Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Food Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Food in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Food has an estimated audience of 40,344,512 people in India.

#13among Lifestyle cluster in India
#15among Topic in India#2in Food & Beverages

The average Food fan in India is 32.6 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Maharashtra.

The audience is concentrated in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Rajasthan.

Top brand affinities include Bank of India, Commercial bank, Pernod Ricard, with strongest over-indexing on Bank of India (1.51× the country average).

Demographically, the Food audience skews more male with an average age of 32.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Creativity, Community Orientation.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 18 brand affinities and 29 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Food fan in India is more male, around 32.6 years old, with strong Creativity tendencies and a notable affinity for Bank of India.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Topic · Subtype: Lifestyle cluster

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 Food profile in India.

Audience size
40.3M
in India
Gender
30.4%
69.6% male
Age
32.6
average years
Country rank
#24
Topic in India
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-4%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Food fans

30.4% are female, 69.6% are male, average age 32.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

30.4%
Female
69.6%
Male
Demographic split for Food audience in India
MetricValue
Female30.4%
Male69.6%
Average age32.6
Estimated audience size40,344,512
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 32.6
average years
Age distribution of the Food audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1932%
20-2929%
30-3918%
40-4912%
50+9%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.9%

of the worldwide Food audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Food
CountryShare
United States20.2%
Japan7.5%
India4.9%
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 Food audience in India is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Food fans by region: top regions in India
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Rajasthan~1.5M1.87×
02Goa~70K1.72×
03West Bengal~2M1.52×
04Tamil Nadu~1M1.29×
05Karnataka~1.5M1.26×
06Kerala~700K1.21×
07Telangana~700K1.17×
08Gujarat~1M1.10×
09Odisha~500K1.07×
10Andhra Pradesh~500K1.06×
11Maharashtra~2M1.02×
12Meghalaya~40K1.00×
13Uttarakhand~200K0.95×
14Punjab (region)~500K0.92×
15Nagaland~30K0.89×
16Madhya Pradesh~600K0.85×
17Assam~300K0.84×
18Chhattisgarh~200K0.84×
19Haryana~400K0.83×
20Uttar Pradesh~1.5M0.82×
21Tripura~40K0.82×
22Sikkim~10K0.82×
23Manipur~40K0.81×
24Himachal Pradesh~100K0.80×
25Jharkhand~300K0.78×
26Bihar~600K0.76×
27Arunachal Pradesh~20K0.76×
28Mizoram~20K0.74×
29Jammu and Kashmir~100K0.73×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Food audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01MiramaxMovies & TV1.70×
02StayfreeBeauty & Wellness1.68×
03Cadbury PerkFood & Beverages1.64×
04Pernod RicardFood & Beverages1.62×
05Pastis 51Food & Beverages1.62×
06Morphy RichardsTechnology & Electronics1.61×
07Country Inns & SuitesTravel & Leisure1.58×
08Nissan PulsarCars & Mobility1.56×
09Dan HendersonSports1.55×
10Mohammad AshrafulSports1.55×
11Commercial bankBusiness & Career1.54×
12MonarchPolitics & Society1.54×
13Industrial technologyTopic1.54×
14Stamford International University (Thailand)Business & Career1.52×
15AfterlightTechnology & Electronics1.52×
16Bank of IndiaBusiness & Career1.51×
17ZimmermannHome & Garden1.51×
18Mother and Child GuideBook / Manga / Comic1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Food 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 Food audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
CreativityOPEN0.99×
Community OrientationOPEN0.98×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.95×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Food audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.71×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.77×
Urban LifestyleOPEN0.78×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Food have in India?

Food has an estimated audience of 40,344,512 people in India, concentrated in Maharashtra and West Bengal.

02

What is the gender split and age of Food fans?

30.4% of Food fans are female, 69.6% are male, with an average age of 32.6 years.

03

Which brands do Food fans like most?

Food fans show strongest brand affinity for Bank of India (1.51×), Commercial bank (1.54×), and Pernod Ricard (1.62×) over the country average.

04

Where do Food fans live in India?

Food fans in India are most concentrated in Maharashtra (reach ~2M), West Bengal (reach ~2M), and Rajasthan (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Food fans also like?

Beyond Food itself, the audience over-indexes on Commercial bank (1.54×), Pernod Ricard (1.62×), Monarch (1.54×), and Morphy Richards (1.61×) 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 Food. 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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