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Top 91 Literary genres in India

This curated ranking covers the 91 largest literary genres in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Humour, Fiction books and Romance novels lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 37M people. Across all 91 entries the average audience size is 1.2M, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 18M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each literary genre, 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 91, 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 Political satire 802k 35.3 12.8% Literary genre
27 Adventure fiction 795k 28.5 31.0% Literary genre
28 Romantic poetry 722k 33.9 26.2% Literary genre
29 Women's fiction 713k 27.5 50.3% Literary genre
30 Superhero fiction 672k 25.9 17.8% Literary genre
31 Young-adult fiction 666k 27.8 49.3% Literary genre
32 New-adult fiction 643k 27.5 51.5% Literary genre
33 Sketchbook 566k 27.5 34.7% Literary genre
34 Historical fiction 551k 29.3 34.5% Literary genre
35 Dark fantasy 531k 27.1 52.9% Literary genre
36 Philosophical fiction 526k 22.0 30.1% Literary genre
37 Graphic novel 493k 28.0 28.6% Literary genre
38 Novella 493k 31.7 33.9% Literary genre
39 English literature 479k 33.0 32.9% Literary genre
40 English poetry 428k 38.4 22.7% Literary genre
41 Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction 357k 30.1 38.1% Literary genre
42 Urban fantasy 356k 27.1 52.1% Literary genre
43 Furry fandom 338k 36.6 21.7% Literary genre
44 Shōjo manga 325k 27.6 50.0% Literary genre
45 Historical romance 242k 27.6 36.9% Literary genre
46 Arabic literature 227k 30.9 13.5% Literary genre
47 Autobiography 220k 35.2 27.0% Literary genre
48 Memoir 200k 32.5 27.3% Literary genre
49 Romantic thriller 195k 30.9 36.1% Literary genre
50 Literary fiction 157k 30.5 17.5% Literary genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 91 list compiled?

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

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 18M people in India.

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