Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Cricket Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Cricket in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Cricket has an estimated audience of 32,018,022 people in India.

The average Cricket fan in India is 30.5 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Uttar Pradesh.

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

Top brand affinities include Chaupal, Himachal Pradesh, Bihari languages, Corruption awareness, with strongest over-indexing on Chaupal, Himachal Pradesh (1.55× the country average).

Demographically, the Cricket audience skews more male with an average age of 30.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Family Orientation.

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

The typical Cricket fan in India is more male, around 30.5 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Chaupal, Himachal Pradesh.

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 Cricket profile in India.

Audience size
32M
in India
Gender
22.5%
77.5% male
Age
30.5
average years
Country rank
#44
Topic in India
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+42%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Cricket fans

22.5% are female, 77.5% are male, average age 30.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

22.5%
Female
77.5%
Male
Demographic split for Cricket audience in India
MetricValue
Female22.5%
Male77.5%
Average age30.5
Estimated audience size32,018,022
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 30.5
average years
Age distribution of the Cricket audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1938%
20-2930%
30-3916%
40-499%
50+7%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

27.1%

of the worldwide Cricket audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Cricket
CountryShare
India27.1%
United States11.3%
United Kingdom9.0%
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 Cricket audience in India is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Cricket fans by region: top regions in India
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Odisha~600K1.82×
02Bihar~1M1.68×
03Madhya Pradesh~1M1.67×
04Chhattisgarh~300K1.63×
05Uttar Pradesh~2.5M1.56×
06Gujarat~1.5M1.55×
07Rajasthan~1M1.48×
08Jharkhand~300K1.26×
09Goa~40K1.21×
10Tamil Nadu~800K1.04×
11Punjab (region)~400K1.03×
12Haryana~400K1.01×
13Maharashtra~1.5M0.99×
14Assam~300K0.99×
15Karnataka~800K0.97×
16Uttarakhand~200K0.97×
17West Bengal~1M0.96×
18Himachal Pradesh~100K0.92×
19Jammu and Kashmir~100K0.90×
20Telangana~400K0.88×
21Andhra Pradesh~300K0.86×
22Tripura~30K0.68×
23Arunachal Pradesh~10K0.67×
24Sikkim~9K0.64×
25Kerala~200K0.52×
26Meghalaya~10K0.38×
27Nagaland~8K0.34×
28Manipur~10K0.30×
29Mizoram~2K0.11×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Cricket audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Anjali SharmaSports3.73×
02ReNuHealth2.26×
03P.M. NewsNews1.80×
04Bihari languagesPolitics & Society1.79×
05War of the Worlds (2005 film)Movies & TV1.71×
06JollywoodMovies & TV1.71×
07Ayu Ting TingMusic & Radio1.65×
08King cobraPets & Animals1.64×
09ThumbHealth1.62×
10VideophoneTechnology & Electronics1.60×
11Hapag-LloydTravel & Leisure1.60×
12Chevrolet MalibuCars & Mobility1.58×
13Cycling shortsFashion & Accessoires1.57×
14Chaupal, Himachal PradeshTravel & Leisure1.55×
15Suarez (band)Music & Radio1.55×
16Gmina SidraTravel & Leisure1.54×
17Sonam (actress)Movies & TV1.54×
18Neelam MuneerMovies & TV1.54×
19Khanom DistrictTravel & Leisure1.54×
20Corruption awarenessPolitics & Society1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Cricket 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 Cricket audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.63×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.60×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.55×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Cricket audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.27×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.31×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.33×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Cricket have in India?

Cricket has an estimated audience of 32,018,022 people in India, concentrated in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

02

What is the gender split and age of Cricket fans?

22.5% of Cricket fans are female, 77.5% are male, with an average age of 30.5 years.

03

Which brands do Cricket fans like most?

Cricket fans show strongest brand affinity for Chaupal, Himachal Pradesh (1.55×), Bihari languages (1.79×), and Corruption awareness (1.52×) over the country average.

04

Where do Cricket fans live in India?

Cricket fans in India are most concentrated in Uttar Pradesh (reach ~2.5M), Maharashtra (reach ~1.5M), and Gujarat (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Cricket fans also like?

Beyond Cricket itself, the audience over-indexes on Bihari languages (1.79×), Corruption awareness (1.52×), Anjali Sharma (3.73×), and Videophone (1.6×) 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 Cricket. 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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