Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Heavy metal music Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Heavy metal music in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Heavy metal music has an estimated audience of 8,033,506 people in India.

The average Heavy metal music fan in India is 31.2 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Uttar Pradesh.

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

Top brand affinities include Rock and roll, Angela White (athlete), Ayesha Khan, with strongest over-indexing on Rock and roll (1.52× the country average).

Demographically, the Heavy metal music audience skews more male with an average age of 31.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Social Media Usage.

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

The typical Heavy metal music fan in India is more male, around 31.2 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for Rock and roll.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Record label

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 Heavy metal music profile in India.

Audience size
8M
in India
Gender
24.3%
75.7% male
Age
31.2
average years
Country rank
#608
Topic in India
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+70%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Heavy metal music fans

24.3% are female, 75.7% are male, average age 31.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

24.3%
Female
75.7%
Male
Demographic split for Heavy metal music audience in India
MetricValue
Female24.3%
Male75.7%
Average age31.2
Estimated audience size8,033,506
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 31.2
average years
Age distribution of the Heavy metal music audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1936%
20-2930%
30-3917%
40-4910%
50+7%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.5%

of the worldwide Heavy metal music audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Heavy metal music
CountryShare
United States22.2%
Italy4.9%
Japan4.7%
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 Heavy metal music audience in India is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Heavy metal music fans by region: top regions in India
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Sikkim~6K1.57×
02Arunachal Pradesh~6K1.30×
03Mizoram~7K1.26×
04Nagaland~7K1.25×
05Manipur~10K1.14×
06Meghalaya~9K1.13×
07Goa~9K1.04×
08Tripura~10K1.03×
09Himachal Pradesh~30K0.96×
10Chhattisgarh~50K0.94×
11Uttarakhand~40K0.94×
12Jammu and Kashmir~30K0.94×
13Jharkhand~60K0.93×
14Assam~70K0.92×
15Madhya Pradesh~100K0.91×
16Punjab (region)~100K0.91×
17Haryana~90K0.91×
18Andhra Pradesh~90K0.91×
19Gujarat~200K0.90×
20Rajasthan~200K0.90×
21Bihar~100K0.90×
22Odisha~80K0.90×
23Kerala~100K0.86×
24Telangana~100K0.86×
25West Bengal~200K0.84×
26Uttar Pradesh~300K0.79×
27Tamil Nadu~200K0.79×
28Karnataka~200K0.76×
29Maharashtra~300K0.70×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Heavy metal music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01VideophoneTechnology & Electronics2.14×
02Massage tableHealth2.01×
03Bluegrass musicMusic & Radio1.94×
04vikiMovies & TV1.85×
05Avneet KaurMovies & TV1.77×
06Western swingMusic & Radio1.77×
07Diya Aur Baati HumMovies & TV1.76×
08Blues rockMusic & Radio1.71×
09Latha TownshipTravel & Leisure1.70×
10Spiritual (music)Music & Radio1.67×
11Sheikh HasinaPolitics & Society1.66×
12Angela White (athlete)Movies & TV1.65×
13Prime Minister of BangladeshPolitics & Society1.65×
14Ayesha KhanMovies & TV1.61×
15Wild fisheriesTravel & Leisure1.61×
16Bihari languagesPolitics & Society1.61×
17Top moviesWebsite / Newspaper / Magazine1.61×
18Vehicle simulation gameGames1.57×
19Rock and rollMusic & Radio1.52×
20Shimla districtTravel & Leisure1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Heavy metal music 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 Heavy metal music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.91×
Social Media UsageJOY0.89×
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.89×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Heavy metal music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.67×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM0.69×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.70×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Heavy metal music have in India?

Heavy metal music has an estimated audience of 8,033,506 people in India, concentrated in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

02

What is the gender split and age of Heavy metal music fans?

24.3% of Heavy metal music fans are female, 75.7% are male, with an average age of 31.2 years.

03

Which brands do Heavy metal music fans like most?

Heavy metal music fans show strongest brand affinity for Rock and roll (1.52×), Angela White (athlete) (1.65×), and Ayesha Khan (1.61×) over the country average.

04

Where do Heavy metal music fans live in India?

Heavy metal music fans in India are most concentrated in Uttar Pradesh (reach ~300K), Maharashtra (reach ~300K), and West Bengal (reach ~200K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Heavy metal music fans also like?

Beyond Heavy metal music itself, the audience over-indexes on Angela White (athlete) (1.65×), Ayesha Khan (1.61×), Wild fisheries (1.61×), and Avneet Kaur (1.77×) 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 Heavy metal music. 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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