with an average age of 44.9 years.

03

Which brands do Soap opera fans like most?

Soap opera fans show strongest brand affinity for Serial (radio and television) (5.32×), Cuisine (1.68×), and Message in a Bottle (film) (1.95×) over the country average.

04

Where do Soap opera fans live in Italy?

Soap opera fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~1M), Lazio (reach ~800K), and Campania (reach ~700K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Soap opera fans also like?

Beyond Soap opera itself, the audience over-indexes on Cuisine (1.68×), Message in a Bottle (film) (1.95×), Consumer electronics (1.51×), and Italian language (1.65×) 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 Soap opera. 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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