Rascasse Audience Intelligence

WhatsApp Audience in Netherlands

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about WhatsApp in Netherlands — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 6,388,143 people in Netherlands.

The average WhatsApp fan in Netherlands is 41.5 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Zuid-Holland.

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

Top brand affinities include Pinterest, Instant messaging, Erlang (programming language), with strongest over-indexing on Pinterest (3.11× the country average).

Demographically, the WhatsApp audience skews balanced with an average age of 41.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Need for Security, Urban Lifestyle.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 11 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical WhatsApp fan in Netherlands is balanced, around 41.5 years old, with strong Need for Security tendencies and a notable affinity for Pinterest.

Category: Internet & Social Media · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Social media

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 WhatsApp profile in Netherlands.

Audience size
6.4M
in Netherlands
Gender
54.7%
45.3% male
Age
41.5
average years
Country rank
#75
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Netherlands
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-6%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of WhatsApp

54.7% are female, 45.3% are male, average age 41.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.7%
Female
45.3%
Male
Demographic split for WhatsApp audience in Netherlands
MetricValue
Female54.7%
Male45.3%
Average age41.5
Estimated audience size6,388,143
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.5
average years
Age distribution of the WhatsApp audience in Netherlands
Age bracketShare%
16-1917%
20-2917%
30-3918%
40-4921%
50+27%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.9%

of the worldwide WhatsApp audience comes from Netherlands.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for WhatsApp
CountryShare
China7.5%
United States4.2%
Brazil4.0%
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 WhatsApp audience in Netherlands is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

WhatsApp fans by region: top regions in Netherlands
#RegionReachAffinity×
01North Holland~1.5M1.27×
02Zuid-Holland~2M1.20×
03North Brabant~1M1.11×
04Overijssel~500K1.07×
05Limburg~500K1.06×
06Flevoland~200K1.04×
07Utrecht~500K0.91×
08Friesland~200K0.87×
09Groningen~200K0.86×
10Drenthe~200K0.84×
11Zeeland~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 WhatsApp audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for WhatsApp audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Erlang (programming language)Technology & Electronics15.91×
02Voice over IPTechnology & Electronics11.49×
03Instant messagingInternet & Social Media4.92×
04PinterestInternet & Social Media3.11×
05RTL BoulevardMovies & TV2.49×
06ABN AMROBusiness & Career2.47×
07RabobankBusiness & Career2.32×
08RTL NieuwsMovies & TV2.20×
09Jumbo (supermarket)Shopping2.08×
10IKEAHome & Garden2.03×
11HEMAShopping2.03×
12Bol.comShopping2.02×
13McDonald'sFood & Beverages2.00×
14VoetbalprimeurSports1.89×
15The HagueTravel & Leisure1.88×
16MagazinesLiterature1.85×
17HornbachShopping1.82×
18YouTubeMovies & TV1.72×
19Algemeen DagbladNews1.54×
20TV-GidsMovies & TV1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the WhatsApp 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 WhatsApp audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM2.35×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.58×
Social Media UsageJOY1.41×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by WhatsApp audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.43×
IndividualismJOY0.56×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.72×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does WhatsApp have in Netherlands?

WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 6,388,143 people in Netherlands, concentrated in Zuid-Holland and North Holland.

02

What is the gender split and age of WhatsApp fans?

54.7% of WhatsApp fans are female, 45.3% are male, with an average age of 41.5 years.

03

Which brands do WhatsApp fans like most?

WhatsApp fans show strongest brand affinity for Pinterest (3.11×), Instant messaging (4.92×), and Erlang (programming language) (15.91×) over the country average.

04

Where do WhatsApp fans live in Netherlands?

WhatsApp 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 WhatsApp fans also like?

Beyond WhatsApp itself, the audience over-indexes on Instant messaging (4.92×), Erlang (programming language) (15.91×), RTL Nieuws (2.2×), and Voice over IP (11.49×) 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 WhatsApp. 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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