Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Y Combinator (company) Target Market in United States

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Y Combinator (company) in United States — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Y Combinator (company) has an estimated audience of 973,270 people in United States.

#2462among Brand in United States#1582in Business & Career

The average Y Combinator (company) fan in United States is 40.1 years old, more male, and lives primarily in California.

The audience is concentrated in California, New York, Texas.

Top brand affinities include Greylock Partners, Scooby-Doo, Engadget, with strongest over-indexing on Greylock Partners (75.79× the country average).

Demographically, the Y Combinator (company) audience skews more male with an average age of 40.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Early Adopter Mentality, Career Orientation.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 50 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Y Combinator (company) fan in United States is more male, around 40.1 years old, with strong Early Adopter Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for Greylock Partners.

Category: Business & Career · Type: Brand

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 Y Combinator (company) profile in United States.

Audience size
973K
in United States
Gender
41.7%♀
58.3% male
Age
40.1
average years
Country rank
#24121
Brand in United States
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+11%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Customer demographics of Y Combinator (company)

41.7% are female, 58.3% are male, average age 40.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

41.7%
Female
58.3%
Male
Demographic split for Y Combinator (company) audience in United States
MetricValue
Female41.7%
Male58.3%
Average age40.1
Estimated audience size973,270
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.1
average years
Age distribution of the Y Combinator (company) audience in United States
Age bracketShare%
16-1914%
20-2919%
30-3925%
40-4925%
50+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

29.8%

of the worldwide Y Combinator (company) audience comes from United States.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Y Combinator (company)
CountryShare
United States29.8%
India12.9%
China10.8%
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 Y Combinator (company) audience in United States is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Y Combinator (company) customers by region in United States
#RegionReachAffinity×
01California~400K3.41×
02Washington, District of Columbia~8K2.68×
03Massachusetts~50K2.63×
04New York~100K2.31×
05Washington~40K2.13×
06New Jersey~40K1.79×
07Illinois~40K1.35×
08Virginia~30K1.35×
09Utah~10K1.35×
10Connecticut~10K1.33×
11Maryland~20K1.30×
12Texas~100K1.20×
13Colorado~20K1.19×
14Georgia~30K1.16×
15Rhode Island~4K1.16×
16New Hampshire~4K1.13×
17Pennsylvania~30K1.07×
18Oregon~10K1.07×
19North Carolina~30K1.02×
20Arizona~20K0.94×
21Florida~60K0.93×
22Michigan~20K0.89×
23Nevada~8K0.88×
24Indiana~20K0.87×
25Hawaii~4K0.86×
26Minnesota~10K0.85×
27Vermont~1K0.85×
28Delaware~2K0.80×
29Maine~3K0.76×
30Missouri~10K0.74×
31Tennessee~10K0.71×
32Ohio~20K0.70×
33Kansas~5K0.70×
34Idaho~3K0.70×
35Montana~2K0.70×
36Alaska~1K0.69×
37Wisconsin~10K0.67×
38South Dakota~1K0.67×
39North Dakota~1K0.67×
40Arkansas~5K0.64×
41Iowa~5K0.63×
42Nebraska~3K0.62×
43South Carolina~9K0.61×
44Oklahoma~6K0.58×
45New Mexico~3K0.58×
46West Virginia~3K0.58×
47Alabama~8K0.56×
48Louisiana~7K0.56×
49Kentucky~7K0.56×
50Mississippi~4K0.55×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Y Combinator (company), United States
0.55×1.00×3.41×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Y Combinator (company) audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Y Combinator (company) audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Greylock PartnersBusiness & Career75.79×
02Google VenturesBusiness & Career43.86×
03Benchmark (venture capital firm)Business & Career25.22×
04Small Business Innovation ResearchBusiness & Career21.40×
05Edge (magazine)Games15.79×
06GizmodoTechnology & Electronics8.79×
07EngadgetTechnology & Electronics8.67×
08CNETTechnology & Electronics7.10×
09The VergeTechnology & Electronics7.06×
10Revolution (TV series)Movies & TV6.15×
11Wired (magazine)Technology & Electronics6.11×
12CrowdfundingBusiness & Career5.80×
13TechCrunchTechnology & Electronics4.57×
14Scooby-DooMovies & TV4.05×
15RedditInternet & Social Media2.16×
16Indeed.comBusiness & Career2.01×
17ClaudeTechnology & Electronics1.94×
18Google DocsInternet & Social Media1.73×
19Google DriveTechnology & Electronics1.72×
20PeacemakerMovies & TV1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Y Combinator (company) 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 Y Combinator (company) audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER3.37×
Career OrientationPOWER2.21×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.44×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Y Combinator (company) audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Pet OwnershipJOY0.98×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM1.01×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.03×
0×1.00× baseline2×
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

Who is Y Combinator (company)'s target market in United States?

Y Combinator (company)'s target market in United States covers an estimated 973,270 people, concentrated in California and New York.

02

What is the gender split and age of Y Combinator (company) customers?

41.7% of the Y Combinator (company) audience are female, 58.3% are male, with an average age of 40.1 years.

03

Which brands do Y Combinator (company) fans like most?

Y Combinator (company) fans show strongest brand affinity for Greylock Partners (75.79×), Scooby-Doo (4.05×), and Engadget (8.67×) over the country average.

04

Where do Y Combinator (company) fans live in United States?

Y Combinator (company) fans in United States are most concentrated in California (reach ~400K), New York (reach ~100K), and Texas (reach ~100K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Y Combinator (company) fans also like?

Beyond Y Combinator (company) itself, the audience over-indexes on Scooby-Doo (4.05×), Engadget (8.67×), Crowdfunding (5.8×), and Benchmark (venture capital firm) (25.22×) compared to the United States average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in United States who actively search for Y Combinator (company). 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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