Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Alternative medicine Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Alternative medicine in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Alternative medicine has an estimated audience of 4,861,526 people in India.

The average Alternative medicine fan in India is 34.8 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Uttar Pradesh.

The audience is concentrated in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal.

Top brand affinities include Bhojpuri language, Ayurveda, Therapy, with strongest over-indexing on Bhojpuri language (1.66× the country average).

Demographically, the Alternative medicine audience skews more male with an average age of 34.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Tradition, Mindfulness.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 29 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Alternative medicine fan in India is more male, around 34.8 years old, with strong Tradition tendencies and a notable affinity for Bhojpuri language.

Category: Business & Career · Type: Topic · Subtype: Field of study

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-17.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Alternative medicine profile in India.

Audience size
4.9M
in India
Gender
30.1%
69.9% male
Age
34.8
average years
Country rank
#1235
Topic in India
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-18%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Alternative medicine fans

30.1% are female, 69.9% are male, average age 34.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

30.1%
Female
69.9%
Male
Demographic split for Alternative medicine audience in India
MetricValue
Female30.1%
Male69.9%
Average age34.8
Estimated audience size4,861,526
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 34.8
average years
Age distribution of the Alternative medicine audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1925%
20-2928%
30-3921%
40-4915%
50+11%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.6%

of the worldwide Alternative medicine audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Alternative medicine
CountryShare
United States28.0%
Italy5.0%
India4.6%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the India average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Alternative medicine audience in India is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Alternative medicine fans by region: top regions in India
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Sikkim~3K1.29×
02Nagaland~4K1.16×
03Mizoram~4K1.13×
04Arunachal Pradesh~3K1.13×
05Manipur~6K1.04×
06Meghalaya~5K1.03×
07Tripura~6K0.98×
08Goa~5K0.98×
09West Bengal~100K0.95×
10Tamil Nadu~100K0.94×
11Himachal Pradesh~20K0.93×
12Karnataka~100K0.92×
13Uttarakhand~20K0.92×
14Chhattisgarh~30K0.91×
15Uttar Pradesh~200K0.90×
16Punjab (region)~60K0.90×
17Assam~40K0.90×
18Jammu and Kashmir~20K0.90×
19Jharkhand~40K0.88×
20Kerala~60K0.87×
21Telangana~60K0.87×
22Andhra Pradesh~50K0.84×
23Odisha~40K0.84×
24Madhya Pradesh~80K0.83×
25Haryana~50K0.82×
26Maharashtra~200K0.80×
27Gujarat~100K0.80×
28Bihar~80K0.80×
29Rajasthan~80K0.77×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Alternative medicine audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Alternative medicine audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01HerbalismHealth2.32×
02Traditional medicineHealth2.19×
03MadhubalaMovies & TV2.04×
04AyurvedaHealth2.01×
05Diabetes mellitus awarenessHealth1.93×
06PanipatMovies & TV1.91×
07TherapyHealth1.83×
08Rajasthan PatrikaNews1.78×
09Punjab KesariNews1.74×
10ClinicHealth1.70×
11Navbharat TimesNews1.69×
12Signature (dance group)Music & Radio1.69×
13Bhojpuri languagePolitics & Society1.66×
14KinesiologyHealth1.65×
15MehndiFashion & Accessoires1.62×
16Proxy serverInternet & Social Media1.61×
17HindustanPolitics & Society1.60×
18Neem Karoli BabaPolitics & Society1.58×
19India TVMovies & TV1.57×
20News24News1.54×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Alternative medicine 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 Alternative medicine audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.19×
MindfulnessBALANCE1.08×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.02×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Alternative medicine audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.49×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.59×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.61×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Alternative medicine have in India?

Alternative medicine has an estimated audience of 4,861,526 people in India, concentrated in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

02

What is the gender split and age of Alternative medicine fans?

30.1% of Alternative medicine fans are female, 69.9% are male, with an average age of 34.8 years.

03

Which brands do Alternative medicine fans like most?

Alternative medicine fans show strongest brand affinity for Bhojpuri language (1.66×), Ayurveda (2.01×), and Therapy (1.83×) over the country average.

04

Where do Alternative medicine fans live in India?

Alternative medicine fans in India are most concentrated in Uttar Pradesh (reach ~200K), Maharashtra (reach ~200K), and West Bengal (reach ~100K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Alternative medicine fans also like?

Beyond Alternative medicine itself, the audience over-indexes on Ayurveda (2.01×), Therapy (1.83×), Navbharat Times (1.69×), and Mehndi (1.62×) compared to the India average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in India who actively search for Alternative medicine. 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 India. 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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