Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Black metal Audience in United States

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Black metal in United States — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Black metal has an estimated audience of 5,804,230 people in United States.

#144among Musical genre in United States#3423among Topic in United States#490in Music & Radio

The average Black metal fan in United States is 34.5 years old, more male, and lives primarily in California.

The audience is concentrated in California, Texas, Florida.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical genre

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Black metal profile in United States.

Audience size
5.8M
in United States
Gender
41.1%♀
58.9% male
Age
34.5
average years
Country rank
#5860
Topic in United States
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

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

Demographics of Black metal fans

41.1% are female, 58.9% are male, average age 34.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

41.1%
Female
58.9%
Male
Demographic split for Black metal audience in United States
MetricValue
Female41.1%
Male58.9%
Average age34.5
Estimated audience size5,804,230
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 34.5
average years
Age distribution of the Black metal audience in United States
Age bracketShare%
16-1930%
20-2923%
30-3919%
40-4917%
50+11%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

29.3%

of the worldwide Black metal audience comes from United States.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Black metal
CountryShare
United States29.3%
Germany7.7%
Japan5.7%
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

Where the Black metal audience in United States is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Black metal fans by region: top regions in United States
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Tennessee~200K1.92×
02Arkansas~70K1.54×
03Vermont~10K1.45×
04Oregon~90K1.29×
05Kentucky~90K1.19×
06Washington~100K1.17×
07Utah~60K1.15×
08Arizona~100K1.12×
09New Mexico~30K1.11×
10California~700K1.08×
11Oklahoma~70K1.07×
12West Virginia~30K1.06×
13Ohio~200K1.05×
14Colorado~90K1.04×
15Texas~500K1.03×
16Idaho~30K1.03×
17Nevada~60K1.02×
18Alaska~10K1.02×
19North Carolina~200K1.01×
20Indiana~100K1.01×
21Missouri~90K0.99×
22Montana~20K0.99×
23Virginia~100K0.98×
24Rhode Island~20K0.97×
25North Dakota~10K0.97×
26Pennsylvania~200K0.96×
27Kansas~40K0.96×
28Illinois~200K0.95×
29Michigan~100K0.94×
30Iowa~40K0.94×
31Nebraska~30K0.94×
32Maine~20K0.94×
33Louisiana~70K0.92×
34New Hampshire~20K0.92×
35South Dakota~10K0.92×
36Georgia~200K0.91×
37Wisconsin~80K0.91×
38Minnesota~80K0.91×
39Alabama~70K0.91×
40Maryland~90K0.90×
41Connecticut~50K0.90×
42Massachusetts~100K0.88×
43Mississippi~40K0.88×
44Washington, District of Columbia~20K0.88×
45South Carolina~80K0.86×
46New York~300K0.85×
47New Jersey~100K0.83×
48Delaware~10K0.83×
49Florida~300K0.81×
50Hawaii~20K0.80×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Black metal, United States
0.80×1.00×1.92×
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in United States who actively search for Black metal. 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 United States. 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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