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Top 100 Cuisines in India

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest cuisines in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 114 cuisines tracked in India, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Indian cuisine, Chinese cuisine and Vegetarian cuisine lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 31M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.1M, and the largest, Indian cuisine, reaches around 16M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each cuisine, 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
1 Indian cuisine 16M 32.4 37.7% Cuisine
2 Chinese cuisine 7.5M 34.4 37.1% Cuisine
3 Vegetarian cuisine 7.4M 33.3 47.7% Cuisine
4 Italian cuisine 6.5M 32.6 34.7% Cuisine
5 spicy food 5.2M 33.1 34.6% Cuisine
6 French cuisine 4.6M 34.3 33.4% Cuisine
7 Thai cuisine 4.4M 34.9 32.2% Cuisine
8 Mexican cuisine 4.2M 33.8 30.0% Cuisine
9 Japanese cuisine 4.2M 34.0 34.7% Cuisine
10 Middle Eastern cuisine 3.9M 34.8 30.1% Cuisine
11 Spanish cuisine 3.7M 34.4 32.4% Cuisine
12 Vietnamese cuisine 3.7M 34.8 32.2% Cuisine
13 German cuisine 3.7M 34.6 30.9% Cuisine
14 Greek cuisine 3.7M 35.1 31.5% Cuisine
15 Korean cuisine 3.6M 34.0 34.1% Cuisine
16 Latin American cuisine 3.4M 33.8 29.1% Cuisine
17 Tamil cuisine 2.5M 29.3 39.2% Cuisine
18 Punjabi cuisine 2.2M 29.1 35.7% Cuisine
19 South Indian cuisine 1.7M 34.0 40.1% Cuisine
20 Bengali cuisine 1.7M 34.6 37.3% Cuisine
21 Gujarati cuisine 1.5M 35.9 32.5% Cuisine
22 Mediterranean cuisine 1.3M 31.6 33.2% Cuisine
23 Global cuisine 1.3M 37.0 27.9% Cuisine
24 Pakistani cuisine 1.2M 30.8 40.3% Cuisine
25 Arab cuisine 1.2M 32.1 23.8% Cuisine

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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 cuisine 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 cuisine in India?

Indian cuisine currently leads with an estimated audience of 16M people in India.

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