Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Soul music Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Soul music in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Soul music has an estimated audience of 10,583,529 people in Italy.

The average Soul music fan in Italy is 37.9 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania.

Top brand affinities include Alessandra Amoroso, Numerology, StirileProTV, with strongest over-indexing on Alessandra Amoroso (1.5× the country average).

Demographically, the Soul music audience skews balanced with an average age of 37.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Tradition, Creativity.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 14 brand affinities and 20 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Soul music fan in Italy is balanced, around 37.9 years old, with strong Tradition tendencies and a notable affinity for Alessandra Amoroso.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical genre

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 Soul music profile in Italy.

Audience size
10.6M
in Italy
Gender
49.9%
50.1% male
Age
37.9
average years
Country rank
#458
Topic in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+43%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Soul music fans

49.9% are female, 50.1% are male, average age 37.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

49.9%
Female
50.1%
Male
Demographic split for Soul music audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female49.9%
Male50.1%
Average age37.9
Estimated audience size10,583,529
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.9
average years
Age distribution of the Soul music audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1925%
20-2919%
30-3918%
40-4918%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.2%

of the worldwide Soul music audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Soul music
CountryShare
United States24.5%
Brazil6.3%
United Kingdom4.6%
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 Soul music audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Soul music fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Emilia-Romagna~1M1.18×
02Veneto~1M1.16×
03Tuscany~800K1.11×
04Sicilia~1M1.09×
05Puglia~800K1.09×
06Lombardy~2M1.08×
07Lazio~1.5M1.06×
08Aosta Valley~30K1.05×
09Friuli-Venezia Giulia~200K1.04×
10Molise~50K1.01×
11Campania~1M0.99×
12Abruzzo~200K0.99×
13Sardinia~300K0.98×
14Marche~300K0.97×
15Basilicata~90K0.97×
16Piedmont~800K0.96×
17Umbria~200K0.94×
18Liguria~300K0.93×
19Calabria~300K0.92×
20Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~200K0.92×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Soul music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Iyanla VanzantBusiness & Career1.83×
02Andra (singer)Music & Radio1.80×
03AndraMusic & Radio1.70×
04StirileProTVMovies & TV1.64×
05Alexandru Ioan CuzaPolitics & Society1.64×
06Tony PoptamasMusic & Radio1.64×
07Bucataras.roFood & Beverages1.61×
08Master (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)Movies & TV1.59×
09Claudio Baglioni Network NewsMovie / TV Show / Series1.55×
10NumerologyHealth1.53×
11Central European Media EnterprisesMovies & TV1.53×
12Giovanni SollimaMusic & Radio1.51×
13ZiuaNews1.51×
14Alessandra AmorosoMusic & Radio1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Soul music 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 Soul music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.04×
CreativityOPEN1.01×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.99×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Soul music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.75×
IndividualismJOY0.79×
Career OrientationPOWER0.82×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Soul music have in Italy?

Soul music has an estimated audience of 10,583,529 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

What is the gender split and age of Soul music fans?

49.9% of Soul music fans are female, 50.1% are male, with an average age of 37.9 years.

03

Which brands do Soul music fans like most?

Soul music fans show strongest brand affinity for Alessandra Amoroso (1.5×), Numerology (1.53×), and StirileProTV (1.64×) over the country average.

04

Where do Soul music fans live in Italy?

Soul music 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 Soul music fans also like?

Beyond Soul music itself, the audience over-indexes on Numerology (1.53×), StirileProTV (1.64×), Master (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) (1.59×), and Central European Media Enterprises (1.53×) 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 Soul music. 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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