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Top 100 Musical genres in India

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musical genres in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 488 musical genres tracked in India, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Pop music, Rock music and Hip hop music lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 48M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.2M, and the largest, Pop music, reaches around 18M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each musical 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 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
76 Ambient music 1.1M 30.9 30.0% Musical genre
77 American folk music 1.1M 30.0 25.0% Musical genre
78 Progressive rock 1.1M 27.3 23.6% Musical genre
79 Cover version 1.1M 28.1 24.0% Musical genre
80 Dance-pop 1.1M 26.8 38.0% Musical genre
81 Afrobeat 1.1M 26.6 35.8% Musical genre
82 Hymn 1.1M 30.8 22.8% Musical genre
83 Karaoke 992k 27.3 23.7% Musical genre
84 Contemporary worship music 963k 30.4 31.5% Musical genre
85 Music of Punjab 947k 28.6 20.5% Musical genre
86 J-pop 941k 26.1 44.3% Musical genre
87 Gangsta rap 929k 28.2 20.4% Musical genre
88 Hardcore punk 924k 27.5 25.2% Musical genre
89 African dance 886k 28.0 37.6% Musical genre
90 Southern rock 876k 27.7 20.6% Musical genre
91 Soundtrack 823k 33.8 18.2% Musical genre
92 Contemporary classical music 820k 30.9 25.8% Musical genre
93 Blues rock 810k 27.3 26.9% Musical genre
94 Psychedelic music 806k 26.9 25.9% Musical genre
95 Ragtime 802k 25.7 25.2% Musical genre
96 Romantic music 793k 28.2 31.2% Musical genre
97 Old-school hip hop 764k 26.5 30.0% Musical genre
98 Deep house 745k 26.8 27.3% Musical genre
99 Chorale 740k 54.1 65.8% Musical genre
100 Ska 740k 32.4 19.8% Musical genre

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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 musical 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 musical genre in India?

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

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