A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Soap opera in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Soap opera has an estimated audience of 3,036,430 people in India.
The average Soap opera fan in India is 32.1 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Maharashtra.
The audience is concentrated in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.
Top brand affinities include Loving (TV series), Bhabhi (TV series), Nithya Ram, with strongest over-indexing on Loving (TV series) (8.83× the country average).
Demographically, the Soap opera audience skews more male with an average age of 32.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Tradition.
Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 29 regions tracked by Rascasse.
The typical Soap opera fan in India is more male, around 32.1 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Loving (TV series).
The key figures that characterise the Soap opera profile in India.
38.0% are female, 62.0% are male, average age 32.1.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 38.0% |
| Male | 62.0% |
| Average age | 32.1 |
| Estimated audience size | 3,036,430 |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-19 | 34% | |
| 20-29 | 28% | |
| 30-39 | 19% | |
| 40-49 | 11% | |
| 50+ | 8% |
of the worldwide Soap opera audience comes from India.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 15.1% |
| Japan | 10.4% |
| United Kingdom | 8.3% |
Where the Soap opera audience in India is strongest.
| # | Region | Reach | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kerala | ~70K | 1.47× | |
| 02 | Tamil Nadu | ~100K | 1.33× | |
| 03 | Karnataka | ~90K | 1.21× | |
| 04 | Sikkim | ~2K | 1.18× | |
| 05 | Maharashtra | ~200K | 1.15× | |
| 06 | Nagaland | ~2K | 1.12× | |
| 07 | Telangana | ~50K | 1.10× | |
| 08 | Mizoram | ~2K | 1.07× | |
| 09 | Arunachal Pradesh | ~2K | 1.07× | |
| 10 | Manipur | ~4K | 1.02× | |
| 11 | Meghalaya | ~3K | 1.01× | |
| 12 | Goa | ~3K | 1.01× | |
| 13 | Tripura | ~4K | 0.97× | |
| 14 | Andhra Pradesh | ~40K | 0.95× | |
| 15 | Uttarakhand | ~10K | 0.93× | |
| 16 | Himachal Pradesh | ~10K | 0.91× | |
| 17 | Chhattisgarh | ~20K | 0.90× | |
| 18 | Jharkhand | ~20K | 0.89× | |
| 19 | Jammu and Kashmir | ~10K | 0.89× | |
| 20 | West Bengal | ~80K | 0.88× | |
| 21 | Assam | ~30K | 0.86× | |
| 22 | Haryana | ~30K | 0.84× | |
| 23 | Punjab (region) | ~30K | 0.82× | |
| 24 | Gujarat | ~70K | 0.79× | |
| 25 | Odisha | ~30K | 0.79× | |
| 26 | Madhya Pradesh | ~40K | 0.77× | |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | ~100K | 0.74× | |
| 28 | Rajasthan | ~50K | 0.72× | |
| 29 | Bihar | ~40K | 0.71× |
The strongest cross-interests of the Soap opera audience — brands, topics and people combined.
| # | · | Interest | Category | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Emmerdale | Movies & TV | 38.26× | ||
| 02 | Nithya Ram | Movies & TV | 24.43× | ||
| 03 | Rachita Ram | Movies & TV | 11.25× | ||
| 04 | Bhabhi (TV series) | Movies & TV | 11.11× | ||
| 05 | Massage table | Health | 10.12× | ||
| 06 | Loving (TV series) | Movies & TV | 8.83× | ||
| 07 | Serial (radio and television) | Music & Radio | 7.54× | ||
| 08 | Angela White (athlete) | Movies & TV | 6.93× | ||
| 09 | stay at home mom | Kids & Family | 6.44× | ||
| 10 | Kumkum Bhagya | Movies & TV | 5.80× | ||
| 11 | Ayesha Khan | Movies & TV | 5.62× | ||
| 12 | Rajesh Khanna | Movies & TV | 4.47× | ||
| 13 | Trisha (actress) | Movies & TV | 4.40× | ||
| 14 | Alia Bhat | Movies & TV | 4.38× | ||
| 15 | Kinesiology | Health | 3.69× | ||
| 16 | Digital television | Movies & TV | 2.11× | ||
| 17 | Bhojpuri language | Politics & Society | 1.97× | ||
| 18 | Dharmendra | Movies & TV | 1.70× | ||
| 19 | Broadcasting | Movies & TV | 1.58× | ||
| 20 | News broadcasting | Business & Career | 1.55× |
Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patriotism | CONSERVATISM | 1.31× | |
| Tradition | CONSERVATISM | 1.12× | |
| Spirituality | BALANCE | 0.98× |
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Adopter Mentality | POWER | 0.57× | |
| Design Affinity | PREMIUM | 0.59× | |
| Sustainability | BALANCE | 0.63× |
Soap opera has an estimated audience of 3,036,430 people in India, concentrated in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
38.0% of Soap opera fans are female, 62.0% are male, with an average age of 32.1 years.
Soap opera fans show strongest brand affinity for Loving (TV series) (8.83×), Bhabhi (TV series) (11.11×), and Nithya Ram (24.43×) over the country average.
Soap opera fans in India are most concentrated in Maharashtra (reach ~200K), Uttar Pradesh (reach ~100K), and Tamil Nadu (reach ~100K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.
Beyond Soap opera itself, the audience over-indexes on Bhabhi (TV series) (11.11×), Nithya Ram (24.43×), Angela White (athlete) (6.93×), and Rachita Ram (11.25×) compared to the India average.
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Audience size is the estimated number of people in India who actively search for Soap opera. 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.
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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