Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Higher education Audience in Portugal

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Higher education in Portugal — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Higher education has an estimated audience of 3,279,946 people in Portugal.

The average Higher education fan in Portugal is 43.3 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Lisbon District.

The audience is concentrated in Lisbon District, Porto District, Setúbal District.

Top brand affinities include Faculty (division), Magazine Luiza, LearnEnglish – British Council, with strongest over-indexing on Faculty (division) (1.56× the country average).

Demographically, the Higher education audience skews more female with an average age of 43.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Pet Ownership, Creativity.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 9 brand affinities and 20 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Higher education fan in Portugal is more female, around 43.3 years old, with strong Pet Ownership tendencies and a notable affinity for Faculty (division).

Category: Business & Career · 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 2026-08-13.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Higher education profile in Portugal.

Audience size
3.3M
in Portugal
Gender
58.1%
41.9% male
Age
43.3
average years
Country rank
#181
Topic in Portugal
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-30%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Higher education fans

58.1% are female, 41.9% are male, average age 43.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

58.1%
Female
41.9%
Male
Demographic split for Higher education audience in Portugal
MetricValue
Female58.1%
Male41.9%
Average age43.3
Estimated audience size3,279,946
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.3
average years
Age distribution of the Higher education audience in Portugal
Age bracketShare%
16-1913%
20-2915%
30-3918%
40-4924%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.8%

of the worldwide Higher education audience comes from Portugal.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Higher education
CountryShare
United States19.1%
Brazil5.3%
India4.3%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Portugal average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Higher education audience in Portugal is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Higher education fans by region: top regions in Portugal
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Bragança District~40K1.12×
02Portalegre District~40K1.12×
03Guarda District~50K1.10×
04Beja District~60K1.08×
05Vila Real District~60K1.05×
06Évora District~60K1.05×
07Castelo Branco District~60K1.03×
08Azores~90K1.00×
09Viana do Castelo District~80K1.00×
10Viseu District~100K0.99×
11Madeira~90K0.98×
12Coimbra District~200K0.96×
13Leiria District~200K0.95×
14Aveiro District~200K0.94×
15Braga District~300K0.93×
16Faro District~200K0.93×
17Setúbal District~300K0.92×
18Porto District~600K0.86×
19Santarém District~100K0.86×
20Lisbon District~800K0.76×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Higher education audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01LearnEnglish – British CouncilBusiness & Career1.99×
02TeachingEnglish - British CouncilBusiness & Career1.98×
03English Speaking ClubNGO / Political Party1.92×
04Breaking the TabooMovies & TV1.86×
05Central Board of Secondary EducationKids & Family1.62×
06Study InternationalBusiness & Career1.60×
07Faculty (division)Business & Career1.56×
08Magazine LuizaShopping1.53×
09English Language CoursesBusiness & Career1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Higher education 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 Higher education audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Pet OwnershipJOY1.09×
CreativityOPEN1.08×
Community OrientationOPEN1.06×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Higher education audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.86×
Urban LifestyleOPEN0.87×
TravellingTHRILL0.88×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Higher education have in Portugal?

Higher education has an estimated audience of 3,279,946 people in Portugal, concentrated in Lisbon District and Porto District.

02

What is the gender split and age of Higher education fans?

58.1% of Higher education fans are female, 41.9% are male, with an average age of 43.3 years.

03

Which brands do Higher education fans like most?

Higher education fans show strongest brand affinity for Faculty (division) (1.56×), Magazine Luiza (1.53×), and LearnEnglish – British Council (1.99×) over the country average.

04

Where do Higher education fans live in Portugal?

Higher education fans in Portugal are most concentrated in Lisbon District (reach ~800K), Porto District (reach ~600K), and Setúbal District (reach ~300K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Higher education fans also like?

Beyond Higher education itself, the audience over-indexes on Magazine Luiza (1.53×), LearnEnglish – British Council (1.99×), English Language Courses (1.53×), and Breaking the Taboo (1.86×) compared to the Portugal average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Portugal who actively search for Higher education. 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 Portugal. 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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