Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Indian Premier League Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Indian Premier League in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Indian Premier League has an estimated audience of 94,505,502 people in India.

The average Indian Premier League fan in India is 30.0 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Maharashtra.

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

Top brand affinities include India national cricket team, Virat Kohli, Cricket, with strongest over-indexing on India national cricket team (1.54× the country average).

Demographically, the Indian Premier League audience skews more male with an average age of 30.0, 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 Indian Premier League fan in India is more male, around 30.0 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for India national cricket team.

Category: Sports · Type: Event · Subtype: Cricket

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 Indian Premier League profile in India.

Audience size
94.5M
in India
Gender
23.0%
77.0% male
Age
30.0
average years
Country rank
#3
Event in India
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-51%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Indian Premier League fans

23.0% are female, 77.0% are male, average age 30.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

23.0%
Female
77.0%
Male
Demographic split for Indian Premier League audience in India
MetricValue
Female23.0%
Male77.0%
Average age30.0
Estimated audience size94,505,502
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 30.0
average years
Age distribution of the Indian Premier League audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1938%
20-2933%
30-3916%
40-498%
50+5%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

70.3%

of the worldwide Indian Premier League audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Indian Premier League
CountryShare
India70.3%
United States3.0%
China2.9%
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 Indian Premier League audience in India is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Indian Premier League fans by region: top regions in India
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Odisha~1.5M1.61×
02Karnataka~3.5M1.50×
03Madhya Pradesh~2.5M1.37×
04West Bengal~4M1.35×
05Tamil Nadu~3M1.30×
06Bihar~2.5M1.26×
07Chhattisgarh~800K1.25×
08Assam~1M1.22×
09Telangana~1.5M1.20×
10Goa~100K1.20×
11Rajasthan~2.5M1.13×
12Andhra Pradesh~1.5M1.12×
13Maharashtra~5M1.11×
14Uttar Pradesh~5M1.11×
15Kerala~1.5M1.11×
16Gujarat~3M1.09×
17Jharkhand~900K1.09×
18Tripura~100K0.96×
19Punjab (region)~1M0.93×
20Himachal Pradesh~300K0.92×
21Jammu and Kashmir~400K0.89×
22Uttarakhand~400K0.88×
23Haryana~900K0.76×
24Arunachal Pradesh~40K0.62×
25Sikkim~20K0.59×
26Meghalaya~50K0.50×
27Nagaland~30K0.47×
28Manipur~40K0.36×
29Mizoram~7K0.11×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Indian Premier League audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Virat KohliSports1.89×
02Fantasy cricketSports1.79×
03Fantasy sportSports1.74×
04Option (finance)Business & Career1.73×
05Hardik PandyaSports1.72×
06Card gamesGames1.71×
07CricketSports1.68×
08Telugu languagePolitics & Society1.66×
09STAR SportsMovies & TV1.65×
10StockBusiness & Career1.63×
11Rajasthan RoyalsSports1.58×
12Cricket World CupSports1.58×
13Tamil cinemaMovies & TV1.56×
14Rohit SharmaSports1.56×
15Kolkata Knight RidersSports1.55×
16Royal Challengers BangaloreSports1.55×
17India national cricket teamSports1.54×
18RummyGames1.54×
19Chennai Super KingsSports1.53×
20ChennaiTravel & Leisure1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Indian Premier League 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 Indian Premier League audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY1.19×
Career OrientationPOWER1.18×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.10×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Indian Premier League audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
ExtroversionTHRILL0.80×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.80×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.81×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Indian Premier League have in India?

Indian Premier League has an estimated audience of 94,505,502 people in India, concentrated in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

02

What is the gender split and age of Indian Premier League fans?

23.0% of Indian Premier League fans are female, 77.0% are male, with an average age of 30.0 years.

03

Which brands do Indian Premier League fans like most?

Indian Premier League fans show strongest brand affinity for India national cricket team (1.54×), Virat Kohli (1.89×), and Cricket (1.68×) over the country average.

04

Where do Indian Premier League fans live in India?

Indian Premier League fans in India are most concentrated in Maharashtra (reach ~5M), Uttar Pradesh (reach ~5M), and West Bengal (reach ~4M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Indian Premier League fans also like?

Beyond Indian Premier League itself, the audience over-indexes on Virat Kohli (1.89×), Cricket (1.68×), Chennai Super Kings (1.53×), and Rajasthan Royals (1.58×) 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 Indian Premier League. 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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