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Top 100 Cuisines in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest cuisines in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 178 cuisines tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Italian cuisine, Mediterranean cuisine and Vegetarian cuisine lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 42M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.2M, and the largest, Italian cuisine, reaches around 23M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each cuisine, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Italy. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Italy, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Italy. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Italian cuisine 23M 43.2 59.2% Cuisine
2 Mediterranean cuisine 9.7M 46.4 57.1% Cuisine
3 Vegetarian cuisine 8.5M 42.8 63.4% Cuisine
4 Japanese cuisine 7.7M 40.9 58.7% Cuisine
5 French cuisine 6.5M 43.7 57.5% Cuisine
6 Chinese cuisine 5.3M 43.0 58.8% Cuisine
7 Mexican cuisine 4.2M 44.4 60.0% Cuisine
8 Indian cuisine 4.2M 44.5 57.3% Cuisine
9 Spanish cuisine 3.9M 43.9 58.2% Cuisine
10 German cuisine 3.8M 44.6 56.3% Cuisine
11 Greek cuisine 3.6M 44.4 59.4% Cuisine
12 Korean cuisine 3.5M 42.0 58.4% Cuisine
13 Vietnamese cuisine 3.5M 44.4 58.2% Cuisine
14 Latin American cuisine 3.2M 44.4 59.9% Cuisine
15 Thai cuisine 3.2M 44.0 58.3% Cuisine
16 Middle Eastern cuisine 3M 45.3 58.9% Cuisine
17 spicy food 2.3M 41.6 68.2% Cuisine
18 Global cuisine 1.9M 46.6 64.2% Cuisine
19 Sicilian cuisine 1.6M 46.0 62.5% Cuisine
20 Cuisine of the United States 1.3M 45.5 40.5% Cuisine
21 Fusion cuisine 957k 42.4 52.3% Cuisine
22 Turkish cuisine 875k 46.0 68.6% Cuisine
23 Asian cuisine 780k 36.4 60.1% Cuisine
24 Neapolitan cuisine 722k 40.9 58.4% Cuisine
25 British cuisine 633k 39.9 60.5% Cuisine

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy and ranks each cuisine by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest cuisine in Italy?

Italian cuisine currently leads with an estimated audience of 23M people in Italy.

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