Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Non-fiction books Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Non-fiction books in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Non-fiction books has an estimated audience of 5,160,196 people in India.

The average Non-fiction books fan in India is 32.5 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Maharashtra.

The audience is concentrated in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, 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 Non-fiction books profile in India.

Audience size
5.2M
in India
Gender
31.1%
68.9% male
Age
32.5
average years
Country rank
#1149
Topic in India
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-16%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Non-fiction books fans

31.1% are female, 68.9% are male, average age 32.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

31.1%
Female
68.9%
Male
Demographic split for Non-fiction books audience in India
MetricValue
Female31.1%
Male68.9%
Average age32.5
Estimated audience size5,160,196
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 32.5
average years
Age distribution of the Non-fiction books audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1934%
20-2928%
30-3917%
40-4912%
50+10%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

5.1%

of the worldwide Non-fiction books audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Non-fiction books
CountryShare
United States16.6%
Japan8.0%
India5.1%
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 Non-fiction books audience in India is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Non-fiction books fans by region: top regions in India
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Uttarakhand~40K1.49×
02Tamil Nadu~100K1.20×
03Maharashtra~300K1.18×
04Karnataka~100K1.15×
05Sikkim~2K1.09×
06Jharkhand~50K1.05×
07Uttar Pradesh~300K1.04×
08Gujarat~100K1.03×
09Telangana~80K1.01×
10Mizoram~4K1.01×
11Arunachal Pradesh~3K1.01×
12Haryana~70K1.00×
13Nagaland~4K1.00×
14Kerala~80K0.99×
15Madhya Pradesh~100K0.98×
16Punjab (region)~70K0.98×
17Jammu and Kashmir~20K0.97×
18Meghalaya~5K0.97×
19West Bengal~200K0.96×
20Manipur~6K0.96×
21Goa~5K0.96×
22Assam~50K0.94×
23Himachal Pradesh~20K0.94×
24Tripura~7K0.94×
25Rajasthan~100K0.92×
26Odisha~50K0.91×
27Chhattisgarh~30K0.91×
28Andhra Pradesh~50K0.82×
29Bihar~80K0.76×
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How to read this data

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