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Apple fans enjoy watching Frozen and buy their clothes from Hollister, while Samsung owners prefer Police Academy and Ellie Goulding, according to a new online profiler.  

London-based YouGov collected data from 190,000 UK members over 120,000 data points including where people bank, what cars they drive and what they like to eat.

The free web app lets people search for information about people who own different phones, eat different foods, shop in various supermarkets and live in certain areas, among other data.

Click below to explore the profiler 

London-based YouGov collected data from 190,000 UK members over 120,000 data points. The free web app (above) lets people search for information about people who own different phones, eat different foods, shop in various supermarkets and live in certain areas, among other data

The app does not show the typical fan or customer, because as YouGov explained: 'If it did, most groups would look very similar, and you wouldn't learn a lot about the specifics of particular thing.'

Instead, it shows what is particularly true about a group. YouGov compares the group to their natural 'comparison set'.

For example, it compares fans of Downton Abbey to anyone who has rated any TV shows, and detemines which of the thousands of datapoints most 'overscore' in the target group.

If something is only true of 1 per cent of the overall population, but is true of 6 per cent of YouGov's target group, it might score very highly, but this doesn't mean it is true of all of them.

Another example that YouGov gives is if many of the football teams show a female character, it doesn't mean that most of the fans are female, but simply that compared to other football teams, there are more female fans than you would expect.

The YouGov panel only includes adults of 18 years or older, and if the sample shows 52 people, YouGov explained that it doesn't mean they only surveyed 52 people.

Instead, it means that, of the tens of thousands of people who took part, 52 have identified themselves as fans or customers of that particular brand of item.

According to the profiler, Apple fans love to eat grilled halloumi, and nachos and they most likely own a pet fish. The average iPhone or iPad owner is a female, aged between 25 and 39 and lives in London, or Central Scotland. They're most likely to work in media and publishing and don't have a strong political preference

Apple fans would also describe themselves as confident and funny, but also control freaks and insecure. When it comes to brands, they shop in Waitrose and Hollister, bank with First Direct and own a BMW 

MailOnline looked into the profiles of people who identify themselves as Apple, Samsung, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone fans.

Sample sizes varied from 10,806 Apple customers, 9,648 Samsung fans, 105 Android customers, 1,255 Blackberry owners and 853 people with a Windows Phone device.

This graphic reveals an Apple fan's top five favourite dishes, according to YouGov

According to the profiler, Apple fans love to eat grilled halloumi, and nachos and they most likely own a pet fish.

The average iPhone or iPad owner is a female, aged between 25 and 39 and lives in London, or Central Scotland.

They're most likely to work in media and publishing and don't have a strong political preference.

Their favourite movies range from Home Alone to Frozen and Gravity, and they listen to Beyonce and Green Day.

Apple fans would describe themselves as confident and funny, but also control freaks and insecure.

And when it comes to brands, they shop in Waitrose and Hollister, bank with First Direct and own a BMW.

By comparison, Samsung fans are males aged 40 to 59 and lean towards the right when it comes to politics.

They work in transport or IT, and live predominantly in the North West and Yorkshire.

When eating out, they choose a chicken shish kebab with lime pickle, or a lamb korma.

By comparison, Samsung fans are males aged 40 to 59 and lean towards the right when it comes to politics. They work in transport or IT, and live predominantly in the North West and Yorkshire

When eating out, they choose a chicken shish kebab with lime pickle, or a lamb korma. Like Apple fans, Samsung owners bank with First Direct but instead they choose Gucci over Holister, and are most likely to own a Vauxhall that they drive to Tesco to do their weekly shop

Like Apple fans, Samsung owners bank with First Direct but instead they choose Gucci over Holister, and are most likely to own a Vauxhall, which they drive to Tesco to do their weekly shop.

Their favourite newspaper is The Sun and they enjoy reading PC Pro magazine.

When online, they visit the Samsung website and Facebook page more than any other site, and follow the likes of comedian John Bishop and Jeremy Vine on Twitter.

They like Police Academy and Countryfile, and listen to Ellie Goulding and Jennifer Rush.

They describe themselves as polite and paternal, but also difficult and untidy - and their favourite sport is ski jumping.

This differs from Android fans, in general, however. These users are typically male aged between 18 and 24.

They lean heavily to the political left, and enjoy roast pigeon, venison burgers and wild boar stew.

Android fans are most likely to own a dog, work in IT and live in the north.

Android fans, in general, are typically male aged between 18 and 24.They lean heavily to the political left, and enjoy roast pigeon, venison burgers and wild boar stew. Android fans are most likely to own a dog, work in IT and live in the north. They bank with Lloyds, own a Nissan and shop at Asda

Among an Android fan's favourite brands are Twix, Motorola and Nintendo DS. Music wise, Android owners listen to Olly Murs and James Blunt, prefer the films Kelly's Heroes and Alien vs Predator, and like watching shows about Eddie Stobart trucks

They bank with Lloyds, own a Nissan and shop at Asda. Among their favourite brands are Twix, Motorola and Nintendo DS.

Music wise, Android owners listen to Olly Murs and James Blunt, prefer the films Kelly's Heroes and Alien vs Predator, and like watching shows about Eddie Stobart trucks.

Meanwhile, BlackBerry owners are similar to Samsung fans. They are male, aged between 40 and 59 and lean to the left politically.

They work in the civil service or consulting, and live in London and Central Scotland.

When they're not trekking and hiking, or doing DIY, they eat rump steak and sardines on toast.

BlackBerry owners are similar to Samsung fans. They are male, aged between 40 and 59 and lean to the left politically. They work in the civil service or consulting, and live in London and Central Scotland. When they're not trekking and hiking, or doing DIY, they eat rump steak and sardines on toast

BlackBerry owners like listening to Fatboy Slim and Gorillaz, watching Britain's Biggest Hoarders on TV and Beavis and Butt-head do America. They are also more likely to shop in Jasper Conran and Timberland, follow Jamie Oliver and The Daily Mash on Twitter and use Skype and LinkedIn apps

BlackBerry owners like listening to Fatboy Slim and Gorillaz, watching Britain's Biggest Hoarders on TV and Beavis and Butt-head do America.

Their favourite celebrities range from Renee Zellwegger to Theo Paphitis and Eamonn Holmes.

Like Apple owners, BlackBerry fans shop at Waitrose and bank at First Direct, but drive a Land Rover.

They are also more likely to shop in Jasper Conran and Timberland, and they follow Jamie Oliver and The Daily Mash on Twitter.

And when describing themselves, they used words including funny and environmentalist, but also sentimental and strong-willed.

Onto Windows Phone users, these customers are predominantly male aged between 25 and 39, work in IT or media and live in Scotland. They describe themselves as geeky and arrogant, and like to play video games, baseball and eat beef sambal and haggis, neeps and tatties

Their favourite films include Shutter Island and Wall-E and their favourite shows range from Walking With Beasts to Bodger And Badger. They are more likely to shop at Morrison's and buy their clothes from George at Asda, while driving their Mitsubishi car and bank at Smile

Onto Windows Phone users, these customers are predominantly male aged between 25 and 39, working IT or media and living in Scotland.

They describe themselves as geeky and arrogant, and like to play video games, baseball and eat beef sambal and haggis, neeps and tatties.

Online, they follow Jeremy Clarkson, play games including Tetris and Texas Hold 'Em on their phones, and play bingo on the web.

Their favourite films include Shutter Island and Wall-E, and their favourite shows range from Walking With Beasts to Bodger And Badger.

They are more likely to shop at Morrison's and buy their clothes from George at Asda, while driving their Mitsubishi car and bank at Smile.