Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Hobby Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Hobby in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Hobby has an estimated audience of 14,312,784 people in India.

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

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

Top brand affinities include ONEUS, Team sport, BTS, with strongest over-indexing on ONEUS (6.47× the country average).

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

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

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

Category: Home & Garden · Type: Topic

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 Hobby profile in India.

Audience size
14.3M
in India
Gender
31.4%
68.6% male
Age
32.6
average years
Country rank
#234
Topic in India
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-21%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Hobby fans

31.4% are female, 68.6% are male, average age 32.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

31.4%
Female
68.6%
Male
Demographic split for Hobby audience in India
MetricValue
Female31.4%
Male68.6%
Average age32.6
Estimated audience size14,312,784
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 32.6
average years
Age distribution of the Hobby audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1931%
20-2930%
30-3919%
40-4912%
50+8%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.9%

of the worldwide Hobby audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Hobby
CountryShare
United States21.7%
China7.4%
Japan6.0%
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 Hobby audience in India is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Hobby fans by region: top regions in India
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Assam~200K1.40×
02Himachal Pradesh~70K1.21×
03Maharashtra~800K1.20×
04Nagaland~10K1.20×
05Madhya Pradesh~300K1.18×
06Jharkhand~100K1.12×
07Uttarakhand~80K1.10×
08Chhattisgarh~100K1.09×
09Manipur~20K1.05×
10Arunachal Pradesh~9K1.04×
11Bihar~300K1.02×
12Goa~20K1.02×
13Gujarat~400K1.00×
14Tripura~20K0.99×
15Uttar Pradesh~700K0.97×
16Tamil Nadu~300K0.97×
17Meghalaya~10K0.97×
18Sikkim~6K0.97×
19Karnataka~300K0.96×
20Telangana~200K0.96×
21Punjab (region)~200K0.91×
22West Bengal~400K0.90×
23Jammu and Kashmir~60K0.87×
24Rajasthan~300K0.86×
25Kerala~200K0.86×
26Andhra Pradesh~100K0.85×
27Odisha~100K0.82×
28Mizoram~8K0.82×
29Haryana~100K0.79×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Hobby audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01ONEUSMusic & Radio6.47×
02Group buyingShopping4.03×
03Korean hip hopMusic & Radio3.85×
04KOLARSMusic & Radio3.25×
05EvenMusic & Radio3.25×
06LØLØMusic & Radio3.25×
07BTSMusic & Radio2.82×
08FireHome & Garden2.37×
09StoveHome & Garden2.31×
10Cardigan (sweater)Fashion & Accessoires2.30×
11Rock and rollMusic & Radio2.15×
12Team sportSports2.06×
13Dish (food)Food & Beverages1.98×
14RecreationTravel & Leisure1.85×
15OvenHome & Garden1.82×
16OuterwearFashion & Accessoires1.71×
17Marathi languagePolitics & Society1.53×
18CompetitionBusiness & Career1.53×
19FlowerHome & Garden1.52×
20Television networkMovies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Hobby 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 Hobby audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
CreativityOPEN1.39×
ExtroversionTHRILL1.27×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.21×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Hobby audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.94×
Career OrientationPOWER0.96×
TravellingTHRILL0.98×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Hobby have in India?

Hobby has an estimated audience of 14,312,784 people in India, concentrated in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

02

What is the gender split and age of Hobby fans?

31.4% of Hobby fans are female, 68.6% are male, with an average age of 32.6 years.

03

Which brands do Hobby fans like most?

Hobby fans show strongest brand affinity for ONEUS (6.47×), Team sport (2.06×), and BTS (2.82×) over the country average.

04

Where do Hobby fans live in India?

Hobby fans in India are most concentrated in Maharashtra (reach ~800K), Uttar Pradesh (reach ~700K), and Gujarat (reach ~400K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Hobby fans also like?

Beyond Hobby itself, the audience over-indexes on Team sport (2.06×), BTS (2.82×), KOLARS (3.25×), and Dish (food) (1.98×) 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 Hobby. 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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