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Khatri: India's wireless audio market is 60M units worth $1B

Amit Khatri · Ep #23 | WTF are Consumer Electronics? | Nikhil ft. Carl Pei, Rahul Sharma & Amit Khatri · Nikhil Kamath · Apr 26, 2025 · at 1:25:50

Amit Khatri (Co-Founder of Noise) breaks down the annual market size in units and dollar value for TWS and wireless earphones in India.

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“In a category like a truly wireless for an example, the India market would be like sixty million units. In a category like audio devices for an example like this market would be like sixty million devices, which is six crores.”

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The claim, plainly

The Indian market for truly wireless audio devices represents approximately 60 million units annually, with a total market value of around $1 billion.

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Assessment

Industry tracking data from both IDC and Counterpoint Research confirm that the Indian truly wireless stereo (TWS) market in 2023–2024 was approximately 60 million units annually with a market value around $1 billion. Specifically, IDC reported 2024 TWS shipments of 59.2 million units (70.9% of 83.5 million earwear units) with an average selling price yielding a market value of approximately $1.04 billion (and 54.1 million units in 2023). Counterpoint Research similarly estimated the Indian TWS market value at over $1.3 billion in 2024.

IDC India Monthly Wearable Device Tracker (February 2025) reported 2024 earwear shipments of 83.5 million units with TWS holding a 70.9% share (~59.2 million units) and an average selling price of $17.6, yielding ~$1.04 billion in market value.
IDC reported 2023 Indian TWS shipments of approximately 54.1 million units.
Counterpoint Research Consumer IoT Service (February 2025) reported that India's TWS market value surpassed $1.3 billion in 2024.

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[1] idc.com [2] thehindu.com [3] digitalterminal.in [4] digitalterminal.in [5] counterpointresearch.com [6] indiatimes.com [7] communicationstoday.co.in [8] communicationstoday.co.in

India TWS shipments 2023 million units IDC Counterpoint IDC India TWS shipments 2023 2024 truly wireless audio Counterpoint Research India TWS shipments 2023 2024 market value

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