Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Mystery fiction Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Mystery fiction in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Mystery fiction has an estimated audience of 5,334,423 people in India.

The average Mystery fiction fan in India is 34.0 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Uttar Pradesh.

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

Category: Literature · Type: Topic · Subtype: Literary genre

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 Mystery fiction profile in India.

Audience size
5.3M
in India
Gender
24.0%
76.0% male
Age
34.0
average years
Country rank
#1099
Topic in India
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-66%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Mystery fiction fans

24.0% are female, 76.0% are male, average age 34.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

24.0%
Female
76.0%
Male
Demographic split for Mystery fiction audience in India
MetricValue
Female24.0%
Male76.0%
Average age34.0
Estimated audience size5,334,423
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 34.0
average years
Age distribution of the Mystery fiction audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1929%
20-2928%
30-3919%
40-4913%
50+11%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.0%

of the worldwide Mystery fiction audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Mystery fiction
CountryShare
United States21.7%
United Kingdom5.3%
China4.0%
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 Mystery fiction audience in India is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Mystery fiction fans by region: top regions in India
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Arunachal Pradesh~4K1.37×
02Mizoram~5K1.32×
03Nagaland~5K1.31×
04Goa~7K1.28×
05Manipur~8K1.18×
06Meghalaya~7K1.17×
07Tripura~8K1.05×
08Himachal Pradesh~20K0.97×
09Chhattisgarh~30K0.95×
10Uttarakhand~20K0.95×
11Jharkhand~40K0.94×
12Jammu and Kashmir~20K0.94×
13Punjab (region)~60K0.92×
14Andhra Pradesh~60K0.92×
15Odisha~50K0.92×
16Assam~50K0.92×
17Rajasthan~100K0.90×
18Bihar~90K0.90×
19Haryana~60K0.90×
20Gujarat~100K0.87×
21Telangana~70K0.87×
22Madhya Pradesh~90K0.85×
23Kerala~70K0.85×
24West Bengal~100K0.84×
25Karnataka~100K0.82×
26Tamil Nadu~100K0.78×
27Uttar Pradesh~200K0.77×
28Maharashtra~200K0.74×
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in India who actively search for Mystery fiction. 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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