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Top 100 Dishes in India

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest dishes in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 475 dishes tracked in India, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Seafood, Pizza and Rice lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 14M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 678k, and the largest, Seafood, reaches around 4.9M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each dish, 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 Seafood 4.9M 31.9 41.0% Dish
2 Pizza 4.7M 31.4 32.7% Dish
3 Rice 4.5M 33.9 29.6% Dish
4 Chicken (food) 3.6M 30.5 37.3% Dish
5 Mett 2.9M 37.4 33.4% Dish
6 Salad 1.8M 26.4 27.9% Dish
7 Biryani 1.8M 30.7 34.6% Dish
8 Curry 1.7M 34.5 42.9% Dish
9 Fried chicken 1.7M 29.7 41.2% Dish
10 Sandwich 1.6M 29.6 39.7% Dish
11 Noodle 1.6M 32.1 39.4% Dish
12 Pasta 1.4M 29.6 45.1% Dish
13 Hamburger 1.3M 28.9 42.2% Dish
14 Soup 1.3M 34.1 41.4% Dish
15 French fries 1.2M 28.6 38.9% Dish
16 Suman (food) 1.2M 33.8 30.1% Dish
17 Dried fruit 1.2M 35.5 35.1% Dish
18 Liver (food) 1.1M 38.5 44.8% Dish
19 Potato chip 1M 29.0 30.1% Dish
20 Shrimp 973k 32.7 33.4% Dish
21 Chutney 877k 31.1 38.3% Dish
22 Delicatessen 860k 34.4 32.8% Dish
23 Paneer 794k 33.7 47.3% Dish
24 Black tea 764k 35.7 40.4% Dish
25 Steak 743k 29.2 43.0% Dish

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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 dish 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 dish in India?

Seafood currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.9M people in India.

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