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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
26 Haute cuisine 624k 45.5 51.3% Cuisine
27 Irish cuisine 588k 49.9 57.0% Cuisine
28 New Mexican cuisine 527k 39.8 60.9% Cuisine
29 Arab cuisine 520k 41.8 62.0% Cuisine
30 European cuisine 503k 45.0 46.7% Cuisine
31 southern food 488k 35.4 40.4% Cuisine
32 Cantonese cuisine 466k 42.0 58.7% Cuisine
33 Peruvian cuisine 419k 40.7 57.2% Cuisine
34 Tex-Mex 376k 39.2 48.1% Cuisine
35 African cuisine 373k 42.1 60.3% Cuisine
36 Iraqi cuisine 327k 42.6 60.4% Cuisine
37 Portuguese cuisine 291k 41.2 56.8% Cuisine
38 Lebanese cuisine 275k 36.3 52.7% Cuisine
39 Moroccan cuisine 242k 34.6 53.5% Cuisine
40 Persian Food 231k 43.9 66.7% Cuisine
41 English cuisine 221k 45.0 55.2% Cuisine
42 Pakistani cuisine 215k 36.3 45.4% Cuisine
43 Syrian cuisine 212k 38.8 54.3% Cuisine
44 Indonesian cuisine 209k 41.8 57.3% Cuisine
45 Taiwanese cuisine 204k 44.6 60.1% Cuisine
46 Brazilian cuisine 194k 43.0 54.2% Cuisine
47 Penang cuisine 188k 39.2 9.0% Cuisine
48 Cuban cuisine 175k 39.2 65.4% Cuisine
49 South Asian cuisine 173k 38.6 49.5% Cuisine
50 Argentine cuisine 166k 46.4 45.9% 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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