Rascasse Audience Intelligence

The Hindu Audience in India

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about The Hindu in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. The Hindu has an estimated audience of 5,474,694 people in India.

The Hindu has an estimated audience of 5,474,694 people in India. 19.3% are female, 80.7% are male, average age 32.9. Top brand affinities: Young's, Videography, True Detective, Real property, Jim Carrey.

Top brand affinities include Young's, Videography, True Detective, with strongest over-indexing on Young's (4.32× the country average).

Demographically, the The Hindu audience skews more male with an average age of 32.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Convenience Orientation.

The typical The Hindu fan in India is more male, around 32.9 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for Young's.

Category: News · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Newspaper

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 The Hindu profile in India.

Audience size
5.5M
in India
Gender
19.3%
80.7% male
Age
32.9
average years
Country rank
#1055
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in India
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-18%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of The Hindu

19.3% are female, 80.7% are male, average age 32.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

19.3%
Female
80.7%
Male
Demographic split for The Hindu audience in India
MetricValue
Female19.3%
Male80.7%
Average age32.9
Estimated audience size5,474,694
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 32.9
average years
Age distribution of the The Hindu audience in India
Age bracketShare%
16-1931%
20-2930%
30-3918%
40-4912%
50+9%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

66.0%

of the worldwide The Hindu audience comes from India.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for The Hindu
CountryShare
India66.0%
United States6.3%
United Arab Emirates4.7%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for The Hindu audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Jim CarreyMovies & TV4.59×
02Queen (band)Music & Radio4.59×
03Edward NortonMovies & TV4.59×
04Kristen StewartMovies & TV4.59×
05Young'sFood & Beverages4.32×
06Atlético MadridSports3.36×
07Brock LesnarSports3.11×
08Roman ReignsSports2.98×
09Modern FamilyMovies & TV2.75×
10VideographyInternet & Social Media2.68×
11Paris Saint-GermainSports2.64×
12AerobicsSports2.46×
13Real propertyHome & Garden2.33×
14United NationsPolitics & Society2.25×
15True DetectiveMovies & TV2.13×
16Chess.comSports2.09×
17CasioFashion & Accessoires2.02×
18Manchester City F.C.Sports1.97×
19AnthropologyBusiness & Career1.83×
20Tom CruiseMovies & TV1.66×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the The Hindu 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 The Hindu audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE1.55×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.33×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.28×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by The Hindu audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.60×
CreativityOPEN0.71×
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.73×
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 The Hindu. 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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