Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Tom Petty Audience in United States

Tom Petty has an estimated audience of 2.8M people in United States.

#100among Singer-songwriter in United States
#1716among people in United States#1027in Music & Radio

The average Tom Petty fan in United States is 43.3 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in California.

By number of fans, Tom Petty ranks #100 among the 7768 objects in Singer-songwriter in United States — 0.7× the group median.

Its fans are 6.5 years older than the group average of 36.8.

Women make up 52.1% of the fan base, 5.9 percentage points fewer than the group average.

Compared with the other 7767 objects in Singer-songwriter, Tom Petty fans stand out for their interest in Traveling Wilburys, Jeff Lynne and Steely Dan.

Most fans live in California, Florida, Texas.

Top affinities include Traveling Wilburys, Jeff Lynne, Steely Dan, with strongest over-indexing on Traveling Wilburys (30.72× the country average).

Demographically, the Tom Petty audience skews balanced with an average age of 43.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Community Orientation.

The typical Tom Petty fan in United States is balanced, around 43.3 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for Traveling Wilburys.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Person · Subtype: Singer-songwriter

Data status: Q3/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
2.8M
in United States
Gender
52.1%♀
47.9% male
Age
43.3
average years
Country rank
#11243
among all objects in United States
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-15%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Demographics of Tom Petty fans

52.1% are female, 47.9% are male, average age 43.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.1%
Female
47.9%
Male
Demographic split for Tom Petty audience in United States
MetricValue
Female52.1%
Male47.9%
Average age43.3
Estimated audience size2.8M
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.3
average years
Age distribution of the Tom Petty audience in United States
Age bracketShare%
16-2418%
25-3415%
35-4415%
45-5422%
55+32%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

55.1%

of the worldwide Tom Petty audience comes from United States.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Tom Petty
CountryShare
United States55.1%
United Kingdom8.7%
Canada5.6%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the United States average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Tom Petty fans by region: top regions in United States
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Montana~10K1.26×
02Maine~10K1.25×
03Indiana~70K1.21×
04Oregon~40K1.21×
05Tennessee~70K1.18×
06Kentucky~40K1.18×
07New Hampshire~10K1.18×
08Vermont~6K1.17×
09Ohio~100K1.14×
10Wisconsin~50K1.12×
11Minnesota~50K1.12×
12Missouri~60K1.11×
13Pennsylvania~100K1.10×
14West Virginia~20K1.10×
15South Dakota~8K1.10×
16Michigan~90K1.09×
17Iowa~30K1.09×
18Wyoming~5K1.08×
19Colorado~50K1.06×
20North Dakota~7K1.05×
21Oklahoma~30K1.04×
22Arkansas~30K1.04×
23Idaho~20K1.04×
24Massachusetts~60K1.03×
25Nebraska~20K1.03×
26Florida~200K1.02×
27Connecticut~30K1.02×
28Washington~60K1.01×
29Rhode Island~9K1.00×
30Alaska~6K0.99×
31Arizona~60K0.98×
32Kansas~20K0.98×
33New Mexico~20K0.98×
34Illinois~100K0.95×
35North Carolina~90K0.95×
36South Carolina~40K0.95×
37Alabama~40K0.93×
38Delaware~7K0.88×
39Utah~20K0.87×
40Mississippi~20K0.86×
41Georgia~80K0.84×
42Virginia~60K0.84×
43California~300K0.83×
44Louisiana~30K0.83×
45New Jersey~60K0.82×
46Nevada~20K0.82×
47New York~100K0.79×
48Texas~100K0.78×
49Maryland~40K0.75×
50Hawaii~8K0.66×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Tom Petty, United States
0.66×1.00×1.26×
Section 04
Brands and objects ranked by affinity with this audience. Values above 1.0× mean over-representation compared with the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Affinities of the Tom Petty audience vs. the country average
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Traveling WilburysMusic & Radio30.72×
02Jeff LynneMusic & Radio29.59×
03Steely DanMusic & Radio26.11×
04Bob SegerMusic & Radio23.20×
05Eagles (band)Music & Radio22.32×
06Joe WalshMusic & Radio18.04×
07Neil YoungMusic & Radio17.62×
08Genesis (band)Music & Radio17.09×
09Creedence Clearwater RevivalMusic & Radio16.12×
10Fleetwood MacMusic & Radio15.20×
11Bob DylanMusic & Radio12.02×
12Bruce SpringsteenMusic & Radio10.46×
13Phil CollinsMusic & Radio10.44×
14WingsMusic & Radio10.10×
15Neil DiamondMusic & Radio9.66×
16Paul McCartneyMusic & Radio7.56×
17Piper RockelleMusic & Radio7.18×
18YouTube MusicMusic & Radio5.30×
19Dolly PartonMusic & Radio2.56×
20Donald TrumpPolitics & Society1.58×
Section 05
Strongest and weakest personality traits of this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Tom Petty audience

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Personality traits of the Tom Petty audience vs. the country average · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE1.44×
Community OrientationOPEN1.42×
Career OrientationPOWER1.23×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Personality traits of the Tom Petty audience vs. the country average · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.82×
Pet OwnershipJOY0.93×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.97×
0×1.00× baseline2×
Appendix

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Source & method

Source
Rascasse Solution, own modelling
What “fans” means here
Estimated number of people in United States with measurable interest in Tom Petty over the last 12 months. Modelled, not counted; people interested in several persons count for each of them.
Data basis
Anonymised behavioural signals: search demand, social media signals, sponsorship and event data. Not a survey.
Period
10/2025 – 09/2026 · updated quarterly · data status Q3/2026
Confidence
high gender and age data available and an audience of at least 100,000 people

Cite as: “Rascasse Solution, Q3/2026, rascasse.com/explore/us/tom-petty-12473” · Methodology