Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Online newspaper Audience in Netherlands

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Online newspaper in Netherlands — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Online newspaper has an estimated audience of 2,976,103 people in Netherlands.

The average Online newspaper fan in Netherlands is 46.9 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Zuid-Holland.

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

Top brand affinities include TV-Gids, NU.nl, NRC, with strongest over-indexing on TV-Gids (1.7× the country average).

Demographically, the Online newspaper audience skews balanced with an average age of 46.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Urban Lifestyle, Need for Security.

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

The typical Online newspaper fan in Netherlands is balanced, around 46.9 years old, with strong Urban Lifestyle tendencies and a notable affinity for TV-Gids.

Category: News · 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 2026-08-12.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Online newspaper profile in Netherlands.

Audience size
3M
in Netherlands
Gender
54.3%
45.7% male
Age
46.9
average years
Country rank
#288
Topic in Netherlands
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-71%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Online newspaper fans

54.3% are female, 45.7% are male, average age 46.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.3%
Female
45.7%
Male
Demographic split for Online newspaper audience in Netherlands
MetricValue
Female54.3%
Male45.7%
Average age46.9
Estimated audience size2,976,103
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 46.9
average years
Age distribution of the Online newspaper audience in Netherlands
Age bracketShare%
16-196%
20-2914%
30-3917%
40-4924%
50+40%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.5%

of the worldwide Online newspaper audience comes from Netherlands.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Online newspaper
CountryShare
United States15.3%
India8.0%
Italy6.5%
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 Online newspaper audience in Netherlands is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Online newspaper fans by region: top regions in Netherlands
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Groningen~100K1.05×
02Flevoland~80K1.02×
03Drenthe~90K1.01×
04North Holland~500K1.00×
05Utrecht~200K1.00×
06Overijssel~200K1.00×
07Friesland~100K1.00×
08Zeeland~60K1.00×
09Gelderland~400K0.99×
10Limburg~200K0.99×
11North Brabant~500K0.97×
12Zuid-Holland~700K0.94×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Online newspaper audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Research and developmentBusiness & Career9.28×
02NRCNews3.22×
03TrouwNews2.83×
04WikipediaInternet & Social Media2.55×
05De VolkskrantNews2.09×
06Electronic publishingNews2.07×
07EducationBusiness & Career1.96×
08Nederlands ElftalSports1.77×
09Dutch languagePolitics & Society1.76×
10NU.nlNews1.73×
11AmsterdamTravel & Leisure1.72×
12SoccerSports1.71×
13ClaudeTechnology & Electronics1.71×
14TV-GidsMovies & TV1.70×
15Nederlandse Omroep StichtingNews1.69×
16Rock musicMusic & Radio1.67×
17RedditInternet & Social Media1.64×
18The HagueTravel & Leisure1.58×
19Ziggo DomeMusic & Radio1.53×
20RTL NieuwsMovies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Online newspaper 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 Online newspaper audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.46×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.44×
Social Media UsageJOY1.30×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Online newspaper audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY0.95×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.98×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.00×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Online newspaper have in Netherlands?

Online newspaper has an estimated audience of 2,976,103 people in Netherlands, concentrated in Zuid-Holland and North Holland.

02

What is the gender split and age of Online newspaper fans?

54.3% of Online newspaper fans are female, 45.7% are male, with an average age of 46.9 years.

03

Which brands do Online newspaper fans like most?

Online newspaper fans show strongest brand affinity for TV-Gids (1.7×), NU.nl (1.73×), and NRC (3.22×) over the country average.

04

Where do Online newspaper fans live in Netherlands?

Online newspaper fans in Netherlands are most concentrated in Zuid-Holland (reach ~700K), North Holland (reach ~500K), and North Brabant (reach ~500K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Online newspaper fans also like?

Beyond Online newspaper itself, the audience over-indexes on NU.nl (1.73×), NRC (3.22×), Amsterdam (1.72×), and RTL Nieuws (1.51×) 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 Online newspaper. 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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