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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
26 Malay language 1.6M 31.4 33.1% Language
27 Marwari language 1.6M 31.6 9.1% Language
28 Bihari languages 1.4M 29.5 7.7% Language
29 Indonesian language 1.3M 31.9 28.4% Language
30 Thai language 1.2M 33.1 31.8% Language
31 Spanish language 1.1M 30.0 32.8% Language
32 Ancient Greek 1.1M 35.6 23.6% Language
33 Turkish language 1M 31.1 23.9% Language
34 French language 870k 30.0 29.6% Language
35 Hindi languages 840k 27.6 31.2% Language
36 Sindhi language 760k 32.7 17.8% Language
37 Russian language 736k 28.0 32.4% Language
38 Serbian language 718k 33.6 24.9% Language
39 Pashto language 627k 32.6 12.4% Language
40 Khmer language 626k 31.9 12.3% Language
41 Pahari languages 619k 34.3 20.5% Language
42 Slovak language 614k 35.2 17.0% Language
43 Greek language 575k 32.8 21.7% Language
44 Portuguese language 569k 29.4 20.4% Language
45 Hebrew language 546k 32.2 15.0% Language
46 Hungarian language 544k 34.4 19.8% Language
47 Modern Standard Arabic 511k 30.6 29.4% Language
48 Tagalog language 511k 30.7 27.3% Language
49 Uyghur language 501k 26.6 14.4% Language
50 Iranian languages 469k 31.9 24.3% 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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