Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Popular music Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Popular music in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Popular music has an estimated audience of 13,365,475 people in India.

Popular music has an estimated audience of 13,365,475 people in India. 24.8% are female, 75.2% are male, average age 30.1. Top brand affinities: Musical instrument, Videography, Stranger Things, OnePlus, Piano.

Top brand affinities include Musical instrument, Videography, Stranger Things, with strongest over-indexing on Musical instrument (2.5× the country average).

Demographically, the Popular music audience skews more male with an average age of 30.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Pet Ownership, Early Adopter Mentality.

The typical Popular music fan in India is more male, around 30.1 years old, with strong Pet Ownership tendencies and a notable affinity for Musical instrument.

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 Popular music profile in India.

Audience size
13.4M
in India
Gender
24.8%
75.2% male
Age
30.1
average years
Country rank
#264
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 Popular music fans

24.8% are female, 75.2% are male, average age 30.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

24.8%
Female
75.2%
Male
Demographic split for Popular music audience in India
MetricValue
Female24.8%
Male75.2%
Average age30.1
Estimated audience size13,365,475
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 30.1
average years
Age distribution of the Popular music audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1940%
20-2930%
30-3916%
40-498%
50+6%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.7%

of the worldwide Popular music audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Popular music
CountryShare
United States20.9%
Japan6.5%
China6.1%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Popular music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01CelloMusic & Radio4.32×
02SaxophoneMusic & Radio4.12×
03Electric guitarMusic & Radio3.62×
04Acoustic guitarMusic & Radio3.16×
05ViolinMusic & Radio3.13×
06PianoMusic & Radio3.09×
07Musical instrumentMusic & Radio2.50×
08VideographyInternet & Social Media2.42×
09John Abraham (actor)Movies & TV2.16×
10Real propertyHome & Garden2.05×
11West Indies cricket teamSports2.01×
12Music downloadTechnology & Electronics2.00×
13OnePlusTechnology & Electronics1.87×
14One PieceMovies & TV1.87×
15Katrina KaifMovies & TV1.75×
16SeafoodFood & Beverages1.66×
17FestivalMusic & Radio1.64×
18Epic GamesGames1.61×
19Modern artArts & Culture1.54×
20Stranger ThingsMovies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Popular 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 Popular music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Pet OwnershipJOY1.11×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.11×
ExtroversionTHRILL1.08×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Popular music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.75×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.75×
Social Media UsageJOY0.81×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in India who actively search for Popular 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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