Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Petaling Jaya Audience in Malaysia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Petaling Jaya in Malaysia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Petaling Jaya has an estimated audience of 3,369,224 people in Malaysia.

#3among City in Malaysia
#22among POI in Malaysia
#28in Travel & Leisure

The average Petaling Jaya 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 Politics, Veganism, Real property, with strongest over-indexing on Politics (1.51× the country average).

Demographically, the Petaling Jaya audience skews balanced with an average age of 39.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sustainability, Quality Awareness.

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

The typical Petaling Jaya fan in Malaysia is balanced, around 39.3 years old, with strong Sustainability tendencies and a notable affinity for Politics.

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 Petaling Jaya profile in Malaysia.

Audience size
3.4M
in Malaysia
Gender
51.6%
48.4% male
Age
39.3
average years
Country rank
#273
POI in Malaysia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

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

Demographics of Petaling Jaya fans

51.6% are female, 48.4% are male, average age 39.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.6%
Female
48.4%
Male
Demographic split for Petaling Jaya audience in Malaysia
MetricValue
Female51.6%
Male48.4%
Average age39.3
Estimated audience size3,369,224
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.3
average years
Age distribution of the Petaling Jaya audience in Malaysia
Age bracketShare%
16-1913%
20-2926%
30-3924%
40-4919%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

65.2%

of the worldwide Petaling Jaya audience comes from Malaysia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Petaling Jaya
CountryShare
Malaysia65.2%
Indonesia5.3%
Singapore5.2%
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 Petaling Jaya audience in Malaysia is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Petaling Jaya fans by region: top regions in Malaysia
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Selangor~2M2.37×
02Kuala Lumpur~1M1.96×
03Negeri Sembilan~200K1.20×
04Johor~500K1.15×
05Perak~300K1.07×
06Putrajaya~20K1.02×
07Penang~200K1.00×
08Pahang~200K1.00×
09Malacca~100K0.97×
10Kedah~200K0.95×
11Labuan~20K0.78×
12Perlis~40K0.74×
13Terengganu~100K0.73×
14Kelantan~100K0.72×
15Sarawak~200K0.63×
16Sabah~200K0.55×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Petaling Jaya audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Nanyang Siang PauNews2.06×
02Mission: ImpossibleMovies & TV1.93×
03HVACHome & Garden1.90×
04CappuccinoFood & Beverages1.77×
05Potato chipFood & Beverages1.70×
06Convenience storeFood & Beverages1.69×
07Coconut oilFood & Beverages1.63×
08HerbalismHealth1.59×
09Pay televisionMovies & TV1.59×
10PorridgeFood & Beverages1.58×
11Sunway LagoonTravel & Leisure1.58×
12Real propertyHome & Garden1.57×
13Hair conditionerBeauty & Wellness1.55×
14VeganismFood & Beverages1.53×
15Simulation gamesGames1.52×
16TV comediesMovies & TV1.52×
17PodcastMusic & Radio1.52×
18PoliticsPolitics & Society1.51×
19CNNMovies & TV1.51×
20DermatologyBeauty & Wellness1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Petaling Jaya 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 Petaling Jaya audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SustainabilityBALANCE1.26×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.23×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.18×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Petaling Jaya audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.57×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.87×
IndividualismJOY0.90×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Petaling Jaya have in Malaysia?

Petaling Jaya has an estimated audience of 3,369,224 people in Malaysia, concentrated in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.

02

What is the gender split and age of Petaling Jaya fans?

51.6% of Petaling Jaya fans are female, 48.4% are male, with an average age of 39.3 years.

03

Which brands do Petaling Jaya fans like most?

Petaling Jaya fans show strongest brand affinity for Politics (1.51×), Veganism (1.53×), and Real property (1.57×) over the country average.

04

Where do Petaling Jaya fans live in Malaysia?

Petaling Jaya fans in Malaysia are most concentrated in Selangor (reach ~2M), Kuala Lumpur (reach ~1M), and Johor (reach ~500K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Petaling Jaya fans also like?

Beyond Petaling Jaya itself, the audience over-indexes on Veganism (1.53×), Real property (1.57×), Herbalism (1.59×), and Convenience store (1.69×) 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 Petaling Jaya. 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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