Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Telegram Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Telegram in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Telegram has an estimated audience of 7,702,597 people in Italy.

The average Telegram fan in Italy is 42.2 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Lombardy.

The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Campania, Lazio.

Top brand affinities include Avast!, SuperEnalotto, WhatsApp, with strongest over-indexing on Avast! (22.98× the country average).

Demographically, the Telegram audience skews more male with an average age of 42.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Risk Appetite, Need for Security.

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

The typical Telegram fan in Italy is more male, around 42.2 years old, with strong Risk Appetite tendencies and a notable affinity for Avast!.

Category: Internet & Social Media · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Communication

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 Telegram profile in Italy.

Audience size
7.7M
in Italy
Gender
37.9%
62.1% male
Age
42.2
average years
Country rank
#750
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-1%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of Telegram

37.9% are female, 62.1% are male, average age 42.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

37.9%
Female
62.1%
Male
Demographic split for Telegram audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female37.9%
Male62.1%
Average age42.2
Estimated audience size7,702,597
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.2
average years
Age distribution of the Telegram audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2920%
30-3922%
40-4925%
50+23%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.4%

of the worldwide Telegram audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Telegram
CountryShare
China21.6%
Brazil4.4%
Italy3.4%
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 Telegram audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Telegram fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Campania~1.5M1.46×
02Puglia~700K1.35×
03Sicilia~900K1.33×
04Piedmont~700K1.21×
05Calabria~300K1.16×
06Veneto~700K1.11×
07Lazio~1M1.09×
08Emilia-Romagna~700K1.04×
09Lombardy~1.5M1.02×
10Marche~200K1.02×
11Tuscany~500K0.96×
12Abruzzo~200K0.95×
13Umbria~100K0.93×
14Friuli-Venezia Giulia~100K0.90×
15Sardinia~200K0.89×
16Liguria~200K0.88×
17Basilicata~60K0.84×
18Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~100K0.76×
19Molise~20K0.68×
20Aosta Valley~9K0.45×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Telegram audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Avast!Technology & Electronics22.98×
02PiCK UP!Food & Beverages11.97×
03Google EarthInternet & Social Media5.51×
04BwinGames3.95×
05corriere dello sportSports2.49×
06SuperEnalottoGames2.41×
07Online chatTechnology & Electronics2.25×
08WhatsAppInternet & Social Media1.85×
09Il GiornaleNews1.80×
10La StampaNews1.79×
11TuttosportSports1.77×
12Corriere della SeraNews1.71×
13Singer-songwriterMusic & Radio1.69×
14Subito.itShopping1.68×
15Poste italianeBusiness & Career1.66×
16La Gazzetta dello SportSports1.65×
17UniCreditBusiness & Career1.65×
18La RepubblicaNews1.64×
19Il Fatto QuotidianoNews1.55×
20Catholic ChurchPolitics & Society1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Telegram 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 Telegram audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL2.17×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.90×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.68×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Telegram audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.97×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.05×
Pet OwnershipJOY1.05×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Telegram have in Italy?

Telegram has an estimated audience of 7,702,597 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Campania.

02

What is the gender split and age of Telegram fans?

37.9% of Telegram fans are female, 62.1% are male, with an average age of 42.2 years.

03

Which brands do Telegram fans like most?

Telegram fans show strongest brand affinity for Avast! (22.98×), SuperEnalotto (2.41×), and WhatsApp (1.85×) over the country average.

04

Where do Telegram fans live in Italy?

Telegram fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~1.5M), Campania (reach ~1.5M), and Lazio (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Telegram fans also like?

Beyond Telegram itself, the audience over-indexes on SuperEnalotto (2.41×), WhatsApp (1.85×), corriere dello sport (2.49×), and Corriere della Sera (1.71×) 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 Telegram. 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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