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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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
51 NBA Finals 938k 28.7 22.7% Basketball
52 Maha Shivaratri 937k 36.4 19.6%
53 Mainfest 934k 33.7 18.9% Volksfest
54 Bangladesh Premier League 922k 28.7 16.8%
55 Major League Soccer 829k 26.8 17.9% Soccer
56 NBA playoffs 822k 26.8 20.2% Basketball
57 Saraswati 813k 33.0 18.9%
58 Consumer Electronics Show 810k 32.9 15.7%
59 Golden Globe Award 810k 31.0 26.7% Award
60 Miss Universe 807k 28.2 45.2%
61 International Women's Day 795k 29.5 33.6%
62 NHL 791k 26.2 20.1% Ice hockey
63 ICC Test Championship 782k 30.1 13.2% Motorsport
64 BWF World Championships 757k 28.3 15.2% Badminton
65 Eid al-Fitr 753k 33.8 31.8%
66 One Day International 693k 27.3 3.6%
67 IAAF World Championships in Athletics 685k 26.8 10.4% Track and field
68 Vijayadashami 684k 33.5 29.3%
69 Grammy Award 660k 32.4 27.6% Award
70 International League T20 657k 28.5 20.5% Cricket
71 Onam 651k 29.1 32.1%
72 Italian Open (golf) 631k 48.5 15.2%
73 Badminton Asia Championships 600k 28.5 17.2%
74 World's Strongest Man 577k 31.2 13.6% TV series
75 National Women's Soccer League 573k 27.3 25.4% Soccer

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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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