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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
51 Seinen manga 153k 26.2 48.3% Literary genre
52 Gothic fiction 124k 28.5 25.3% Literary genre
53 Sufi poetry 121k 33.9 23.8% Literary genre
54 Spy fiction 115k 33.3 39.9% Literary genre
55 Comic science fiction 111k 26.7 34.9% Literary genre
56 African-American literature 108k 29.3 42.8% Literary genre
57 Paperback 101k 31.2 28.2% Literary genre
58 Fan fiction 89k 30.7 50.3% Literary genre
59 Chinese literature 88k 28.5 63.3% Literary genre
60 Regency romance 85k 25.2 41.9% Literary genre
61 Nepali literature 78k 30.8 26.0% Literary genre
62 Supernatural fiction 67k 29.9 44.2% Literary genre
63 Medieval literature 64k 27.0 27.8% Literary genre
64 Aphorism 58k 37.1 29.9% Literary genre
65 American literature 54k 41.1 34.7% Literary genre
66 Medieval fantasy 53k 27.1 28.6% Literary genre
67 Japanese literature 49k 27.5 35.2% Literary genre
68 Historical mystery 47k 34.8 30.0% Literary genre
69 Nautical fiction 44k 25.9 18.8% Literary genre
70 Chinese philosophy 44k 38.0 41.3% Literary genre
71 Hard science fiction 41k 29.8 36.3% Literary genre
72 Legal thriller 40k 32.3 34.7% Literary genre
73 Ancient Greek philosophy 37k 31.9 20.2% Literary genre
74 Military science fiction 33k 26.4 26.6% Literary genre
75 Political fiction 33k 34.6 22.5% 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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