Har kuch mahine ek nayi list viral hoti hai: India ki "affair capital" kaun si city hai. Kabhi Bengaluru upar hota hai, kabhi Tamil Nadu ka ek chhota sa shehar.
Seedha jawab pehle: koi bharosemand list maujood nahi hai. Jo lists chhapti hain, wo affairs nahi ginti. Wo do companies ke apne aankde hain — aur dono alag jawab deti hain.
Yeh lekh dono ko saath rakhta hai, aur dikhata hai ki unmein kya hai aur kya nahi.
List 1: Ashley Madison — Kanchipuram sabse upar
Global Dating Insights ne 18 June 2026 ko report kiya ki Ashley Madison ne May 2026 ke India ke aankde jaari kiye. Yeh per-capita naye sign-ups ki ranking thi:
| Rank | Shehar |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kanchipuram |
| 2 | Coimbatore |
| 3 | Tiruvallur |
| 4 | Chennai |
Asianet Newsable (6 July 2026) ke mutabik list mein aage Gurugram, Noida, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Pune aur Delhi bhi the, aur company ne kaha ki Kanchipuram lagatar doosre saal pehle sthaan par hai. Company ne yeh bhi bataya ki sign-ups ke maamle mein India duniya mein aathve se teesre sthaan par aa gaya.
Aur ek line jo zyadatar headlines mein nahi aayi: company ne khud kaha ki yeh rankings sirf sign-up activity par aadharit hain, aur inhein lambi avadhi ke rishton ke nateejon ke bajaay "mausami dilchaspi" ke sanket ki tarah dekha jaana chahiye.
List 2: Gleeden — Bengaluru sabse upar
Doosri list Gleeden ki hai, jisne April 2026 mein India mein 40 lakh users hone ka daava kiya, saath mein do saal mein mahila users mein 148% badhotri (Deccan Herald, 2 April 2026).
Newsgram (3 April 2026) ne users mein shehron ka yeh hissa chhapa:
| Shehar | Users mein hissa |
|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 18% |
| Hyderabad | 17% |
| Delhi | 11% |
| Mumbai | 9% |
| Pune | 7% |
Isi lekh mein 2024 ke ek alag survey (1,503 log) ka bhi zikr hai, aur yeh saaf nahi hai ki shehron ka hissa users ke data se hai ya us survey se.
Bengaluru ka ek aankda jo mel nahi khaata
Yahan ek cheez par dhyan dijiye.
Deccan Herald ki usi samay ki report mein Bengaluru ke liye 1.35 lakh registrations likha hai. Agar Gleeden ke 40 lakh users mein Bengaluru ka hissa 18% hai, toh wo lagbhag 7.2 lakh hona chahiye — 1.35 lakh nahi. 1.35 lakh toh 40 lakh ka sirf lagbhag 3.4% hai.
Dono aankde ek saath sahi nahi ho sakte. Aur dono ka mool ek hi company hai. Deccan Herald ka summary box khud batata hai ki use AI se process kiya gaya tha.
Yeh chhoti baat lag sakti hai, lekin yahi dikhati hai ki in aankdon ko kitni savdhani se padhna chahiye.
Dono lists alag kyun hain
Kyunki wo alag cheezein naapti hain:
| Ashley Madison | Gleeden | |
|---|---|---|
| Kya ginti hai | Per-capita naye sign-ups | Kul users mein shehar ka hissa |
| Samay | Ek mahina (May 2026) | Saaf nahi |
| Kaun jaari karta hai | Company khud | Company khud |
| Kya affairs naapti hai? | Nahi | Nahi |
Aur kuch aur kaaran:
- Per-capita ka asar. Chhote shehar mein aabadi kam hoti hai, isliye thode se sign-ups bhi per-capita rank ko bahut ooncha kar dete hain. Bada shehar kul sankhya mein aage ho sakta hai, per-capita mein peeche.
- Alag app, alag audience. Jahan jis app ki marketing zyada hai, wahan uske sign-ups zyada honge.
- Sign-up ≠ active user ≠ affair. Kai log ek baar sign-up karke kabhi wapas nahi aate. Kuch sirf utsukta mein aate hain.
Yeh aankde jaari kaun karta hai, aur kyun
Yeh hissa sabse zaroori hai.
Dono lists un companies ki hain jo affair-dating bechti hain. Aise aankde unki marketing ka hissa hain — har viral headline ek free ad hai.
Iska matlab yeh nahi ki aankde jhoothe hain. Iska matlab yeh hai ki inhein press release ki tarah padhna chahiye, research ki tarah nahi. Misaal ke taur par, Gleeden ka February 2026 ka AI survey ek PTI paid-feed ke roop mein chhapa tha jismein PTI ne saaf likha ki uski editorial zimmedari nahi hai — aur release ke ant mein app download karne ke links the (The Wire / PTI feed).
Is website par in apps ka koi link, review ya promotion nahi hai.
Kisi shehar ko "badnaam" kyun nahi karna chahiye
Jab ek list kehti hai ki Kanchipuram #1 hai, toh social media par us shehar ke logon ke baare mein mazaak aur raay shuru ho jaati hai.
Lekin list sirf yeh kehti hai ki ek mahine mein, ek app par, aabadi ke hisaab se wahan se zyada sign-ups aaye. Usse us shehar ke laakhon parivaaron ke baare mein kuch bhi pata nahi chalta. Asianet ne bhi yahi chetavni di ki yeh data sirf platform par logon ka vyavhaar dikhata hai, poore shehar ka nahi.
Toh asal mein affairs kahan zyada hote hain?
Imaandar jawab: hum nahi jaante, aur koi aur bhi nahi jaanta.
India mein koi sarkari ya swatantra survey shehar-war bewafai nahi naapta. Yahi haal divorce ke aankdon ka bhi hai — India ka koi bharosemand national divorce rate bhi maujood nahi hai.
Jo pages aapko pakka jawab dete hain, wo ek company ki list ko sach bata rahe hain.
Agar aap yeh apni wajah se padh rahe hain
Agar yeh sawaal isliye utha ki aapka partner kisi shehar mein kaam karta hai, ya aapko kisi baat par shak hai — toh ek baat saaf hai: koi city ranking aapke ghar ke baare mein kuch nahi batati.
Aapke sawaal ka jawab aankdon mein nahi, aapke rishte ke sanketon mein hai. Partner ke cheating ke sanket aur shak ho toh pehle kya karein zyada kaam aayenge.
Sources: Global Dating Insights — Ashley Madison India, May 2026 data (18 Jun 2026) · Asianet Newsable — Tamil Nadu cities on the list (6 Jul 2026) · Deccan Herald — Gleeden 40 lakh users (2 Apr 2026) · Newsgram — city shares (3 Apr 2026) · The Wire — Gleeden-IPSOS release via PTI paid feed (26 Feb 2026)
