Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Subway Target Market in United States

Subway has an estimated audience of 53.4M people in United States.

#6among Fast food restaurants in United States#42among brands in United States#35in Food & Beverages

The average Subway fan in United States is 38.0 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in California.

By number of fans, Subway ranks #6 among the 88 objects in Fast food restaurants in United States — 105.9× the group median.

Its fans are 1.3 years younger than the group average of 39.3.

Women make up 53.2% of the fan base, 2.1 percentage points fewer than the group average.

Compared with the other 87 objects in Fast food restaurants, Subway fans stand out for their interest in Menards, Reddit and Walmart.

Most fans live in California, Texas, Florida.

Top affinities include QuikTrip, Menards, Olive Garden, with strongest over-indexing on QuikTrip (3.66× the country average).

Demographically, the Subway audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Convenience Orientation, Need for Security.

The typical Subway fan in United States is balanced, around 38.0 years old, with strong Convenience Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for QuikTrip.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Brand · Subtype: Fast food restaurants

Data status: Q2/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
53.4M
in United States
Gender
53.2%♀
46.8% male
Age
38.0
average years
Country rank
#360
among all objects in United States
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+10%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Customer demographics of Subway

53.2% are female, 46.8% are male, average age 38.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.2%
Female
46.8%
Male
Demographic split for Subway audience in United States
MetricValue
Female53.2%
Male46.8%
Average age38.0
Estimated audience size53.4M
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.0
average years
Age distribution of the Subway audience in United States
Age bracketShare%
16-2425%
25-3421%
35-4418%
45-5418%
55+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

44.4%

of the worldwide Subway audience comes from United States.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Subway
CountryShare
United States44.4%
Brazil6.0%
United Kingdom5.8%
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

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Subway customers by region in United States
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Indiana~1.5M1.38×
02Mississippi~600K1.35×
03Arkansas~600K1.34×
04New Mexico~400K1.32×
05Wyoming~100K1.29×
06Iowa~600K1.27×
07West Virginia~400K1.27×
08South Dakota~200K1.24×
09Ohio~2.5M1.23×
10Louisiana~900K1.22×
11Michigan~2M1.20×
12Missouri~1M1.18×
13Kentucky~800K1.15×
14North Dakota~100K1.15×
15Minnesota~1M1.14×
16Oklahoma~700K1.13×
17Nebraska~400K1.13×
18Texas~4M1.11×
19Tennessee~1.5M1.11×
20Wisconsin~1M1.11×
21Alabama~900K1.09×
22Kansas~500K1.07×
23South Carolina~900K1.05×
24Alaska~100K1.04×
25Oregon~700K1.03×
26Utah~500K1.03×
27Idaho~300K1.03×
28Illinois~2M1.02×
29Hawaii~200K1.01×
30Washington~1M0.98×
31Nevada~500K0.97×
32Georgia~1.5M0.94×
33North Carolina~1.5M0.94×
34Arizona~1M0.93×
35Montana~200K0.93×
36Maine~200K0.92×
37Colorado~800K0.91×
38Virginia~1M0.90×
39California~5.5M0.89×
40Florida~3M0.83×
41Maryland~800K0.82×
42Connecticut~500K0.82×
43Rhode Island~100K0.82×
44Washington, District of Columbia~90K0.77×
45Vermont~80K0.75×
46New Hampshire~100K0.68×
47New York~2M0.65×
48Pennsylvania~1.5M0.65×
49Massachusetts~700K0.60×
50New Jersey~500K0.35×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Subway, United States
0.35×1.00×1.38×
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 Subway audience vs. the country average
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01QuikTripShopping3.66×
02MenardsHome & Garden3.07×
03Olive GardenFood & Beverages3.06×
04Pizza HutFood & Beverages2.90×
05Taco BellFood & Beverages2.87×
06Little CaesarsFood & Beverages2.84×
07Wawa Inc.Shopping2.84×
08Dollar GeneralShopping2.51×
09Burger KingFood & Beverages2.35×
10Wendy'sFood & Beverages2.31×
11McDonald'sFood & Beverages2.27×
12Texas RoadhouseFood & Beverages2.23×
13TelevisionsTechnology & Electronics2.20×
14RedditInternet & Social Media2.15×
15WalmartShopping1.91×
16Video gamesGames1.90×
17PhilosophyBusiness & Career1.83×
18Pop musicMusic & Radio1.75×
19Comedy moviesMovies & TV1.68×
20EducationBusiness & Career1.63×
Section 05
Strongest and weakest personality traits of this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Subway audience

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Personality traits of the Subway audience vs. the country average · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.64×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.56×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.55×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Personality traits of the Subway audience vs. the country average · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.69×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.83×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.87×
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 Subway over the last 12 months. Modelled, not counted; people interested in several brands count for each of them.
Data basis
Anonymised behavioural signals: search demand, social media signals, sponsorship and event data. Not a survey.
Period
07/2025 – 06/2026 · updated quarterly · data status Q2/2026
Confidence
high gender and age data available and an audience of at least 100,000 people

Cite as: “Rascasse Solution, Q2/2026, rascasse.com/explore/us/subway-9420” · Methodology