Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Wikipedia Audience in Italy

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Wikipedia in Italy — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Wikipedia has an estimated audience of 9,904,138 people in Italy.

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 Spirituality, Patriotism.

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

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

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

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 Wikipedia profile in Italy.

Audience size
9.9M
in Italy
Gender
46.6%
53.4% male
Age
45.5
average years
Country rank
#503
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Italy
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-8%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of Wikipedia

46.6% are female, 53.4% are male, average age 45.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

46.6%
Female
53.4%
Male
Demographic split for Wikipedia audience in Italy
MetricValue
Female46.6%
Male53.4%
Average age45.5
Estimated audience size9,904,138
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 45.5
average years
Age distribution of the Wikipedia audience in Italy
Age bracketShare%
16-197%
20-2914%
30-3920%
40-4924%
50+35%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.6%

of the worldwide Wikipedia audience comes from Italy.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Wikipedia
CountryShare
United States21.9%
Germany6.8%
United Kingdom5.0%
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 Wikipedia audience in Italy is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Wikipedia fans by region: top regions in Italy
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Tuscany~800K1.28×
02Emilia-Romagna~1M1.27×
03Friuli-Venezia Giulia~200K1.26×
04Piedmont~900K1.25×
05Lombardy~2M1.21×
06Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol~200K1.18×
07Veneto~900K1.17×
08Liguria~300K1.15×
09Lazio~1.5M1.14×
10Marche~300K1.03×
11Campania~1M1.01×
12Puglia~700K0.95×
13Abruzzo~200K0.94×
14Sicilia~800K0.91×
15Umbria~100K0.87×
16Sardinia~200K0.81×
17Calabria~200K0.77×
18Basilicata~60K0.69×
19Aosta Valley~20K0.61×
20Molise~30K0.58×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Wikipedia audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Information scienceBusiness & Career25.11×
02ObituaryLiterature15.64×
03DataBusiness & Career14.84×
04Web serverTechnology & Electronics14.70×
05HumorismLiterature14.06×
06Wind turbineHome & Garden11.72×
07IndividualPolitics & Society10.21×
08Video hosting serviceTechnology & Electronics9.68×
09Electronic publishingNews9.29×
10Projection screenTechnology & Electronics8.91×
11Political scienceBusiness & Career8.79×
12ElectionPolitics & Society7.81×
13Political partyPolitics & Society6.74×
14GenderPolitics & Society6.17×
15GeneticsKids & Family6.11×
16Digital televisionMovies & TV5.88×
17Message in a Bottle (film)Movies & TV5.22×
18UniCreditBusiness & Career4.84×
19PoliticsPolitics & Society4.56×
20La StampaNews4.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE4.42×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM3.31×
IndividualismJOY3.24×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Wikipedia audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.89×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.95×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.95×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Wikipedia have in Italy?

Wikipedia has an estimated audience of 9,904,138 people in Italy, concentrated in Lombardy and Lazio.

02

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.

03

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.

04

Where do Wikipedia fans live in Italy?

Wikipedia fans in Italy are most concentrated in Lombardy (reach ~2M), Lazio (reach ~1.5M), and Campania (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

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.

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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.

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