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Top 18 Hairstyles in India

This curated ranking covers the 18 largest hairstyles in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Long hair, Curly Hair and Perm (hairstyle) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.9M people. Across all 18 entries the average audience size is 246k, and the largest, Long hair, reaches around 2.4M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each hairstyle, 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 18, 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 Long hair 2.4M 28.8 54.4% Hairstyle
2 Curly Hair 1.3M 25.8 53.0% Hairstyle
3 Perm (hairstyle) 228k 32.9 56.3% Hairstyle
4 Trenza 99k 27.7 77.3% Hairstyle
5 Bun (hairstyle) 85k 28.6 77.4% Hairstyle
6 Balayage 69k 25.7 42.7% Hairstyle
7 Perm 64k 27.0 0.0% Hairstyle
8 Short hair 60k 32.4 32.6% Hairstyle
9 Big hair 23k 30.9 58.3% Hairstyle
10 Head shaving 18k 36.4 0.0% Hairstyle
11 French braid 14k 29.3 89.0% Hairstyle
12 Pigtail 12k 33.6 84.4% Hairstyle
13 Updo 10k 26.1 69.4% Hairstyle
14 natural hair 6.3k 32.1 70.9% Hairstyle
15 Undercut (hairstyle) 6.2k 27.9 50.5% Hairstyle
16 Bob cut 5.7k 35.3 22.7% Hairstyle
17 Pompadour (hairstyle) 4.4k 23.2 42.8% Hairstyle
18 Mohawk hairstyle 2.9k 26.3 74.1% Hairstyle

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 18 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across India and ranks each hairstyle 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 hairstyle in India?

Long hair currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.4M people in India.

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