Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Basketball Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Basketball in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Basketball has an estimated audience of 14,529,864 people in India.

The average Basketball fan in India is 30.1 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Uttar Pradesh.

The audience is concentrated in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka.

Top brand affinities include Bihari languages, Videophone, Bagad, with strongest over-indexing on Bihari languages (1.51× the country average).

Demographically, the Basketball audience skews more male with an average age of 30.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Spirituality.

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

The typical Basketball fan in India is more male, around 30.1 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Bihari languages.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sport

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 Basketball profile in India.

Audience size
14.5M
in India
Gender
18.5%
81.5% male
Age
30.1
average years
Country rank
#226
Topic in India
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+3%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Basketball fans

18.5% are female, 81.5% are male, average age 30.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

18.5%
Female
81.5%
Male
Demographic split for Basketball audience in India
MetricValue
Female18.5%
Male81.5%
Average age30.1
Estimated audience size14,529,864
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 30.1
average years
Age distribution of the Basketball audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1939%
20-2930%
30-3917%
40-498%
50+6%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.6%

of the worldwide Basketball audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Basketball
CountryShare
United States24.3%
Japan5.1%
Italy4.5%
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 Basketball audience in India is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Basketball fans by region: top regions in India
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Nagaland~20K1.75×
02Mizoram~20K1.60×
03Sikkim~10K1.60×
04Meghalaya~20K1.38×
05Manipur~20K1.33×
06Uttarakhand~90K1.25×
07Punjab (region)~200K1.15×
08Uttar Pradesh~700K1.00×
09Himachal Pradesh~60K1.00×
10Goa~20K1.00×
11Haryana~200K0.99×
12Madhya Pradesh~300K0.98×
13Rajasthan~300K0.97×
14Telangana~200K0.97×
15Tripura~20K0.95×
16Karnataka~300K0.93×
17Tamil Nadu~300K0.92×
18Arunachal Pradesh~8K0.91×
19Maharashtra~600K0.88×
20Jharkhand~100K0.85×
21Chhattisgarh~80K0.81×
22Assam~100K0.73×
23Gujarat~300K0.72×
24Jammu and Kashmir~50K0.72×
25Andhra Pradesh~100K0.68×
26Bihar~200K0.66×
27Kerala~100K0.66×
28West Bengal~300K0.61×
29Odisha~90K0.56×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Basketball audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Pat RileySports2.48×
02Thai television soap operaMovies & TV1.78×
03O'Neill (brand)Fashion & Accessoires1.76×
04P.M. NewsNews1.70×
05The Real WorldMovies & TV1.70×
06JollywoodMovies & TV1.68×
07Yoruba languagePolitics & Society1.67×
08Khanom DistrictTravel & Leisure1.66×
09Robert MugabePolitics & Society1.64×
10VideophoneTechnology & Electronics1.62×
11Yellowhead (bird)Pets & Animals1.61×
12Osita IhemeMovies & TV1.60×
13BaksoFood & Beverages1.58×
14Ateneo de Manila UniversityBusiness & Career1.56×
15Dr. WatsonLiterature1.54×
16BagadMusic & Radio1.52×
17King cobraPets & Animals1.52×
18TCNMovies & TV1.52×
19Bihari languagesPolitics & Society1.51×
20Umar AkmalSports1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Basketball 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 Basketball audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.79×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.75×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.73×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Basketball audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.50×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.51×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM0.51×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Basketball have in India?

Basketball has an estimated audience of 14,529,864 people in India, concentrated in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

02

What is the gender split and age of Basketball fans?

18.5% of Basketball fans are female, 81.5% are male, with an average age of 30.1 years.

03

Which brands do Basketball fans like most?

Basketball fans show strongest brand affinity for Bihari languages (1.51×), Videophone (1.62×), and Bagad (1.52×) over the country average.

04

Where do Basketball fans live in India?

Basketball fans in India are most concentrated in Uttar Pradesh (reach ~700K), Maharashtra (reach ~600K), and Karnataka (reach ~300K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Basketball fans also like?

Beyond Basketball itself, the audience over-indexes on Videophone (1.62×), Bagad (1.52×), Khanom District (1.66×), and Jollywood (1.68×) 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 Basketball. 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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