Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Heavy metal music Audience in Sweden

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Heavy metal music in Sweden — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Heavy metal music has an estimated audience of 2,064,615 people in Sweden.

Heavy metal music has an estimated audience of 2,064,615 people in Sweden. 42.6% are female, 57.4% are male, average age 43.2. Top brand affinities: Rock music, Sweden Rock Festival, AC/DC, Blues rock, Acid rock.

Top brand affinities include Rock music, Sweden Rock Festival, AC/DC, with strongest over-indexing on Rock music (1.55× the country average).

Demographically, the Heavy metal music audience skews more male with an average age of 43.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Design Affinity, Urban Lifestyle.

The typical Heavy metal music fan in Sweden is more male, around 43.2 years old, with strong Design Affinity tendencies and a notable affinity for Rock music.

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 Sweden.

Audience size
2.1M
in Sweden
Gender
42.6%
57.4% male
Age
43.2
average years
Country rank
#235
Topic in Sweden
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-28%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Heavy metal music fans

42.6% are female, 57.4% are male, average age 43.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

42.6%
Female
57.4%
Male
Demographic split for Heavy metal music audience in Sweden
MetricValue
Female42.6%
Male57.4%
Average age43.2
Estimated audience size2,064,615
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.2
average years
Age distribution of the Heavy metal music audience in Sweden
Age bracketShare%
16-1912%
20-2917%
30-3917%
40-4925%
50+29%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Heavy metal music audience comes from Sweden.

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×
01Ace FrehleyMusic & Radio1.83×
02Scorpions (band)Music & Radio1.79×
03Sweden Rock FestivalMusic & Radio1.70×
04Iron MaidenMusic & Radio1.69×
05Black SabbathMusic & Radio1.66×
06MotörheadMusic & Radio1.66×
07Blues rockMusic & Radio1.64×
08Thrash metalMusic & Radio1.64×
09MetallicaMusic & Radio1.64×
10Death metalMusic & Radio1.63×
11Southern rockMusic & Radio1.60×
12Sabaton (band)Music & Radio1.59×
13Led ZeppelinMusic & Radio1.59×
14AC/DCMusic & Radio1.58×
15Black metalMusic & Radio1.57×
16Alice Cooper (band)Music & Radio1.57×
17Rock musicMusic & Radio1.55×
18Acid rockMusic & Radio1.54×
19King KingMusic & Radio1.53×
20Extreme metalMusic & 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
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.54×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.09×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.89×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Heavy metal music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL0.69×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.72×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.76×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Sweden 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 Sweden. 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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