Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Hobby Audience in Portugal

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Hobby in Portugal — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Hobby has an estimated audience of 2,921,591 people in Portugal.

The average Hobby fan in Portugal is 44.2 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 Team sport, Recreation, Yarn, with strongest over-indexing on Team sport (1.72× the country average).

Demographically, the Hobby audience skews more female with an average age of 44.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Creativity, Tradition.

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

The typical Hobby fan in Portugal is more female, around 44.2 years old, with strong Creativity tendencies and a notable affinity for Team sport.

Category: Home & Garden · 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 Hobby profile in Portugal.

Audience size
2.9M
in Portugal
Gender
59.5%
40.5% male
Age
44.2
average years
Country rank
#221
Topic in Portugal
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

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

Demographics of Hobby fans

59.5% are female, 40.5% are male, average age 44.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

59.5%
Female
40.5%
Male
Demographic split for Hobby audience in Portugal
MetricValue
Female59.5%
Male40.5%
Average age44.2
Estimated audience size2,921,591
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.2
average years
Age distribution of the Hobby audience in Portugal
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2916%
30-3919%
40-4926%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.8%

of the worldwide Hobby audience comes from Portugal.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Hobby
CountryShare
United States21.7%
China7.4%
Japan6.0%
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 Hobby audience in Portugal is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Hobby fans by region: top regions in Portugal
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Setúbal District~500K1.42×
02Lisbon District~1.5M1.41×
03Porto District~900K1.36×
04Santarém District~200K1.36×
05Coimbra District~200K1.26×
06Braga District~400K1.25×
07Aveiro District~300K1.19×
08Leiria District~200K1.10×
09Viseu District~100K1.06×
10Viana do Castelo District~70K0.98×
11Castelo Branco District~50K0.96×
12Guarda District~30K0.92×
13Évora District~50K0.91×
14Vila Real District~50K0.90×
15Beja District~40K0.89×
16Bragança District~30K0.89×
17Portalegre District~30K0.89×
18Azores~70K0.88×
19Faro District~200K0.87×
20Madeira~70K0.86×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Hobby audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Knitting patternFashion & Accessoires2.93×
02Knitting needleFashion & Accessoires2.46×
03Pattern (sewing)Home & Garden2.20×
04HandmadeHome & Garden1.96×
05WeavingFashion & Accessoires1.94×
06YarnFashion & Accessoires1.92×
07Handmade CraftsKids & Family1.89×
08Sewing machineHome & Garden1.87×
09Team sportSports1.72×
10Textile industryFashion & Accessoires1.68×
11KnittingHome & Garden1.67×
12WoolFashion & Accessoires1.67×
13EmbroideryHome & Garden1.66×
14Cardigan (sweater)Fashion & Accessoires1.65×
15CrochetHome & Garden1.64×
16Photographic filmTechnology & Electronics1.63×
17LinenFashion & Accessoires1.61×
18SlipperFashion & Accessoires1.60×
19RecreationTravel & Leisure1.53×
20Handmade jewelryFashion & Accessoires1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Hobby 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 Hobby audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
CreativityOPEN1.26×
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.17×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.13×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Hobby audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.94×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.94×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.94×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Hobby have in Portugal?

Hobby has an estimated audience of 2,921,591 people in Portugal, concentrated in Lisbon District and Porto District.

02

What is the gender split and age of Hobby fans?

59.5% of Hobby fans are female, 40.5% are male, with an average age of 44.2 years.

03

Which brands do Hobby fans like most?

Hobby fans show strongest brand affinity for Team sport (1.72×), Recreation (1.53×), and Yarn (1.92×) over the country average.

04

Where do Hobby fans live in Portugal?

Hobby fans in Portugal are most concentrated in Lisbon District (reach ~1.5M), Porto District (reach ~900K), and Setúbal District (reach ~500K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Hobby fans also like?

Beyond Hobby itself, the audience over-indexes on Recreation (1.53×), Yarn (1.92×), Knitting (1.67×), and Photographic film (1.63×) 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 Hobby. 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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