Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Heavy metal music Audience in Norway

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Heavy metal music in Norway — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Heavy metal music has an estimated audience of 929,548 people in Norway.

Heavy metal music has an estimated audience of 929,548 people in Norway. 41.9% are female, 58.1% are male, average age 42.2. Top brand affinities: KISS, AC/DC, Bob Dylan, Acid rock, Blues rock.

Top brand affinities include KISS, AC/DC, Bob Dylan, with strongest over-indexing on KISS (1.72× the country average).

Demographically, the Heavy metal music audience skews more male with an average age of 42.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Travelling.

The typical Heavy metal music fan in Norway is more male, around 42.2 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for KISS.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Record label

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-17.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Heavy metal music profile in Norway.

Audience size
930K
in Norway
Gender
41.9%
58.1% male
Age
42.2
average years
Country rank
#317
Topic in Norway
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+70%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Heavy metal music fans

41.9% are female, 58.1% are male, average age 42.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

41.9%
Female
58.1%
Male
Demographic split for Heavy metal music audience in Norway
MetricValue
Female41.9%
Male58.1%
Average age42.2
Estimated audience size929,548
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.2
average years
Age distribution of the Heavy metal music audience in Norway
Age bracketShare%
16-1915%
20-2917%
30-3917%
40-4923%
50+28%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.3%

of the worldwide Heavy metal music audience comes from Norway.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Heavy metal music
CountryShare
United States22.2%
Italy4.9%
Japan4.7%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Heavy metal music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Deep PurpleMusic & Radio2.14×
02AC/DCMusic & Radio1.76×
03Led ZeppelinMusic & Radio1.73×
04KISSMusic & Radio1.72×
05Thrash metalMusic & Radio1.72×
06MetallicaMusic & Radio1.68×
07King KingMusic & Radio1.66×
08Pink FloydMusic & Radio1.65×
09Southern rockMusic & Radio1.63×
10Iron MaidenMusic & Radio1.63×
11Big Dipper (band)Music & Radio1.63×
12Black SabbathMusic & Radio1.63×
13Neil YoungMusic & Radio1.60×
14Blues rockMusic & Radio1.58×
15Black metalMusic & Radio1.57×
16Acid rockMusic & Radio1.56×
17MadchesterMusic & Radio1.56×
18Guns N' RosesMusic & Radio1.55×
19Death metalMusic & Radio1.54×
20Bob DylanMusic & Radio1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Heavy metal 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 Heavy metal music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.91×
TravellingTHRILL0.72×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.61×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Heavy metal music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.61×
TravellingTHRILL0.72×
Social Media UsageJOY0.91×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Norway who actively search for Heavy metal 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 Norway. 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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