Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Harian Metro Audience in Malaysia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Harian Metro in Malaysia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Harian Metro has an estimated audience of 5,485,979 people in Malaysia.

#12among Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Malaysia
#3in News

The average Harian Metro fan in Malaysia is 36.7 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Selangor.

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

Top brand affinities include Sinar Harian, Berita Harian, Astro Awani, with strongest over-indexing on Sinar Harian (1.81× the country average).

Demographically, the Harian Metro audience skews balanced with an average age of 36.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Travelling, Early Adopter Mentality.

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

The typical Harian Metro fan in Malaysia is balanced, around 36.7 years old, with strong Travelling tendencies and a notable affinity for Sinar Harian.

Category: News · 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 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Harian Metro profile in Malaysia.

Audience size
5.5M
in Malaysia
Gender
53.1%
46.9% male
Age
36.7
average years
Country rank
#97
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Malaysia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-27%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of Harian Metro

53.1% are female, 46.9% are male, average age 36.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.1%
Female
46.9%
Male
Demographic split for Harian Metro audience in Malaysia
MetricValue
Female53.1%
Male46.9%
Average age36.7
Estimated audience size5,485,979
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.7
average years
Age distribution of the Harian Metro audience in Malaysia
Age bracketShare%
16-1919%
20-2928%
30-3923%
40-4918%
50+12%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

88.9%

of the worldwide Harian Metro audience comes from Malaysia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Harian Metro
CountryShare
Malaysia88.9%
Singapore3.7%
Brunei1.4%
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 Harian Metro audience in Malaysia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Harian Metro fans by region: top regions in Malaysia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Putrajaya~60K1.94×
02Terengganu~400K1.57×
03Kelantan~300K1.31×
04Negeri Sembilan~300K1.25×
05Kedah~400K1.20×
06Perak~500K1.14×
07Malacca~200K1.08×
08Pahang~300K1.01×
09Selangor~1.5M0.96×
10Perlis~70K0.95×
11Johor~600K0.77×
12Kuala Lumpur~700K0.71×
13Penang~200K0.61×
14Sabah~300K0.58×
15Sarawak~200K0.50×
16Labuan~20K0.46×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Harian Metro audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Kosmo!News1.87×
02Sinar HarianNews1.81×
03Utusan MalaysiaNews1.77×
04Astro AwaniMovies & TV1.70×
05MedinaTravel & Leisure1.68×
06TudongFashion & Accessoires1.64×
07MadrasaKids & Family1.61×
08Berita HarianNews1.60×
09Islam in MalaysiaPolitics & Society1.60×
10Islamic architectureHome & Garden1.59×
11AbayaFashion & Accessoires1.59×
12UmrahPolitics & Society1.58×
13Tabung HajiPolitics & Society1.57×
14KurtaFashion & Accessoires1.54×
15Hafiz (Quran)Politics & Society1.53×
16LecturerKids & Family1.53×
17HijabPolitics & Society1.52×
18NerveHealth1.52×
19Glossary of IslamPolitics & Society1.51×
20AyahPolitics & Society1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Harian Metro 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 Harian Metro audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL1.18×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.18×
IndividualismJOY1.10×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Harian Metro audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.56×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.64×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.70×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Harian Metro have in Malaysia?

Harian Metro has an estimated audience of 5,485,979 people in Malaysia, concentrated in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.

02

What is the gender split and age of Harian Metro fans?

53.1% of Harian Metro fans are female, 46.9% are male, with an average age of 36.7 years.

03

Which brands do Harian Metro fans like most?

Harian Metro fans show strongest brand affinity for Sinar Harian (1.81×), Berita Harian (1.6×), and Astro Awani (1.7×) over the country average.

04

Where do Harian Metro fans live in Malaysia?

Harian Metro fans in Malaysia are most concentrated in Selangor (reach ~1.5M), Kuala Lumpur (reach ~700K), and Johor (reach ~600K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Harian Metro fans also like?

Beyond Harian Metro itself, the audience over-indexes on Berita Harian (1.6×), Astro Awani (1.7×), Kosmo! (1.87×), and Utusan Malaysia (1.77×) 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 Harian Metro. 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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