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Top 100 Literature audiences in India

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literature audiences in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2k literature audiences tracked in India, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Reading, Culture and Books lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 88M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 4.6M, and the largest, Reading, reaches around 43M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each literature audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across India and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in India. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in India, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in India. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Snow White (Fables) 2.3M 58.0 81.1%
52 Gift (visual novel) 2.2M 40.8 66.1%
53 Poet 2.2M 29.7 26.1%
54 Spider-Man: Brand New Day 2.2M 30.6 26.8%
55 Hindi literature 2.1M 32.3 30.0% Literary genre
56 Detective fiction 2M 29.0 41.1% Literary genre
57 Anime and manga fandom 1.9M 25.0 32.4% Literary genre
58 Bookselling 1.9M 30.2 44.8%
59 Atonement (novel) 1.9M 51.0 66.9%
60 Patience (opera) 1.9M
61 How to Train Your Dragon 1.9M 26.8 30.6%
62 Audiobook 1.9M 35.4 36.8%
63 Bestseller 1.8M 29.9 44.7% Literary genre
64 Transformers (comics) 1.7M 31.3 18.5%
65 Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar novel) 1.7M 36.7 51.8%
66 Editing 1.6M 30.6 16.7%
67 Otaku 1.6M 25.5 33.8%
68 Webcomic 1.6M 29.5 34.8%
69 DC Comics 1.6M 25.5 25.0% Publishing
70 Gujarati literature 1.6M 37.1 27.2%
71 Anime convention 1.5M 24.6 31.3%
72 Ramayana 1.5M 35.2 19.2%
73 Anjana Om Kashyap 1.5M 29.5 10.5% Journalist
74 Dune (novel) 1.5M 36.3 44.3%
75 Public library 1.4M 34.6 42.6%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across India and ranks each literature audience by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest literature audience in India?

Reading currently leads with an estimated audience of 43M people in India.

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