CNN Audience in United States

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CNN has an estimated audience of 83,890,105 people in United States. 50.4% are female, 49.6% are male, average age 43.3. Top regions: California, Florida, Texas. Top brand affinities: Google News, LabCorp, United States Senate, Google Drive, CBS News.

The average CNN fan in United States is 43.3 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in California. The audience is concentrated in California, Florida, Texas. Top brand affinities include Google News, LabCorp, United States Senate, with strongest over-indexing on Google News (3.38× the country average). Demographically, the CNN audience skews balanced with an average age of 43.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Need for Security, Extroversion. Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 50 regions tracked by Rascasse.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: TV Channel

Demographics of CNN fans

Demographic split for CNN audience in United States
MetricValue
Female50.4%
Male49.6%
Average age43.3
Estimated audience size83,890,105

Audience persona

The typical CNN fan in United States is balanced, around 43.3 years old, with strong Need for Security tendencies and a notable affinity for Google News.

Top regions in United States

Top regions ranked by reach for CNN in United States
RegionReachAffinity
California7,890,1430.86×
Florida4,864,0390.86×
Texas4,836,1270.67×
New York4,636,3330.99×
Pennsylvania3,344,5681.18×
North Carolina2,799,1461.11×
Virginia2,722,3661.33×
Illinois2,688,9220.96×
Ohio2,480,9750.96×
Georgia2,314,8670.9×
Massachusetts2,211,1091.34×
Michigan2,208,6321.01×
New Jersey2,177,1801.02×
Washington2,120,6191.26×
Maryland1,842,5081.28×
Minnesota1,682,3181.4×
Colorado1,620,8451.23×
Arizona1,583,4020.92×
Wisconsin1,539,5411.22×
Tennessee1,424,5960.85×
Oregon1,318,7651.37×
Missouri1,287,0850.95×
Indiana1,221,6150.8×
South Carolina1,100,3970.87×
Connecticut1,100,2481.31×
Kentucky858,0230.82×
Iowa760,9991.1×
Alabama727,4810.62×
Nevada639,4080.79×
Louisiana637,8030.59×
Oklahoma602,9430.65×
Kansas594,7290.9×
Utah548,8400.73×
New Hampshire472,0661.43×
Maine466,0101.55×
New Mexico451,4051.07×
Arkansas424,3770.61×
Nebraska391,1040.93×
Idaho364,1700.87×
Hawaii355,7390.99×
Mississippi328,9570.48×
West Virginia318,8750.82×
Washington, District of Columbia315,4771.25×
Rhode Island303,4261.14×
Delaware255,4991.1×
Vermont245,0801.66×
Montana239,6751.03×
Alaska172,9480.96×
South Dakota166,1120.86×
North Dakota121,6270.71×

Top brand affinities

Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for CNN audience
BrandAffinityCategory
Google News3.38×News
LabCorp2.62×Health
United States Senate2.28×Politics & Society
Google Drive1.52×Technology & Electronics
CBS News2.26×Movies & TV
Animal Liberation Orchestra1.83×Music & Radio
The Washington Post2.49×News
Yahoo!奇摩名人娛樂1.5×Internet & Social Media
Montana2.18×Travel & Leisure
Rhianna (singer)2.74×Music & Radio
Savannah Guthrie1.81×Movies & TV
Native american culture in the united states1.73×Politics & Society
Election1.6×Politics & Society
Medicare (United States)2.05×Health
African-American culture1.56×Politics & Society
Ana de ArmasMovies & TV
Jesse Jackson2.89×Politics & Society
Old age1.65×Politics & Society
Opinion poll2.4×News
Drill1.59×Home & Garden

Psychographic profile

Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Top personality traits over-indexed by CNN audience
TraitClusterScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.21
ExtroversionTHRILL1.11
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.06
Risk AppetiteTHRILL1.05
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.02
Community OrientationOPEN1.01

Worldwide distribution

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for CNN
CountryShare
United States51.8%
Canada6.7%
China3.1%

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Frequently asked questions

How many fans does CNN have in United States?

CNN has an estimated audience of 83,890,105 people in United States, concentrated in California and Florida.

What is the gender split and age of CNN fans?

50.4% of CNN fans are female, 49.6% are male, with an average age of 43.3 years.

Which brands do CNN fans like most?

CNN fans show strongest brand affinity for Google News (3.38×), LabCorp (2.62×), and United States Senate (2.28×) over the country average.

Where do CNN fans live in United States?

CNN fans in United States are most concentrated in California (reach 7,890,143), Florida (reach 4,864,039), and Texas (reach 4,836,127). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

What other brands do CNN fans also like?

Beyond CNN itself, the audience over-indexes on LabCorp (2.62×), United States Senate (2.28×), Google Drive (1.52×), and CBS News (2.26×) compared to the United States average.

How to read this data

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