A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Whisky in India — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Whisky has an estimated audience of 4,927,601 people in India.
The average Whisky fan in India is 34.7 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Maharashtra.
The audience is concentrated in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Top brand affinities include Blended whiskey, Royal Stag, Scotch whisky, with strongest over-indexing on Blended whiskey (10.38× the country average).
Demographically, the Whisky audience skews more male with an average age of 34.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Need for Security, Indulgence.
Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 29 regions tracked by Rascasse.
The typical Whisky fan in India is more male, around 34.7 years old, with strong Need for Security tendencies and a notable affinity for Blended whiskey.
The key figures that characterise the Whisky profile in India.
15.8% are female, 84.2% are male, average age 34.7.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 15.8% |
| Male | 84.2% |
| Average age | 34.7 |
| Estimated audience size | 4,927,601 |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-19 | 8% | |
| 20-29 | 51% | |
| 30-39 | 24% | |
| 40-49 | 10% | |
| 50+ | 7% |
of the worldwide Whisky audience comes from India.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 23.4% |
| Japan | 10.2% |
| United Kingdom | 5.5% |
Where the Whisky audience in India is strongest.
| # | Region | Reach | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Goa | ~8K | 1.57× | |
| 02 | Manipur | ~8K | 1.37× | |
| 03 | West Bengal | ~200K | 1.34× | |
| 04 | Tripura | ~8K | 1.27× | |
| 05 | Maharashtra | ~300K | 1.19× | |
| 06 | Gujarat | ~200K | 1.17× | |
| 07 | Mizoram | ~4K | 1.12× | |
| 08 | Chhattisgarh | ~30K | 1.09× | |
| 09 | Haryana | ~70K | 1.08× | |
| 10 | Assam | ~50K | 1.07× | |
| 11 | Uttarakhand | ~30K | 1.07× | |
| 12 | Punjab (region) | ~70K | 1.03× | |
| 13 | Nagaland | ~4K | 1.03× | |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | ~90K | 0.99× | |
| 15 | Rajasthan | ~100K | 0.95× | |
| 16 | Arunachal Pradesh | ~3K | 0.95× | |
| 17 | Sikkim | ~2K | 0.95× | |
| 18 | Odisha | ~50K | 0.92× | |
| 19 | Meghalaya | ~5K | 0.91× | |
| 20 | Telangana | ~60K | 0.88× | |
| 21 | Uttar Pradesh | ~200K | 0.87× | |
| 22 | Jharkhand | ~40K | 0.87× | |
| 23 | Himachal Pradesh | ~20K | 0.87× | |
| 24 | Karnataka | ~100K | 0.84× | |
| 25 | Andhra Pradesh | ~50K | 0.78× | |
| 26 | Kerala | ~50K | 0.74× | |
| 27 | Tamil Nadu | ~80K | 0.72× | |
| 28 | Jammu and Kashmir | ~20K | 0.67× | |
| 29 | Bihar | ~60K | 0.60× |
The strongest cross-interests of the Whisky audience — brands, topics and people combined.
| # | · | Interest | Category | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Blended whiskey | Food & Beverages | 10.38× | ||
| 02 | Royal Stag | Food & Beverages | 8.67× | ||
| 03 | Royal Challenge | Food & Beverages | 8.03× | ||
| 04 | Indian whisky | Food & Beverages | 7.86× | ||
| 05 | Johnnie Walker | Food & Beverages | 4.20× | ||
| 06 | Bourbon whiskey | Food & Beverages | 4.10× | ||
| 07 | Malt | Food & Beverages | 4.10× | ||
| 08 | Scotch whisky | Food & Beverages | 4.09× | ||
| 09 | Goat | Pets & Animals | 3.24× | ||
| 10 | Single malt whisky | Food & Beverages | 2.85× | ||
| 11 | Cocktail | Food & Beverages | 2.11× | ||
| 12 | Ajit Pawar | Politics & Society | 1.91× | ||
| 13 | Loksatta | News | 1.74× | ||
| 14 | Anandabazar Patrika | News | 1.70× | ||
| 15 | Mutual fund | Business & Career | 1.59× | ||
| 16 | Lokmat | News | 1.58× | ||
| 17 | Maharashtra Times | News | 1.58× | ||
| 18 | Bhojpuri language | Politics & Society | 1.54× | ||
| 19 | Distilled beverage | Food & Beverages | 1.53× | ||
| 20 | Life insurance | Business & Career | 1.50× |
Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Need for Security | CONSERVATISM | 1.19× | |
| Indulgence | JOY | 0.96× | |
| Community Orientation | OPEN | 0.93× |
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Adopter Mentality | POWER | 0.52× | |
| Extroversion | THRILL | 0.56× | |
| Pet Ownership | JOY | 0.59× |
Whisky has an estimated audience of 4,927,601 people in India, concentrated in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
15.8% of Whisky fans are female, 84.2% are male, with an average age of 34.7 years.
Whisky fans show strongest brand affinity for Blended whiskey (10.38×), Royal Stag (8.67×), and Scotch whisky (4.09×) over the country average.
Whisky fans in India are most concentrated in Maharashtra (reach ~300K), Uttar Pradesh (reach ~200K), and West Bengal (reach ~200K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.
Beyond Whisky itself, the audience over-indexes on Royal Stag (8.67×), Scotch whisky (4.09×), Indian whisky (7.86×), and Ajit Pawar (1.91×) compared to the India average.
Related profiles, rankings and the same audience in other markets.
Audience size is the estimated number of people in India who actively search for Whisky. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.
This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across India. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.
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