Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Novel Audience in Portugal

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Novel in Portugal — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Novel has an estimated audience of 1,724,792 people in Portugal.

The average Novel fan in Portugal is 42.0 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 Local news, BP, Romance novels, with strongest over-indexing on Local news (2.42× the country average).

Demographically, the Novel audience skews more female with an average age of 42.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Family Orientation.

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

The typical Novel fan in Portugal is more female, around 42.0 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Local news.

Category: Literature · 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 Novel profile in Portugal.

Audience size
1.7M
in Portugal
Gender
66.4%
33.6% male
Age
42.0
average years
Country rank
#526
Topic in Portugal
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-4%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Novel fans

66.4% are female, 33.6% are male, average age 42.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

66.4%
Female
33.6%
Male
Demographic split for Novel audience in Portugal
MetricValue
Female66.4%
Male33.6%
Average age42.0
Estimated audience size1,724,792
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.0
average years
Age distribution of the Novel audience in Portugal
Age bracketShare%
16-1913%
20-2919%
30-3919%
40-4924%
50+26%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.9%

of the worldwide Novel audience comes from Portugal.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Novel
CountryShare
United States17.5%
China7.2%
Japan6.8%
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 Novel audience in Portugal is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Novel fans by region: top regions in Portugal
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Lisbon District~600K1.10×
02Setúbal District~200K1.05×
03Bragança District~20K1.04×
04Portalegre District~20K1.04×
05Guarda District~20K1.03×
06Faro District~100K1.02×
07Coimbra District~90K1.02×
08Porto District~400K1.01×
09Santarém District~80K1.01×
10Beja District~30K1.01×
11Vila Real District~30K1.00×
12Azores~50K0.99×
13Évora District~30K0.99×
14Viseu District~60K0.98×
15Castelo Branco District~30K0.98×
16Braga District~200K0.97×
17Aveiro District~100K0.97×
18Viana do Castelo District~40K0.97×
19Leiria District~90K0.95×
20Madeira~50K0.95×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Novel audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Local newsNews2.42×
02Non-fiction booksLiterature1.90×
03MascaraBeauty & Wellness1.89×
04Romance novelsLiterature1.83×
05Sport Club Corinthians PaulistaSports1.83×
06PoodlePets & Animals1.81×
07Shih TzuPets & Animals1.78×
08Charitable organizationPolitics & Society1.77×
09Rio Ave F.C.Sports1.73×
10Golden RetrieverPets & Animals1.68×
11BPCars & Mobility1.65×
12Labrador RetrieverPets & Animals1.64×
13F.C. Paços de FerreiraSports1.62×
14RedditInternet & Social Media1.61×
15Hair straighteningBeauty & Wellness1.60×
16Vitória S.C.Sports1.59×
17TV game showsMovies & TV1.58×
18MangaLiterature1.57×
19CupcakeFood & Beverages1.56×
20Costume jewelryFashion & Accessoires1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Novel 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 Novel audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN1.59×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.40×
MindfulnessBALANCE1.35×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Novel audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.88×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.90×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.93×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Novel have in Portugal?

Novel has an estimated audience of 1,724,792 people in Portugal, concentrated in Lisbon District and Porto District.

02

What is the gender split and age of Novel fans?

66.4% of Novel fans are female, 33.6% are male, with an average age of 42.0 years.

03

Which brands do Novel fans like most?

Novel fans show strongest brand affinity for Local news (2.42×), BP (1.65×), and Romance novels (1.83×) over the country average.

04

Where do Novel fans live in Portugal?

Novel fans in Portugal are most concentrated in Lisbon District (reach ~600K), Porto District (reach ~400K), and Setúbal District (reach ~200K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Novel fans also like?

Beyond Novel itself, the audience over-indexes on BP (1.65×), Romance novels (1.83×), Non-fiction books (1.9×), and Costume jewelry (1.53×) 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 Novel. 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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