Summer ads in India

Summer drives ACs, coolers, fans, sunscreen, cold drinks and light clothing. This page tracks every summer ad we collect and shows who is fighting for the heat.

In the last 12 months we collected 902 summer ads from 130 brands. 723 are still live today, and the busiest week started on 14 September.

Season: March to June. Updated 13 October 2026.

The summer ad calendar

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

Summer ads still running

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

What they offer

Share of summer ads whose text mentions each kind of offer. 67% of them are video.

% off / discount12%
Free shipping / COD4%
Buy X get Y / combo3%
Cashback / bank offer1%
Free gift0%
No-cost EMI0%

What to watch this season

The first heatwave
Searches and ads for ACs and coolers spike with the first heatwave. Watch who ramps up first and how hard.
Cooling claims
Energy savings, faster cooling, SPF numbers: track which claim rivals lead with and whether they back it with a number.
EMI and exchange offers
Big summer purchases lean on no-cost EMI and exchange offers. The offer mix shows how common they are this year.

Other seasons

How we count: an ad counts as a summer ad when its text mentions summer, garmi, heatwave, heat wave 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 summer ads?

In the last year Foxtale ran the most summer ads we collected (210), followed by Mamaearth (94).

When do summer ads peak?

In our data the busiest week of the last year started on 14 September, with 100 new summer ads.

When do AC and cooler brands start summer ads?

The weekly calendar on this page shows it from our data; most ramp up in March and peak in April and May.