Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Kuala Lumpur Audience in Malaysia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Kuala Lumpur has an estimated audience of 7,701,838 people in Malaysia.

#1among City in Malaysia
#1among POI in Malaysia
#1in Travel & Leisure

The average Kuala Lumpur fan in Malaysia is 38.4 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Kuala Lumpur.

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

Demographically, the Kuala Lumpur audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Individualism, Travelling.

Category: Travel & Leisure · Type: POI · Subtype: City

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 Kuala Lumpur profile in Malaysia.

Audience size
7.7M
in Malaysia
Gender
50.4%
49.6% male
Age
38.4
average years
Country rank
#18
POI in Malaysia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-22%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Kuala Lumpur fans

50.4% are female, 49.6% are male, average age 38.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

50.4%
Female
49.6%
Male
Demographic split for Kuala Lumpur audience in Malaysia
MetricValue
Female50.4%
Male49.6%
Average age38.4
Estimated audience size7,701,838
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.4
average years
Age distribution of the Kuala Lumpur audience in Malaysia
Age bracketShare%
16-1917%
20-2926%
30-3922%
40-4919%
50+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

26.3%

of the worldwide Kuala Lumpur audience comes from Malaysia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Kuala Lumpur
CountryShare
Malaysia26.3%
Indonesia11.3%
United States7.1%
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 Kuala Lumpur audience in Malaysia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Kuala Lumpur fans by region: top regions in Malaysia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Kuala Lumpur~3M2.16×
02Pahang~500K1.40×
03Selangor~3M1.31×
04Perak~800K1.26×
05Negeri Sembilan~400K1.14×
06Malacca~300K1.06×
07Penang~500K1.02×
08Kedah~500K0.99×
09Johor~1M0.98×
10Terengganu~300K0.90×
11Kelantan~300K0.89×
12Putrajaya~30K0.80×
13Sarawak~400K0.70×
14Perlis~70K0.61×
15Sabah~400K0.59×
16Labuan~40K0.57×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Kuala Lumpur 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 Kuala Lumpur audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndividualismJOY0.83×
TravellingTHRILL0.80×
Urban LifestyleOPEN0.69×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Kuala Lumpur audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.47×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.51×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.51×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

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