Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Pop music Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Pop music in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Pop music has an estimated audience of 17,737,980 people in India.

The average Pop music fan in India is 29.8 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Maharashtra.

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

Top brand affinities include Chaupal, Himachal Pradesh, Bihari languages, Begusarai, with strongest over-indexing on Chaupal, Himachal Pradesh (1.55× the country average).

Demographically, the Pop music audience skews more male with an average age of 29.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Family Orientation.

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

The typical Pop music fan in India is more male, around 29.8 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Chaupal, Himachal Pradesh.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical 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 Pop music profile in India.

Audience size
17.7M
in India
Gender
23.6%
76.4% male
Age
29.8
average years
Country rank
#153
Topic in India
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+55%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Pop music fans

23.6% are female, 76.4% are male, average age 29.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

23.6%
Female
76.4%
Male
Demographic split for Pop music audience in India
MetricValue
Female23.6%
Male76.4%
Average age29.8
Estimated audience size17,737,980
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 29.8
average years
Age distribution of the Pop music audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1942%
20-2929%
30-3915%
40-498%
50+6%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.8%

of the worldwide Pop music audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Pop music
CountryShare
United States20.3%
Italy4.5%
Japan4.4%
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 Pop music audience in India is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Pop music fans by region: top regions in India
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Sikkim~9K1.16×
02Kerala~300K1.14×
03Nagaland~10K1.13×
04Mizoram~10K1.13×
05Manipur~20K1.09×
06Meghalaya~20K1.05×
07Arunachal Pradesh~10K1.05×
08Punjab (region)~200K1.03×
09Goa~20K1.03×
10Assam~200K1.01×
11Tripura~20K0.99×
12Karnataka~400K0.97×
13Maharashtra~800K0.96×
14Uttarakhand~80K0.93×
15Himachal Pradesh~60K0.91×
16Jammu and Kashmir~70K0.90×
17Telangana~200K0.89×
18Haryana~200K0.89×
19Chhattisgarh~100K0.89×
20Jharkhand~100K0.87×
21Tamil Nadu~400K0.86×
22West Bengal~500K0.85×
23Madhya Pradesh~300K0.81×
24Andhra Pradesh~200K0.81×
25Odisha~200K0.80×
26Gujarat~400K0.77×
27Rajasthan~300K0.77×
28Bihar~300K0.74×
29Uttar Pradesh~600K0.73×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Pop music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01King cobraPets & Animals1.94×
02JollywoodMovies & TV1.93×
03Bihari languagesPolitics & Society1.92×
04VideophoneTechnology & Electronics1.88×
05BaksoFood & Beverages1.86×
06Anjali SharmaSports1.80×
07ReNuHealth1.78×
08MegafaunaHome & Garden1.69×
09Pulp (band)Music & Radio1.68×
10Hapag-LloydTravel & Leisure1.66×
11BegusaraiTravel & Leisure1.62×
12Khanom DistrictTravel & Leisure1.62×
13TCNMovies & TV1.62×
14Chaupal, Himachal PradeshTravel & Leisure1.55×
15Trending VideosInternet & Social Media1.53×
16Dinajpur District, BangladeshTravel & Leisure1.53×
17ATN BanglaMovies & TV1.52×
18Gmina SidraTravel & Leisure1.52×
19Siwan, BiharTravel & Leisure1.51×
20MujraArts & Culture1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Pop 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 Pop music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.70×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.69×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.63×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Pop music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.36×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.40×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM0.40×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Pop music have in India?

Pop music has an estimated audience of 17,737,980 people in India, concentrated in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

02

What is the gender split and age of Pop music fans?

23.6% of Pop music fans are female, 76.4% are male, with an average age of 29.8 years.

03

Which brands do Pop music fans like most?

Pop music fans show strongest brand affinity for Chaupal, Himachal Pradesh (1.55×), Bihari languages (1.92×), and Begusarai (1.62×) over the country average.

04

Where do Pop music fans live in India?

Pop music fans in India are most concentrated in Maharashtra (reach ~800K), Uttar Pradesh (reach ~600K), and West Bengal (reach ~500K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Pop music fans also like?

Beyond Pop music itself, the audience over-indexes on Bihari languages (1.92×), Begusarai (1.62×), Trending Videos (1.53×), and Videophone (1.88×) 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 Pop 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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