Every month, YouGov identifies the brands generating the strongest surge in consumer conversations in India.

Using data from YouGov BrandIndex, our daily brand tracking solution, we measure Word of Mouth, the percentage of people who say they have talked about a brand with friends or family in the past two weeks.

The brands featured here recorded the largest increase in conversation levels over a four-week period, calculated as the difference between their lowest and highest Word of Mouth scores during that time, using a four-week moving average.

Word of Mouth marketing: Brands recording the greatest growth in February 2026

  1. OnePlus smartphones: +8.31 percentage points (from 18.01% on February 11 to 26.32% on February 28)
  2. Bajaj Life Insurance: +7.27 percentage points (from 14.63% on February 1 to 21.90% on February 28)
  3. Rooh Afza: +7.04 percentage points (from 6.90% on February 1 to 13.94% on February 28)

Together, these brands drove the biggest shifts in real-world brand conversations this month

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Methodology: February 2026

YouGov BrandIndex collects data on thousands of brands every day. Word-of-Mouth is based on asking: “In the past two weeks, which brands have you talked about with family and friends?” The data reflects a four-week moving average covering the period from February 1 to February 28,2026, among India adults aged 18+. The change is calculated as the difference between the lowest and highest scores within that window.

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