Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Popular music Audience in Netherlands

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Popular music in Netherlands — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Popular music has an estimated audience of 2,708,506 people in Netherlands.

The average Popular music fan in Netherlands is 40.4 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in North Holland.

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

Top brand affinities include Shopping and fashion, Valentine's Day, Costa Rica, with strongest over-indexing on Shopping and fashion (239.32× the country average).

Demographically, the Popular music audience skews balanced with an average age of 40.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Risk Appetite, Patriotism.

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

The typical Popular music fan in Netherlands is balanced, around 40.4 years old, with strong Risk Appetite tendencies and a notable affinity for Shopping and fashion.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical genre

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 Popular music profile in Netherlands.

Audience size
2.7M
in Netherlands
Gender
49.0%
51.0% male
Age
40.4
average years
Country rank
#334
Topic in Netherlands
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-18%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Popular music fans

49.0% are female, 51.0% are male, average age 40.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

49.0%
Female
51.0%
Male
Demographic split for Popular music audience in Netherlands
MetricValue
Female49.0%
Male51.0%
Average age40.4
Estimated audience size2,708,506
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.4
average years
Age distribution of the Popular music audience in Netherlands
Age bracketShare%
16-1919%
20-2918%
30-3917%
40-4921%
50+24%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide Popular music audience comes from Netherlands.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Popular music
CountryShare
United States20.9%
Japan6.5%
China6.1%
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 Popular music audience in Netherlands is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Popular music fans by region: top regions in Netherlands
#RegionReachAffinity×
01North Holland~800K1.63×
02Zuid-Holland~800K1.25×
03North Brabant~400K1.03×
04Flevoland~80K1.02×
05Groningen~90K0.98×
06Drenthe~80K0.98×
07Gelderland~300K0.97×
08Overijssel~200K0.97×
09Zeeland~60K0.97×
10Friesland~100K0.96×
11Limburg~200K0.95×
12Utrecht~200K0.94×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Popular music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Fiber-optic communicationTechnology & Electronics754.55×
02Costa RicaTravel & Leisure460.74×
03Valentine's DayKids & Family424.64×
04Car2GoCars & Mobility242.69×
05Shopping and fashionShopping239.32×
06SelfridgesShopping237.31×
07Love & SexKids & Family227.68×
08Exfoliation (cosmetology)Beauty & Wellness196.24×
09Game consolesTechnology & Electronics51.20×
10Pound cakeFood & Beverages26.56×
11AtheismPolitics & Society23.13×
12Live televisionMovies & TV22.94×
13Real estate brokerHome & Garden20.67×
14DentistryBusiness & Career14.02×
15Broadcasting of sports eventsMovies & TV13.45×
16OLEDTechnology & Electronics11.90×
17Christmas treeKids & Family10.62×
18Sustainable productsPolitics & Society9.95×
19FreewareTechnology & Electronics9.86×
20Burnout (psychology)Health8.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Popular music 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 Popular music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL1.46×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.32×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.20×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Popular music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.81×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.82×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.83×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Popular music have in Netherlands?

Popular music has an estimated audience of 2,708,506 people in Netherlands, concentrated in North Holland and Zuid-Holland.

02

What is the gender split and age of Popular music fans?

49.0% of Popular music fans are female, 51.0% are male, with an average age of 40.4 years.

03

Which brands do Popular music fans like most?

Popular music fans show strongest brand affinity for Shopping and fashion (239.32×), Valentine's Day (424.64×), and Costa Rica (460.74×) over the country average.

04

Where do Popular music fans live in Netherlands?

Popular music fans in Netherlands are most concentrated in North Holland (reach ~800K), Zuid-Holland (reach ~800K), and North Brabant (reach ~400K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Popular music fans also like?

Beyond Popular music itself, the audience over-indexes on Valentine's Day (424.64×), Costa Rica (460.74×), Love & Sex (227.68×), and Exfoliation (cosmetology) (196.24×) 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 Popular music. 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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