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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
76 Cuban cuisine 47k 24.8 34.8% Cuisine
77 Rajasthani cuisine 47k 33.5 33.5% Cuisine
78 Goan cuisine 46k 36.6 29.7% Cuisine
79 Hong Kong cuisine 42k 32.8 46.1% Cuisine
80 Mexican street food 42k 27.8 34.2% Cuisine
81 Haute cuisine 39k 38.6 60.9% Cuisine
82 Cajun cuisine 36k 26.6 31.0% Cuisine
83 Canadian cuisine 34k 36.0 47.7% Cuisine
84 Puerto Rican cuisine 33k 25.9 28.8% Cuisine
85 Haitian cuisine 32k 26.5 49.6% Cuisine
86 Argentine cuisine 31k 26.3 23.3% Cuisine
87 Louisiana Creole cuisine 28k 31.5 24.2% Cuisine
88 Japanese Chinese cuisine 25k 34.0 32.5% Cuisine
89 Molecular gastronomy 24k 37.1 35.4% Cuisine
90 Sicilian cuisine 22k 26.2 37.3% Cuisine
91 Korean Chinese cuisine 22k 36.0 32.0% Cuisine
92 Jewish cuisine 20k 37.7 31.8% Cuisine
93 Cuisine of the Southwestern United States 20k 24.3 31.9% Cuisine
94 Chettinad cuisine 19k 38.2 35.9% Cuisine
95 Szechuan cuisine 19k 25.8 22.5% Cuisine
96 Italian American cuisine 18k 32.9 37.2% Cuisine
97 Native American cuisine 18k 34.9 31.6% Cuisine
98 Russian cuisine 15k 23.7 46.7% Cuisine
99 Balkan cuisine 15k 27.6 28.6% Cuisine
100 Kashmiri cuisine 14k 37.6 43.2% 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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