Wikipedia Audience in Italy

Wikipedia has an estimated audience of 9,980,297 people in Italy. 46.6% are female, 53.4% are male, average age 45.5. Top regions: Lombardy, Lazio, Campania. Top brand affinities: Obituary, Data, Web server, Electronic publishing, Message in a Bottle (film).

The average Wikipedia fan in Italy is 45.5 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Lombardy. The audience is concentrated in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania. Top brand affinities include Obituary, Data, Web server, with strongest over-indexing on Obituary (15.64× the country average). Demographically, the Wikipedia audience skews balanced with an average age of 45.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Convenience Orientation, Spirituality. Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 20 regions tracked by Rascasse.

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

Demographics of Wikipedia fans

Demographic split for Wikipedia audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female46.6%
Male53.4%
Average age45.5
Estimated audience size9,980,297

Audience persona

The typical Wikipedia fan in Italy is balanced, around 45.5 years old, with strong Convenience Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Obituary.

Top regions in Italy

Top regions ranked by reach for Wikipedia in Italy
RegionReachAffinity
Lombardy2,120,1611.21×
Lazio1,398,3431.14×
Campania1,133,9121.01×
Emilia-Romagna1,034,8521.27×
Veneto922,9341.17×
Piedmont920,7521.25×
Tuscany846,4281.28×
Sicilia785,1180.91×
Puglia652,6140.95×
Liguria322,0661.15×
Marche255,5991.03×
Friuli-Venezia Giulia238,2201.27×
Calabria235,7680.77×
Sardinia227,3500.81×
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol223,9611.19×
Abruzzo205,9420.94×
Umbria140,1250.87×
Basilicata62,0830.68×
Molise26,1000.55×
Aosta Valley14,3970.57×

Top brand affinities

Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Wikipedia audience
BrandAffinityCategory
Obituary15.64×Literature
Data14.84×Business & Career
Web server14.7×Technology & Electronics
Electronic publishing9.29×News
Message in a Bottle (film)5.22×Movies & TV
Individual10.21×Politics & Society
Video hosting service9.68×Technology & Electronics
Information science25.11×Business & Career
Wind turbine11.72×Home & Garden
Humorism14.06×Literature
Political science8.79×Business & Career
Politics4.56×Politics & Society
Projection screen8.91×Technology & Electronics
La Stampa4.51×News
Gender6.17×Politics & Society
Genetics6.11×Kids & Family
Election7.81×Politics & Society
Digital television5.88×Movies & TV
Political party6.74×Politics & Society
UniCredit4.84×Business & Career

Psychographic profile

Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Top personality traits over-indexed by Wikipedia audience
TraitClusterScore
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.59
SpiritualityBALANCE1.54
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.53
IndividualismJOY1.47
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.38
Community OrientationOPEN1.38

Worldwide distribution

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Wikipedia
CountryShare
United States21.7%
Germany6.9%
India4.9%

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Frequently asked questions

How many fans does Wikipedia have in Italy?

Wikipedia has an estimated audience of 9,980,297 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

What is the gender split and age of Wikipedia fans?

46.6% of Wikipedia fans are female, 53.4% are male, with an average age of 45.5 years.

Which brands do Wikipedia fans like most?

Wikipedia fans show strongest brand affinity for Obituary (15.64×), Data (14.84×), and Web server (14.7×) over the country average.

Where do Wikipedia fans live in Italy?

Wikipedia fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach 2,120,161), Lazio (reach 1,398,343), and Campania (reach 1,133,912). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

What other brands do Wikipedia fans also like?

Beyond Wikipedia itself, the audience over-indexes on Data (14.84×), Web server (14.7×), Electronic publishing (9.29×), and Message in a Bottle (film) (5.22×) compared to the Italy average.

How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Italy who actively search for Wikipedia. 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.