Festive season ads in India

From Rakhi and Onam to Durga Puja, Diwali and Holi, Indian brands advertise around festivals all year. This page tracks every festive ad we collect and shows which festivals pull the most ad effort.

In the last 12 months we collected 1,000 festive ads from 103 brands. 911 are still live today, and the busiest week started on 5 October.

Season: All year, with the biggest run from August to November. Updated 13 October 2026.

The festive ad calendar

New festive ads per week over the last 12 months. The tallest bars are when the market is loudest.

Festive season ads still running

The longest-running live festive ads, one per brand. Ads that survive this long are usually working.

Brands with the most festive ads

BEARDO for Men92Foxtale87boAt75Kapiva50GIVA48Zivame41Amazon India39Milton38Neemans37Melorra35

Ads in the last 12 months that mention festive.

What they offer

Share of festive ads whose text mentions each kind of offer. 39% of them are video.

% off / discount34%
Free shipping / COD6%
No-cost EMI3%
Buy X get Y / combo1%
Cashback / bank offer1%
Free gift0%

What to watch this season

The festive calendar
Volume climbs from Raksha Bandhan and peaks around Diwali. The weekly chart shows when the market is loudest.
Festival-specific creative
Rakhi gifting, Onam sadya, Puja new clothes: rivals who localise creative to a festival usually beat generic 'festive sale' ads.
Language mix
Festive ads lean on Hindi and regional languages more than the rest of the year. Check whether your creative does too.

Other seasons

How we count: an ad counts as a festive ad when its text mentions festive, festival, tyohar, tyohaar or a related word, in English or Hindi. Counts come from Meta ads Zooptrack has collected in India in the last 12 months. Meta does not publish spend, so we never estimate it.

Questions people ask

Which brand runs the most festive ads?

In the last year BEARDO for Men ran the most festive ads we collected (92), followed by Foxtale (87).

When do festive ads peak?

In our data the busiest week of the last year started on 5 October, with 429 new festive ads.

What counts as a festive ad here?

Any ad whose text mentions a festival or the festive season, such as Rakhi, Onam, Durga Puja, Diwali, Eid, Pongal or Holi.