Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Social media Audience in Netherlands

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Social media in Netherlands — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Social media has an estimated audience of 5,923,255 people in Netherlands.

The average Social media fan in Netherlands is 45.1 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Zuid-Holland.

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

Top brand affinities include Instagram, YouTube, Online shopping, with strongest over-indexing on Instagram (1.53× the country average).

Demographically, the Social media audience skews balanced with an average age of 45.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Travelling, Urban Lifestyle.

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

The typical Social media fan in Netherlands is balanced, around 45.1 years old, with strong Travelling tendencies and a notable affinity for Instagram.

Category: Business & Career · 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 Social media profile in Netherlands.

Audience size
5.9M
in Netherlands
Gender
54.9%
45.1% male
Age
45.1
average years
Country rank
#86
Topic in Netherlands
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-12%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Social media fans

54.9% are female, 45.1% are male, average age 45.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.9%
Female
45.1%
Male
Demographic split for Social media audience in Netherlands
MetricValue
Female54.9%
Male45.1%
Average age45.1
Estimated audience size5,923,255
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 45.1
average years
Age distribution of the Social media audience in Netherlands
Age bracketShare%
16-199%
20-2915%
30-3917%
40-4923%
50+36%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.1%

of the worldwide Social media audience comes from Netherlands.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Social media
CountryShare
United States19.1%
India5.9%
Brazil4.5%
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 Social media audience in Netherlands is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Social media fans by region: top regions in Netherlands
#RegionReachAffinity×
01North Brabant~1M1.18×
02Overijssel~500K1.14×
03Gelderland~800K1.12×
04Friesland~200K1.06×
05Flevoland~200K1.04×
06North Holland~1M1.03×
07Zuid-Holland~1.5M1.01×
08Utrecht~500K1.01×
09Limburg~400K0.99×
10Drenthe~200K0.86×
11Groningen~200K0.85×
12Zeeland~100K0.79×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Social media audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Ed, Edd n EddyMovies & TV1.92×
02Fake newsNews1.85×
03Natalie DormerMovies & TV1.65×
04Current eventsArts & Culture1.61×
05LibellePets & Animals1.59×
06Online shoppingShopping1.56×
07Mark McMorrisSports1.56×
08EuropcarCars & Mobility1.54×
09InstagramInternet & Social Media1.53×
10YouTubeMovies & TV1.53×
11FacebookInternet & Social Media1.53×
12HosieryFashion & Accessoires1.53×
13OptimizelyInternet & Social Media1.53×
14Nicolas CaeyersMovies & TV1.53×
15Online newspaperNews1.51×
16Drop shippingShopping1.51×
17Michael SheenMovies & TV1.51×
18Joia RaraMovies & TV1.51×
19MagazinesLiterature1.50×
20dumpert.nlMovies & TV1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Social media 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 Social media audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL1.07×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.02×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.93×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Social media audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.62×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.65×
IndividualismJOY0.68×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Social media have in Netherlands?

Social media has an estimated audience of 5,923,255 people in Netherlands, concentrated in Zuid-Holland and North Holland.

02

What is the gender split and age of Social media fans?

54.9% of Social media fans are female, 45.1% are male, with an average age of 45.1 years.

03

Which brands do Social media fans like most?

Social media fans show strongest brand affinity for Instagram (1.53×), YouTube (1.53×), and Online shopping (1.56×) over the country average.

04

Where do Social media fans live in Netherlands?

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

05

What other brands do Social media fans also like?

Beyond Social media itself, the audience over-indexes on YouTube (1.53×), Online shopping (1.56×), Current events (1.61×), and Magazines (1.5×) 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 Social media. 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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