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Retail investors' share

7.4%
of market value, Jun 2026

Above its usual range of 6.5% to 7.2%. The record is 7.7%, in December 2024. Down from 7.5% a year ago.

20102015202020256.0%6.5%7.5%8.0%7.7%, Dec 20246.0%, Jun 2014usual range, 6.5% to 7.2%7.4%20102015202020256.0%6.5%7.5%8.0%7.7%, Dec 20246.0%, Jun 2014usual range, 6.5% to 7.2%7.4%20102015202020256.0%6.5%7.0%7.5%8.0%7.7%, Dec 20246.0%, Jun 2014usual range, 6.5% to 7.2%7.4%2010201220142016201820202022202420266.0%6.5%7.0%7.5%8.0%7.7%, Dec 20246.0%, Jun 2014usual range, 6.5% to 7.2%7.4%

What it is. The share held directly by individual investors with small holdings.

How to read it. Direct ownership by individuals, not counting what they hold through funds.

Source: PRIME Database Group, primeinfobase.com Method Data

The numbers

Latest7.4%Jun 2026
A week ago7.1%
A month ago7.1%
A year ago7.5%
Usual range6.5% to 7.2%
Median6.7%
Lowest6.0%30 Jun 2014
Highest7.7%31 Dec 2024
Percentile, full history81
Percentile, last 5 years38

The usual range is the middle half of readings since 2009. A percentile is the share of the 69 readings since 30 Jun 2009 that were below today's. Data: statistics, history (JSON); history as CSV. Data: PRIME Database (primeinfobase.com). Reproduced as charts with credit; the source file is not redistributed.

To cite: tipsheet, “Retail investors' share”, data to Jun 2026, https://tipsheet.markets/i/retail-ownership/

Read it with

Mutual funds' share minus foreign investors' −4.3 ptsrecord high
Promoters' share 50.2%usual
Mutual funds' share 11.6%record high
Domestic institutions' share 19.1%above usual
Foreign investors' share of listed India 15.9%below usual
Mutual funds' net equity purchases ₹24,685 crbelow its record

the usual range: the middle half of all readingstodayEach line runs from the lowest reading ever to the highest.