Popularity ranking · India

The 100 most popular Politicians in India

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest politicians in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 553 politicians tracked in India, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ajit Pawar, Narendra Modi and Ali Khamenei lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 27M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.3M, and the largest, Ajit Pawar, reaches around 12M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each politician, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across India and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

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 Ajit Pawar 12M 33.4 5.2% Politician
2 Narendra Modi 7.9M 31.9 15.9% Politician
3 Ali Khamenei 6.8M 35.0 13.4% Politician
4 Rajiv Gandhi 6.5M 34.1 8.2% Politician
5 Mamata Banerjee 5M 32.4 24.9% Politician
6 Mahatma Gandhi 4.3M 32.7 15.7% Politician
7 Subhas Chandra Bose 3.8M 34.2 10.4% Politician
8 Amit Shah 3.4M 32.0 8.7% Politician
9 Benjamin Netanyahu 3.3M 34.3 18.2% Politician
10 Sonia Gandhi 2.7M 34.2 7.6% Politician
11 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 2.5M 28.1 26.6% Politician
12 Yogi Adityanath 2.5M 34.1 10.0% Politician
13 Sharad Pawar 2.5M 35.2 7.4% Politician
14 Smriti Irani 2.3M 36.6 16.3% Politician
15 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2.3M 33.6 13.7% Politician
16 M. K. Stalin 2.2M 35.6 5.5% Politician
17 Devendra Fadnavis 1.9M 33.6 12.3% Politician
18 Nitin Gadkari 1.7M 35.3 9.4% Politician
19 Shah Jahan 1.7M 33.7 24.4% Politician
20 V. S. Achuthanandan 1.6M 37.2 11.6% Politician
21 Che Guevara 1.6M 28.1 11.9% Politician
22 Pinarayi Vijayan 1.4M 36.6 22.5% Politician
23 Rajnath Singh 1.4M 34.5 13.0% Politician
24 Raj Thackeray 1.4M 35.1 15.8% Politician
25 Revanth Reddy 1.4M 32.4 4.2% Politician

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular politicians compiled?

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

Ajit Pawar currently leads with an estimated audience of 12M people in India.

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