Rascasse Audience Intelligence

WhatsApp Audience in Portugal

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about WhatsApp in Portugal — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 7,336,576 people in Portugal.

The average WhatsApp 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 Pinterest, Instant messaging, YouTube, with strongest over-indexing on Pinterest (3.6× the country average).

Demographically, the WhatsApp audience skews more female with an average age of 44.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Need for Security.

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

The typical WhatsApp fan in Portugal is more female, around 44.2 years old, with strong Social Media Usage 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 2026-08-13.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the WhatsApp profile in Portugal.

Audience size
7.3M
in Portugal
Gender
57.6%
42.4% male
Age
44.2
average years
Country rank
#17
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Portugal
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-17%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of WhatsApp

57.6% are female, 42.4% are male, average age 44.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.6%
Female
42.4%
Male
Demographic split for WhatsApp audience in Portugal
MetricValue
Female57.6%
Male42.4%
Average age44.2
Estimated audience size7,336,576
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.2
average years
Age distribution of the WhatsApp audience in Portugal
Age bracketShare%
16-199%
20-2915%
30-3920%
40-4926%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.0%

of the worldwide WhatsApp audience comes from Portugal.

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 Portugal average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the WhatsApp audience in Portugal is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

WhatsApp fans by region: top regions in Portugal
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Braga District~700K1.35×
02Aveiro District~600K1.30×
03Porto District~1.5M1.22×
04Santarém District~400K1.22×
05Coimbra District~400K1.21×
06Lisbon District~2.5M1.20×
07Leiria District~400K1.15×
08Viseu District~300K1.11×
09Setúbal District~900K1.09×
10Castelo Branco District~100K1.05×
11Viana do Castelo District~200K0.93×
12Évora District~100K0.90×
13Vila Real District~100K0.89×
14Madeira~200K0.88×
15Bragança District~70K0.83×
16Faro District~400K0.81×
17Guarda District~80K0.80×
18Azores~200K0.78×
19Portalegre District~60K0.75×
20Beja District~90K0.74×
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×
01EmojiTechnology & Electronics8.93×
02Erlang (programming language)Technology & Electronics8.73×
03Voice over IPTechnology & Electronics5.57×
04Instant messagingInternet & Social Media5.04×
05PinterestInternet & Social Media3.60×
06LinkedInInternet & Social Media2.02×
07XInternet & Social Media1.79×
08IKEAHome & Garden1.65×
09Correio da ManhãNews1.64×
10VideoMovies & TV1.62×
11Discount storesShopping1.59×
12GoogleInternet & Social Media1.55×
13RyanairTravel & Leisure1.55×
14ArchitectureBusiness & Career1.53×
15YouTubeMovies & TV1.52×
16HouseHome & Garden1.51×
17BetclicGames1.51×
18Comedy moviesMovies & TV1.50×
19FootwearFashion & Accessoires1.50×
20Well-beingHealth1.50×
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
Social Media UsageJOY1.96×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.54×
Community OrientationOPEN1.51×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by WhatsApp audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL1.05×
MindfulnessBALANCE1.06×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.06×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does WhatsApp have in Portugal?

WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 7,336,576 people in Portugal, concentrated in Lisbon District and Porto District.

02

What is the gender split and age of WhatsApp fans?

57.6% of WhatsApp fans are female, 42.4% are male, with an average age of 44.2 years.

03

Which brands do WhatsApp fans like most?

WhatsApp fans show strongest brand affinity for Pinterest (3.6×), Instant messaging (5.04×), and YouTube (1.52×) over the country average.

04

Where do WhatsApp fans live in Portugal?

WhatsApp fans in Portugal are most concentrated in Lisbon District (reach ~2.5M), Porto District (reach ~1.5M), and Setúbal District (reach ~900K). 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 (5.04×), YouTube (1.52×), Erlang (programming language) (8.73×), and Correio da Manhã (1.64×) 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 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 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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