Rascasse Audience Intelligence

The Star (Malaysia) Audience in Malaysia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about The Star (Malaysia) in Malaysia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. The Star (Malaysia) has an estimated audience of 2,873,062 people in Malaysia.

#21among Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Malaysia
#7in News

The Star (Malaysia) has an estimated audience of 2,873,062 people in Malaysia. 53.2% are female, 46.8% are male, average age 38.0. Top brand affinities: Mstar Online, Contemporary romance, AsiaOne, Din Tai Fung, Meghan Markle.

Top brand affinities include Mstar Online, Contemporary romance, AsiaOne, with strongest over-indexing on Mstar Online (1.52× the country average).

Demographically, the The Star (Malaysia) audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Individualism.

The typical The Star (Malaysia) fan in Malaysia is balanced, around 38.0 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Mstar Online.

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 The Star (Malaysia) profile in Malaysia.

Audience size
2.9M
in Malaysia
Gender
53.2%
46.8% male
Age
38.0
average years
Country rank
#369
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Malaysia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-11%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of The Star (Malaysia)

53.2% are female, 46.8% are male, average age 38.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.2%
Female
46.8%
Male
Demographic split for The Star (Malaysia) audience in Malaysia
MetricValue
Female53.2%
Male46.8%
Average age38.0
Estimated audience size2,873,062
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.0
average years
Age distribution of the The Star (Malaysia) audience in Malaysia
Age bracketShare%
16-1917%
20-2926%
30-3923%
40-4919%
50+15%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

44.0%

of the worldwide The Star (Malaysia) audience comes from Malaysia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for The Star (Malaysia)
CountryShare
Malaysia44.0%
Kenya11.7%
Thailand7.4%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the The Star (Malaysia) audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for The Star (Malaysia) audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01AsiaOneNews1.91×
02Legal thrillerLiterature1.86×
03Marina MahathirPolitics & Society1.73×
04Downton AbbeyMovies & TV1.69×
05University of PennsylvaniaBusiness & Career1.68×
06Meghan MarkleFashion & Accessoires1.64×
07Contemporary romanceLiterature1.63×
08MindvalleyBusiness & Career1.62×
09United States presidential election, 2016Politics & Society1.61×
10Murphy’s LawMusic & Radio1.59×
11Stain removalHome & Garden1.56×
12Prince HarryPolitics & Society1.56×
13Daily MirrorNews1.55×
14KombuchaFood & Beverages1.54×
15New York PostNews1.54×
16Ta'ifTravel & Leisure1.53×
17Mstar OnlineInternet & Social Media1.52×
18Fresh Off the BoatMovies & TV1.52×
19Din Tai FungFood & Beverages1.51×
20George WashingtonPolitics & Society1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the The Star (Malaysia) 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 The Star (Malaysia) audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY1.03×
IndividualismJOY1.02×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.96×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by The Star (Malaysia) audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.76×
TravellingTHRILL0.86×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.88×
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 The Star (Malaysia). 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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