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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
26 Asian cuisine 1M 29.7 41.7% Cuisine
27 Malaysian cuisine 939k 34.5 39.4% Cuisine
28 North Indian cuisine 794k 35.7 39.8% Cuisine
29 Iraqi cuisine 625k 31.7 26.5% Cuisine
30 South Asian cuisine 617k 34.8 33.7% Cuisine
31 Turkish cuisine 550k 34.5 28.8% Cuisine
32 Polish cuisine 547k 38.6 43.0% Cuisine
33 Cuisine of the United States 410k 33.9 30.8% Cuisine
34 Fusion cuisine 396k 36.3 35.8% Cuisine
35 British cuisine 370k 29.0 36.7% Cuisine
36 Irish cuisine 364k 31.5 24.6% Cuisine
37 Portuguese cuisine 329k 29.2 51.8% Cuisine
38 southern food 281k 37.2 35.9% Cuisine
39 Lebanese cuisine 243k 28.6 34.4% Cuisine
40 Kurdish cuisine 238k 27.3 26.4% Cuisine
41 African cuisine 238k 33.4 33.8% Cuisine
42 Nepalese cuisine 237k 34.8 63.5% Cuisine
43 Assyrian cuisine 231k 27.1 25.2% Cuisine
44 Penang cuisine 229k 30.3 32.6% Cuisine
45 Syrian cuisine 227k 33.2 29.9% Cuisine
46 Philippine cuisine 226k 27.9 38.7% Cuisine
47 Sri Lankan cuisine 198k 34.8 63.9% Cuisine
48 New Mexican cuisine 180k 27.4 34.8% Cuisine
49 Indonesian cuisine 177k 28.6 33.2% Cuisine
50 Cantonese cuisine 171k 35.2 39.4% 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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