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Top 100 Languages in India

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest languages in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 144 languages tracked in India, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Hindi, Tamil language and Assamese language lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 73M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3M, and the largest, Hindi, reaches around 32M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each language, 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 Hindi 32M 31.8 25.6% Language
2 Tamil language 21M 30.0 34.9% Language
3 Assamese language 20M 31.8 22.7% Language
4 Bengali language 19M 31.8 28.1% Language
5 Punjabi language 18M 31.5 27.7% Language
6 Sanskrit 18M 32.6 23.0% Language
7 Hindustani language 17M 31.3 26.5% Language
8 Telugu language 17M 30.1 30.4% Language
9 Urdu 16M 32.0 28.7% Language
10 Marathi language 15M 31.9 24.6% Language
11 Indo-Aryan languages 15M 30.9 21.9% Language
12 Gujarati language 15M 32.0 24.3% Language
13 Kannada language 13M 31.9 22.6% Language
14 English language 10M 33.0 30.6% Language
15 Indo-Iranian languages 4.6M 32.4 21.8% Language
16 Dravidian languages 3.5M 32.2 20.1% Language
17 Chinese language 3M 32.4 27.2% Language
18 Persian language 3M 34.3 23.8% Language
19 Haryanvi language 2.9M 32.4 14.6% Language
20 Japanese language 2.3M 29.1 34.5% Language
21 German language 2M 33.3 25.0% Language
22 Germanic languages 2M 32.9 24.8% Language
23 Italian language 1.9M 31.2 27.5% Language
24 Korean language 1.7M 27.7 52.4% Language
25 Nepali language 1.6M 29.8 30.7% Language

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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 language 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 language in India?

Hindi currently leads with an estimated audience of 32M people in India.

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