Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Ben-Hur (1959 film) Viewer Demographics in United States

Ben-Hur (1959 film) has an estimated audience of 900K people in United States.

#2282among movies & series in United States#4929in Movies & TV

The average Ben-Hur (1959 film) fan in United States is 45.4 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in California.

Interest is seasonal: March, April and December account for 41% of the year's searches, September is the quietest month.

Most fans live in California, Texas, New York.

Top affinities include Edward Norton, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bill Murray, with strongest over-indexing on Edward Norton (38.37× the country average).

Demographically, the Ben-Hur (1959 film) audience skews balanced with an average age of 45.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Individualism.

The typical Ben-Hur (1959 film) fan in United States is balanced, around 45.4 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Edward Norton.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: Movie / TV Show / Series

Data status: Q3/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
900K
in United States
Gender
52.9%♀
47.1% male
Age
45.4
average years
Country rank
#26283
among all objects in United States
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+7%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Demographics of Ben-Hur (1959 film) viewers

52.9% are female, 47.1% are male, average age 45.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.9%
Female
47.1%
Male
Demographic split for Ben-Hur (1959 film) audience in United States
MetricValue
Female52.9%
Male47.1%
Average age45.4
Estimated audience size900K
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 45.4
average years
Age distribution of the Ben-Hur (1959 film) audience in United States
Age bracketShare%
16-2413%
25-3412%
35-4416%
45-5423%
55+36%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

19.7%

of the worldwide Ben-Hur (1959 film) audience comes from United States.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Ben-Hur (1959 film)
CountryShare
United States19.7%
Brazil8.5%
Italy5.9%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the United States average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Ben-Hur (1959 film) fans by region: top regions in United States
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Utah~10K1.37×
02Idaho~6K1.28×
03Missouri~20K1.18×
04Indiana~20K1.17×
05Montana~3K1.17×
06Oklahoma~10K1.15×
07Connecticut~10K1.12×
08Alaska~2K1.11×
09California~100K1.08×
10Arkansas~9K1.08×
11New Mexico~6K1.08×
12Minnesota~20K1.07×
13Oregon~10K1.07×
14Kansas~8K1.07×
15Ohio~30K1.05×
16Virginia~20K1.03×
17Massachusetts~20K1.03×
18Kentucky~10K1.03×
19Washington, District of Columbia~2K1.03×
20Washington~20K1.02×
21Wisconsin~20K1.02×
22South Dakota~2K1.02×
23Pennsylvania~40K1.01×
24Iowa~9K1.01×
25Illinois~30K1.00×
26New Jersey~20K1.00×
27Vermont~2K1.00×
28Michigan~30K0.99×
29New York~50K0.98×
30Arizona~20K0.97×
31New Hampshire~3K0.97×
32Maryland~20K0.96×
33Maine~4K0.96×
34Texas~60K0.95×
35Nebraska~5K0.94×
36Tennessee~20K0.93×
37Rhode Island~3K0.93×
38North Dakota~2K0.93×
39West Virginia~4K0.92×
40Delaware~2K0.91×
41Colorado~10K0.90×
42Alabama~10K0.88×
43Louisiana~10K0.88×
44Florida~50K0.87×
45North Carolina~30K0.86×
46South Carolina~10K0.85×
47Nevada~7K0.85×
48Georgia~20K0.81×
49Mississippi~6K0.81×
50Hawaii~3K0.81×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Ben-Hur (1959 film), United States
0.81×1.00×1.37×
Section 04
Brands and objects ranked by affinity with this audience. Values above 1.0× mean over-representation compared with the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Affinities of the Ben-Hur (1959 film) audience vs. the country average
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Edward NortonMovies & TV38.37×
02Julia Louis-DreyfusMovies & TV31.28×
03Bill MurrayMovies & TV26.39×
04Isla FisherMovies & TV20.00×
05James McAvoyMovies & TV20.00×
06Seth GreenMovies & TV20.00×
07Jason IsaacsMovies & TV20.00×
08Man of Steel (film)Movies & TV19.95×
09Sophia BushMovies & TV19.27×
10Rose McGowanMovies & TV17.22×
11Alyssa MilanoMovies & TV13.57×
12Christina ApplegateMovies & TV12.29×
13Christopher NolanMovies & TV12.17×
14Drudge ReportNews7.94×
15City BankBusiness & Career7.85×
16NazarethTravel & Leisure6.16×
17The New York TimesNews4.75×
18CNNNews2.74×
19Barack ObamaPolitics & Society2.68×
20Donald TrumpPolitics & Society1.95×
Section 05
Strongest and weakest personality traits of this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Ben-Hur (1959 film) audience

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Personality traits of the Ben-Hur (1959 film) audience vs. the country average · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM2.10×
IndividualismJOY1.75×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.67×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Personality traits of the Ben-Hur (1959 film) audience vs. the country average · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.79×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.82×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.85×
0×1.00× baseline2×
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Source & method

Source
Rascasse Solution, own modelling
What “fans” means here
Estimated number of people in United States with measurable interest in Ben-Hur (1959 film) over the last 12 months. Modelled, not counted; people interested in several movie / tv show / seriess count for each of them.
Data basis
Anonymised behavioural signals: search demand, social media signals, sponsorship and event data. Not a survey.
Period
10/2025 – 09/2026 · updated quarterly · data status Q3/2026
Confidence
high gender and age data available and an audience of at least 100,000 people

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