Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Sharia Audience in Malaysia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Sharia in Malaysia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Sharia has an estimated audience of 2,165,005 people in Malaysia.

#450among Topic in Malaysia
#33in Politics & Society

Sharia has an estimated audience of 2,165,005 people in Malaysia. 52.2% are female, 47.8% are male, average age 38.8. Top brand affinities: Telegram, Malaysiakini, Google Maps, Zakat, Politics.

Top brand affinities include Telegram, Malaysiakini, Google Maps, with strongest over-indexing on Telegram (2.1× the country average).

Demographically, the Sharia audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Risk Appetite, Community Orientation.

The typical Sharia fan in Malaysia is balanced, around 38.8 years old, with strong Risk Appetite tendencies and a notable affinity for Telegram.

Category: Politics & Society · Type: Topic

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 Sharia profile in Malaysia.

Audience size
2.2M
in Malaysia
Gender
52.2%
47.8% male
Age
38.8
average years
Country rank
#583
Topic in Malaysia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+31%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Sharia fans

52.2% are female, 47.8% are male, average age 38.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.2%
Female
47.8%
Male
Demographic split for Sharia audience in Malaysia
MetricValue
Female52.2%
Male47.8%
Average age38.8
Estimated audience size2,165,005
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.8
average years
Age distribution of the Sharia audience in Malaysia
Age bracketShare%
16-1913%
20-2927%
30-3924%
40-4921%
50+15%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

11.5%

of the worldwide Sharia audience comes from Malaysia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Sharia
CountryShare
Indonesia27.3%
Malaysia11.5%
Pakistan6.5%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Sharia audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01ZakatPolitics & Society3.23×
02Anwar IbrahimPolitics & Society2.18×
03TelegramInternet & Social Media2.10×
04Road taxPolitics & Society2.01×
05Ramadan (calendar month)Politics & Society1.99×
06Day tradingBusiness & Career1.94×
07MalaysiakiniNews1.84×
08Tabung HajiPolitics & Society1.84×
09God in IslamPolitics & Society1.82×
10WikipediaInternet & Social Media1.79×
11Blood vesselHealth1.79×
12Islamic bankingBusiness & Career1.78×
13HijabPolitics & Society1.75×
14Money back guaranteeShopping1.72×
15Social scienceBusiness & Career1.64×
16Google MapsInternet & Social Media1.59×
17Diabetes mellitus awarenessHealth1.59×
18PoliticsPolitics & Society1.58×
19Kosmo!News1.56×
20Kitchen cabinetHome & Garden1.54×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Sharia 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 Sharia audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL1.35×
Community OrientationOPEN1.25×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.20×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Sharia audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY0.73×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.80×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.83×
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 Sharia. 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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