By Hemant SharmaIndian wedding industry is valued at a staggering USD 130 billion with around 1 crore weddings taking place in the country on an annual basis. Weddings lead to massive consumption across sectors since grand weddings in India involve huge spending on jewellery, food, decor, hotels and more. The tradition of arranged marriage in India is still very strong, and matrimonial sites have become hugely popular for finding suitable matches. This is because matrimonial sites seamlessly connect prospective brides and grooms across communities and preferences. High internet penetration in the Indian population means a larger section of young population of marriageable age group is able to access matrimony sites to search for their ideal matches. Let’s have a look at the top 10 biggest matrimonial sites in India for 2025.
1. Shaadi.com
Shaadi.com, founded in the year 1996, is a highly prominent matrimonial site operating in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries. It became a leading matrimonial site for Asians in the year 2008 and reached 1 million users in the year 2011. Currently, the platform has more than 35 million verified users. Matrimonial profiles on Shaadi.com can be searched through various filters like country, community, religion, city, state and mother tongue. Moreover, the platform also lists profiles of divorcees, widows/widowers and second marriage seekers.
Shaadi.com enables its premium members to interact audio-visually with each other. The platform has recently launched VIP Shaadi which offers benefits like exclusive and personalised matchmaking, top-rated consultants and 5 times higher success rate.
2. Bharat Matrimony
Bharat Matrimony, founded in the year 2000, is an online matrimonial portal which operates in India through its 130 offices, and also in other countries like USA, Sri Lanka, Dubai and Malaysia. The profiles present on the platform are 100% verified and can be searched on the basis of several factors like religion, language, caste, occupation, state and country.
Bharat Matrimony provides multiple ways for matches to interact with each other. These include voice calls, messaging and video calls. The platform holds the Limca Book of Records for most online documented marriages.
3. Jeevansathi.com
Jeevansathi.com, launched in the year 2004, is a matrimonial site owned by Info Edge which also owns portals like Naukri.com and 99Acres.com. It features lakhs of 100% screened profiles and also a special listing for profiles verified through physical visits by the company’s agents. The profiles can be searched on the basis of location, profession, community and more.
Jeevansathi.com provides a number of facilities to its members, such as video profiles, secure voice and video calling, and messaging and chatting with unlimited users. Paid members get access to additional benefits like unlimited voice and video calls, access to contact details, 3x more daily matches and advanced search feature.
4. Elite Matrimony
Elite Matrimony, launched in 2008, is an online matrimonial portal which specifically caters to the rich and affluent sections of the Indian community worldwide. It has the largest database of elite profiles and more than 100 relationship managers. The platform works through relationship managers who search for matches based on a customer’s lifestyle and other preferences, shortlist profiles and set up meetings between mutually interested parties.
Elite Matrimony offers three service packages, namely Standard, Ultimate and Aristocrat, categorised as per the net worth of the customers. The customers get access to 3-4 curated matches per month.
5. Vivaah.com
Vivaah.com, launched in the year 2002, is the only completely free matrimonial site in India. It lists thousands of Indian and NRI profiles which can be searched through multiple filters like caste, community, profession, profile ID, photo and more. All the features, including sending messages, viewing contact numbers, creating photo albums and registration, are free.
Vivaah.com provides a number of privacy features, such as hiding real name, accept and decline profiles, hiding date of birth from non-registered users, contact details shown to accepted members only and watermarked images to prevent nefarious use.
6. MatrimonialsIndia.com
MatrimonialsIndia.com, founded in the year 1997, is a matrimonial site featuring lakhs of profiles and over a thousand member visits each day. It allows customised profile searches as per mother tongue, caste, religion, occupation, state, city and NRI. The platform also enables its users to create video profiles.
MatrimonialsIndia.com offers both free and paid memberships. Paid users get multiple additional benefits, such as access to 20-150 Indian contact details, 50 to unlimited personal messages and more.
7. Matchfinder
Matchfinder, launched in the year 2014, is a matrimonial portal which lists profiles from over 2000 communities in India, and also operates in USA to help NRIs in finding their matches in India. It enables users to search profiles based on mother tongue, caste, religion and city. Facilities provided by the platform include live chats, calls, profile highlighting, horoscope generation and horoscope compatibility check.
8. Community Matrimony
Community Matrimony, founded in the year 2009, is a matrimonial site dedicated to finding matches based solely on community, and serves over 200 communities in India and abroad. The registered profiles are able to search for their life partners from within their own communities right on the platform. Matching profiles based on specific preferences of the users are sent daily to their email accounts. Premium members get multiple additional benefits.
9. LoveVivah.com
LoveVivah.com, launched in the year 2016, is an online matrimonial portal listing verified profiles from India and NRIs living in USA, UK, Canada, Singapore and Australia. The platform follows a 5-point verification system comprising of Aadhar/Passport/PAN/Voter ID verification, phone number verification, email id verification, Facebook profile verification and educational qualification verification from LinkedIn profile. The users get access to multiple benefits like auto matches, sending/receiving interests, defining partner preference, custom searches and more.
10. SecondShaadi.com
SecondShaadi.com, launched in the year 2018, is a unique matrimonial site offering widowers, widows and divorcees to find their matches for a second marriage. The platform provides various search features like quick search and advanced search, and enables the members to chat and send personal messages to each other. Paid memberships, named Gold, Silver, Bronze and Platinum, with various benefits are offered to the users.
Conclusion
Top matrimonial websites are highly reliable and replete with features like easy-to-use interface, quick registration, personalised matchmaking, targeted searches, secure communication and much more. Furthermore, quick and efficient customer support is also a distinguishing factor for the best matrimonial sites.