Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Cooking Audience in Netherlands

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Cooking in Netherlands — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Cooking has an estimated audience of 6,060,014 people in Netherlands.

The average Cooking fan in Netherlands is 45.4 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Zuid-Holland.

The audience is concentrated in Zuid-Holland, North Holland, North Brabant.

Top brand affinities include Google Maps, Movies, Hornbach, with strongest over-indexing on Google Maps (2.06× the country average).

Demographically, the Cooking audience skews more female with an average age of 45.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Quality Awareness, Community Orientation.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 12 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Cooking fan in Netherlands is more female, around 45.4 years old, with strong Quality Awareness tendencies and a notable affinity for Google Maps.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Topic · Subtype: Lifestyle cluster

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-12.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Cooking profile in Netherlands.

Audience size
6.1M
in Netherlands
Gender
61.0%
39.0% male
Age
45.4
average years
Country rank
#82
Topic in Netherlands
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+1%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Cooking fans

61.0% are female, 39.0% are male, average age 45.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

61.0%
Female
39.0%
Male
Demographic split for Cooking audience in Netherlands
MetricValue
Female61.0%
Male39.0%
Average age45.4
Estimated audience size6,060,014
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 45.4
average years
Age distribution of the Cooking audience in Netherlands
Age bracketShare%
16-198%
20-2914%
30-3917%
40-4923%
50+36%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.9%

of the worldwide Cooking audience comes from Netherlands.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Cooking
CountryShare
United States20.2%
Japan4.6%
Italy4.6%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Netherlands average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Cooking audience in Netherlands is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Cooking fans by region: top regions in Netherlands
#RegionReachAffinity×
01North Holland~1.5M1.56×
02Zuid-Holland~2M1.37×
03North Brabant~1M1.07×
04Flevoland~200K1.04×
05Gelderland~800K1.02×
06Utrecht~500K0.97×
07Overijssel~400K0.97×
08Limburg~400K0.92×
09Groningen~200K0.88×
10Friesland~200K0.86×
11Drenthe~200K0.86×
12Zeeland~100K0.86×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Cooking audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01BlokkerTechnology & Electronics2.45×
02MS ModeFashion & Accessoires2.39×
03MagnesiumHealth2.33×
04MSNNews2.25×
05Spar (retailer)Shopping2.25×
06VattenfallHome & Garden2.23×
07Garden furnitureHome & Garden2.17×
08JYSKHome & Garden2.15×
09Google MapsInternet & Social Media2.06×
10Holiday cottageTravel & Leisure1.96×
11Indeed.comBusiness & Career1.86×
12HygieneBeauty & Wellness1.82×
13Self-awarenessHealth1.78×
14Charity and causesBusiness & Career1.71×
15HornbachShopping1.60×
16Drop shippingShopping1.56×
17MoviesMovies & TV1.55×
18BelgiumTravel & Leisure1.55×
19RedditInternet & Social Media1.53×
20RecipesFood & Beverages1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Cooking 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 Cooking audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.88×
Community OrientationOPEN1.61×
Career OrientationPOWER1.48×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Cooking audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.79×
CreativityOPEN0.94×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.94×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Cooking have in Netherlands?

Cooking has an estimated audience of 6,060,014 people in Netherlands, concentrated in Zuid-Holland and North Holland.

02

What is the gender split and age of Cooking fans?

61.0% of Cooking fans are female, 39.0% are male, with an average age of 45.4 years.

03

Which brands do Cooking fans like most?

Cooking fans show strongest brand affinity for Google Maps (2.06×), Movies (1.55×), and Hornbach (1.6×) over the country average.

04

Where do Cooking fans live in Netherlands?

Cooking fans in Netherlands are most concentrated in Zuid-Holland (reach ~2M), North Holland (reach ~1.5M), and North Brabant (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Cooking fans also like?

Beyond Cooking itself, the audience over-indexes on Movies (1.55×), Hornbach (1.6×), Indeed.com (1.86×), and MS Mode (2.39×) compared to the Netherlands average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Netherlands who actively search for Cooking. 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 Netherlands. 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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