Popularity ranking · India

The 100 most popular Events in India

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest events in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.5k events tracked in India, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Indian Premier League, FIFA World Cup 2026 and Asia Cup lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 206M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 4.5M, and the largest, Indian Premier League, reaches around 95M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each event, 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 Indian Premier League 95M 30.0 23.0% Cricket
2 FIFA World Cup 2026 68M 28.8 26.1% Soccer
3 Asia Cup 44M 27.2 9.6%
4 FIFA World Cup 34M 27.8 15.9% Soccer
5 Cricket World Cup 14M 28.0 23.5% Cricket
6 Pro Kabaddi 13M 27.2 26.7%
7 Premier League 11M 28.0 25.3% Soccer
8 ICC Champions Trophy 10M 27.8 26.0% Cricket
9 UEFA Champions League 10M 28.1 28.5% Soccer
10 Diwali 10M 30.9 31.4%
11 Big Bash League 8.5M 27.4 26.3%
12 Australian Open (golf) 7.5M 43.3 0.0% Golf
13 Asia Cup 7.2M 29.4 13.2%
14 SA20 6.4M 28.7 16.9% Cricket
15 WWE 6M 28.9 11.2% Wrestling
16 NBA 5.1M 29.6 18.7% Basketball
17 Formula One 4.9M 28.7 15.9% Motorsport
18 The Ashes 4.7M 27.6 27.7% Motorsport
19 La Liga 4.2M 28.7 16.9% Soccer
20 Mother's Day 3.5M 32.4 54.5%
21 UEFA Europa League 3.3M 28.1 32.3% Soccer
22 ICC World Twenty20 3.2M 29.3 27.8% Cricket
23 Pakistan Super League 3.2M 27.6 29.6%
24 Indian Super League 2.8M 28.7 11.3%
25 MotoGP 2.8M 25.6 15.5% Motorsport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular events compiled?

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

Indian Premier League currently leads with an estimated audience of 95M people in India.

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