About — Mental Health in Young India

Overview

What is this tracker?

This is a live data tracker presenting findings from a structured survey of 2,281 young Indians conducted between March 28 and April 14, 2025. The survey was designed by Youth Ki Awaaz and BCG to understand the mental health experiences of young people in India — how they feel, what stresses them, how they cope, and where they turn for help.

The tracker allows you to explore all 17 questions in the survey, filter responses by gender, age, area, and current status, and view demographic breakdowns and crosstabs. An AI-generated analysis — powered by Claude — is available to synthesise the most significant patterns in the data.

All data is anonymised. No personally identifiable information is stored or displayed.

Conducted by	Youth Ki Awaaz × BCG
Platform	Yoot — WhatsApp civic polling
Field period	March 28 – April 14, 2025
Sample size	2,281 respondents
Age range	18–35 years
Geography	27 states and UTs
Gender split	74% male · 25% female · 1% non-binary / other
Residence	Urban 61% · Rural 39%

Methodology

How was this data collected?

The survey was administered through Yoot, Youth Ki Awaaz's WhatsApp-based polling infrastructure. Respondents were drawn from Yoot's registered panel of young Indians who have opted in to participate in civic surveys. The survey was distributed via WhatsApp broadcast and completed within the WhatsApp interface.

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Survey design

BCG and YKA co-designed 17 questions covering five thematic areas. Questions were reviewed for clarity, cultural sensitivity, and response balance before fielding.

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Distribution via Yoot

The survey was broadcast to Yoot's WhatsApp panel. Respondents completed questions sequentially within WhatsApp — no external link or app required.

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Data cleaning

Responses were checked for completeness and consistency. Incomplete submissions below 50% question completion were excluded. Responses were anonymised before analysis.

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Live tracker

Cleaned data is stored in a Google Sheet and queried live by this tracker. The dashboard updates automatically when new data is added to the source sheet.

About Yoot

What is Yoot?

Yoot is Youth Ki Awaaz's WhatsApp-based civic polling platform. Over 15,000 young Indians have signed up to share their perspectives on health, education, careers, relationships, cities, environment, and futures. Yoot collects the cultural data of young India — one question at a time.

Join Yoot

Are you between 18 and 35? Join Yoot on WhatsApp and add your voice to India's largest youth polling community. Your responses become part of a growing civic record. Sign up →

Yoot respondents are opt-in — they have actively chosen to participate in surveys. This means the panel is self-selected, not randomly sampled from the Indian population. Results reflect the views of young, digitally active Indians who are civically engaged, and should be interpreted accordingly.

Partners

Who made this?

This tracker is a collaboration between Youth Ki Awaaz and BCG.

Youth Ki Awaaz

India's largest civic participation platform for young people. 18 years old, 200,000+ monthly users. Data collection, analysis, and tracker infrastructure by YKA's TREND unit.

BCG (Boston Consulting Group)

Survey co-design, research framing, and thematic analysis. BCG's social impact practice commissioned this research as part of a broader programme on youth mental health in India.

Limitations

What should I keep in mind?

This data is valuable, but it has limits. Being aware of them helps you interpret findings accurately.

Self-selected panel. Yoot respondents opt in to participate. They tend to be younger, more urban, more digitally active, and more civically engaged than the general Indian youth population. Results are not nationally representative.

Gender skew. 74% of respondents are male. Findings for female respondents (25%, n=680) are meaningful but should be compared with caution across demographic cuts where cell sizes become small.

Self-reported data. All responses are self-reported. Mental health perceptions, coping behaviours, and help-seeking barriers may be subject to social desirability bias — respondents may answer in ways they feel are expected or acceptable.

Point in time. This survey captures a snapshot of young Indians' mental health experiences in March–April 2025. Findings may shift over time as conditions change.

Using this data

How can I use these findings?

This data is available for research, journalism, policy analysis, and educational purposes. If you reference findings from this tracker, please cite it as:

Youth Ki Awaaz × BCG. Mental Health in Young India. TREND Tracker, April 2025. tracker.youthkiawaaz.com

For questions about the data, methodology, or to commission your own research using Yoot, contact research@youthkiawaaz.com.

Individual question charts can be embedded using the embed code available in each chart card on the dashboard. Charts are attributed to Youth Ki Awaaz automatically.