Holiday and year-end sales ads in India

Big Billion Days, the Great Indian Festival, Christmas, New Year and end-of-season sales: these are the days Indian shoppers wait for. This page tracks every sale and holiday ad we collect.

In the last 12 months we collected 256 holiday ads from 80 brands. 175 are still live today, and the busiest week started on 5 October.

Season: Big sale days in September and October, then Christmas, New Year and end-of-season sales. Updated 13 October 2026.

The holiday ad calendar

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

Holiday and year-end sales ads still running

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

What they offer

Share of holiday ads whose text mentions each kind of offer. 48% of them are video.

% off / discount36%
No-cost EMI8%
Cashback / bank offer4%
Free shipping / COD4%
Buy X get Y / combo2%
Free gift1%

What to watch this season

Marketplace sale days
D2C brands run ads that point to Amazon and Flipkart during sale events. Watch whose ads switch landing pages to marketplaces.
Discount depth
The offer mix shows how deep the market is discounting. Going deeper than rivals is rarely needed: being visible is.
End-of-season clearance
Fashion and footwear clear stock in January and July. Track when rivals start, so you are not the last one in.

Other seasons

How we count: an ad counts as a holiday ad when its text mentions holiday, christmas, xmas, new year 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 holiday ads?

In the last year Amazon India ran the most holiday ads we collected (39), followed by Villain (37).

When do holiday ads peak?

In our data the busiest week of the last year started on 5 October, with 48 new holiday ads.

Does this include Amazon and Flipkart sale ads?

It includes Meta ads from brands that mention sale events like Big Billion Days or the Great Indian Festival. It does not include ads shown inside Amazon or Flipkart.