Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Recipes Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Recipes in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Recipes has an estimated audience of 22,062,416 people in India.

The average Recipes fan in India is 35.7 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Maharashtra.

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

Top brand affinities include Divya Bhaskar, Mehndi, Gulab jamun, with strongest over-indexing on Divya Bhaskar (2.6× the country average).

Demographically, the Recipes audience skews more male with an average age of 35.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Tradition, Creativity.

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

The typical Recipes fan in India is more male, around 35.7 years old, with strong Tradition tendencies and a notable affinity for Divya Bhaskar.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Topic

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 Recipes profile in India.

Audience size
22.1M
in India
Gender
31.6%
68.4% male
Age
35.7
average years
Country rank
#98
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 Recipes fans

31.6% are female, 68.4% are male, average age 35.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

31.6%
Female
68.4%
Male
Demographic split for Recipes audience in India
MetricValue
Female31.6%
Male68.4%
Average age35.7
Estimated audience size22,062,416
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 35.7
average years
Age distribution of the Recipes audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1921%
20-2930%
30-3923%
40-4915%
50+11%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.6%

of the worldwide Recipes audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Recipes
CountryShare
United States20.7%
Italy5.0%
Brazil4.6%
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 Recipes audience in India is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Recipes fans by region: top regions in India
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Goa~50K2.07×
02Maharashtra~2M1.61×
03West Bengal~1M1.46×
04Gujarat~800K1.34×
05Karnataka~700K1.34×
06Assam~300K1.17×
07Punjab (region)~300K1.10×
08Madhya Pradesh~400K1.04×
09Odisha~200K0.99×
10Telangana~300K0.96×
11Haryana~300K0.96×
12Arunachal Pradesh~10K0.96×
13Tripura~30K0.93×
14Nagaland~10K0.93×
15Manipur~30K0.91×
16Chhattisgarh~100K0.90×
17Jharkhand~200K0.89×
18Sikkim~9K0.88×
19Uttar Pradesh~900K0.86×
20Tamil Nadu~500K0.86×
21Andhra Pradesh~200K0.86×
22Mizoram~10K0.84×
23Uttarakhand~90K0.83×
24Himachal Pradesh~70K0.83×
25Meghalaya~20K0.81×
26Rajasthan~400K0.79×
27Bihar~300K0.78×
28Kerala~300K0.78×
29Jammu and Kashmir~70K0.69×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Recipes audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Gujarati literatureLiterature2.94×
02FaktNews2.67×
03Divya BhaskarNews2.60×
04SwaminarayanPolitics & Society2.25×
05Surf ExcelHome & Garden2.21×
06TV9 (Gujarati)Movies & TV2.19×
07HorlicksFood & Beverages1.87×
08ZariMovies & TV1.83×
09Pink FridayTopic1.81×
10Folk costumeFashion & Accessoires1.71×
11ACTORSMusic & Radio1.66×
12HennaHome & Garden1.64×
13TRESemméBeauty & Wellness1.63×
14Gulab jamunFood & Beverages1.62×
15Gujarat SamacharNews1.60×
16Birbhum districtTravel & Leisure1.57×
1724 GhantaMovies & TV1.56×
18CraftsvillaShopping1.56×
19MehndiFashion & Accessoires1.55×
20Anandabazar PatrikaNews1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Recipes 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 Recipes audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.99×
CreativityOPEN0.82×
IndulgenceJOY0.81×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Recipes audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.46×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.48×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.51×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Recipes have in India?

Recipes has an estimated audience of 22,062,416 people in India, concentrated in Maharashtra and West Bengal.

02

What is the gender split and age of Recipes fans?

31.6% of Recipes fans are female, 68.4% are male, with an average age of 35.7 years.

03

Which brands do Recipes fans like most?

Recipes fans show strongest brand affinity for Divya Bhaskar (2.6×), Mehndi (1.55×), and Gulab jamun (1.62×) over the country average.

04

Where do Recipes fans live in India?

Recipes fans in India are most concentrated in Maharashtra (reach ~2M), West Bengal (reach ~1M), and Uttar Pradesh (reach ~900K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Recipes fans also like?

Beyond Recipes itself, the audience over-indexes on Mehndi (1.55×), Gulab jamun (1.62×), Gujarati literature (2.94×), and Anandabazar Patrika (1.51×) 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 Recipes. 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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