Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Cooking Audience in Malaysia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Cooking in Malaysia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Cooking has an estimated audience of 6,758,582 people in Malaysia.

#22among Lifestyle cluster in Malaysia
#32among Topic in Malaysia
#5in Food & Beverages

The average Cooking fan in Malaysia is 39.3 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Selangor.

The audience is concentrated in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor.

Top brand affinities include Shopping, kumpulan wang simpanan pekerja, Monarchy, with strongest over-indexing on Shopping (1.68× the country average).

Demographically, the Cooking audience skews balanced with an average age of 39.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Early Adopter Mentality, Family Orientation.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 16 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Cooking fan in Malaysia is balanced, around 39.3 years old, with strong Early Adopter Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for Shopping.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Topic · Subtype: Lifestyle cluster

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Cooking profile in Malaysia.

Audience size
6.8M
in Malaysia
Gender
53.5%
46.5% male
Age
39.3
average years
Country rank
#48
Topic in Malaysia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-5%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Cooking fans

53.5% are female, 46.5% are male, average age 39.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.5%
Female
46.5%
Male
Demographic split for Cooking audience in Malaysia
MetricValue
Female53.5%
Male46.5%
Average age39.3
Estimated audience size6,758,582
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.3
average years
Age distribution of the Cooking audience in Malaysia
Age bracketShare%
16-1914%
20-2926%
30-3923%
40-4920%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.0%

of the worldwide Cooking audience comes from Malaysia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Cooking
CountryShare
United States20.2%
Japan4.6%
Italy4.6%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Malaysia average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Cooking audience in Malaysia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Cooking fans by region: top regions in Malaysia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Selangor~2.5M1.37×
02Kuala Lumpur~1.5M1.37×
03Johor~1M1.23×
04Perak~600K1.17×
05Sabah~700K1.15×
06Sarawak~600K1.14×
07Penang~400K1.08×
08Kedah~500K1.02×
09Pahang~300K1.01×
10Malacca~300K1.01×
11Negeri Sembilan~300K0.98×
12Kelantan~300K0.96×
13Labuan~50K0.93×
14Perlis~90K0.90×
15Terengganu~300K0.89×
16Putrajaya~30K0.86×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Cooking audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Frying panHome & Garden4.18×
02ProbioticHealth4.04×
03Indeed.comBusiness & Career3.48×
04Household goodsHome & Garden3.15×
05kumpulan wang simpanan pekerjaBusiness & Career2.89×
06Bangladesh national cricket teamSports2.84×
07Sinar FMMusic & Radio2.82×
08Home shoppingShopping2.59×
09LinkedInInternet & Social Media2.54×
10BSNHealth1.83×
11EducationBusiness & Career1.72×
12SoccerSports1.71×
13RestaurantsFood & Beverages1.69×
14PhotographyArts & Culture1.69×
15ShoppingShopping1.68×
16MonarchyPolitics & Society1.68×
17Instant messagingInternet & Social Media1.63×
18Parliament of MalaysiaPolitics & Society1.59×
19PetsPets & Animals1.58×
20TelegramInternet & Social Media1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Cooking 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 Cooking audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER2.04×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.86×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.86×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Cooking audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.77×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.82×
CreativityOPEN0.84×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Cooking have in Malaysia?

Cooking has an estimated audience of 6,758,582 people in Malaysia, concentrated in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.

02

What is the gender split and age of Cooking fans?

53.5% of Cooking fans are female, 46.5% are male, with an average age of 39.3 years.

03

Which brands do Cooking fans like most?

Cooking fans show strongest brand affinity for Shopping (1.68×), kumpulan wang simpanan pekerja (2.89×), and Monarchy (1.68×) over the country average.

04

Where do Cooking fans live in Malaysia?

Cooking fans in Malaysia are most concentrated in Selangor (reach ~2.5M), Kuala Lumpur (reach ~1.5M), and Johor (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Cooking fans also like?

Beyond Cooking itself, the audience over-indexes on kumpulan wang simpanan pekerja (2.89×), Monarchy (1.68×), Restaurants (1.69×), and BSN (1.83×) compared to the Malaysia average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Malaysia who actively search for Cooking. 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 Malaysia. 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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