Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Chennai Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Chennai in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Chennai has an estimated audience of 17,800,789 people in India.

The average Chennai fan in India is 30.2 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Tamil Nadu.

The audience is concentrated in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka.

Top brand affinities include Indian Premier League, India national cricket team, Virat Kohli, with strongest over-indexing on Indian Premier League (1.66× the country average).

Demographically, the Chennai audience skews more male with an average age of 30.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Career Orientation.

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

The typical Chennai fan in India is more male, around 30.2 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Indian Premier League.

Category: Travel & Leisure · Type: POI · Subtype: City

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 Chennai profile in India.

Audience size
17.8M
in India
Gender
31.7%
68.3% male
Age
30.2
average years
Country rank
#152
POI in India
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+44%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Chennai fans

31.7% are female, 68.3% are male, average age 30.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

31.7%
Female
68.3%
Male
Demographic split for Chennai audience in India
MetricValue
Female31.7%
Male68.3%
Average age30.2
Estimated audience size17,800,789
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 30.2
average years
Age distribution of the Chennai audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1941%
20-2929%
30-3915%
40-499%
50+7%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

53.3%

of the worldwide Chennai audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Chennai
CountryShare
India53.3%
United States8.7%
United Arab Emirates3.7%
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 Chennai audience in India is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Chennai fans by region: top regions in India
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Tamil Nadu~4.5M10.84×
02Andhra Pradesh~500K2.33×
03Karnataka~500K1.24×
04Telangana~300K1.04×
05Kerala~300K1.00×
06Maharashtra~700K0.75×
07Haryana~200K0.66×
08Goa~10K0.65×
09Madhya Pradesh~200K0.62×
10Gujarat~300K0.61×
11Tripura~10K0.61×
12Nagaland~8K0.61×
13Odisha~100K0.59×
14Assam~100K0.59×
15Jharkhand~90K0.59×
16West Bengal~300K0.58×
17Sikkim~4K0.57×
18Chhattisgarh~60K0.55×
19Uttar Pradesh~500K0.53×
20Bihar~200K0.53×
21Mizoram~7K0.53×
22Arunachal Pradesh~6K0.52×
23Manipur~10K0.51×
24Meghalaya~10K0.51×
25Rajasthan~200K0.50×
26Punjab (region)~100K0.48×
27Uttarakhand~40K0.47×
28Himachal Pradesh~30K0.41×
29Jammu and Kashmir~30K0.35×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Chennai audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Actor VijayMovies & TV2.53×
02Telugu languagePolitics & Society2.12×
03Pakistan national cricket teamSports2.03×
04STAR SportsMovies & TV2.00×
05Colors (TV channel)Movies & TV1.96×
06Card gamesGames1.90×
07Option (finance)Business & Career1.88×
08Tamil cinemaMovies & TV1.86×
09Rajasthan RoyalsSports1.83×
10Chennai Super KingsSports1.81×
11Rohit SharmaSports1.79×
12Kolkata Knight RidersSports1.78×
13Tamil languagePolitics & Society1.75×
14India national cricket teamSports1.70×
15Virat KohliSports1.68×
16Cinema of IndiaMovies & TV1.68×
17Indian Premier LeagueSports1.66×
18CelebrityMovies & TV1.61×
19SariFashion & Accessoires1.57×
20Mobile gameGames1.54×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Chennai 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 Chennai audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY1.31×
Career OrientationPOWER1.28×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.14×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Chennai audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.72×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.77×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.82×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Chennai have in India?

Chennai has an estimated audience of 17,800,789 people in India, concentrated in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.

02

What is the gender split and age of Chennai fans?

31.7% of Chennai fans are female, 68.3% are male, with an average age of 30.2 years.

03

Which brands do Chennai fans like most?

Chennai fans show strongest brand affinity for Indian Premier League (1.66×), India national cricket team (1.7×), and Virat Kohli (1.68×) over the country average.

04

Where do Chennai fans live in India?

Chennai fans in India are most concentrated in Tamil Nadu (reach ~4.5M), Maharashtra (reach ~700K), and Karnataka (reach ~500K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Chennai fans also like?

Beyond Chennai itself, the audience over-indexes on India national cricket team (1.7×), Virat Kohli (1.68×), Chennai Super Kings (1.81×), and Cinema of India (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 Chennai. 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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