Swiggy, Instamart and Zepto reported Diwali orders spanning meals, restaurant bookings, sweets, decor and gold, offering a platform-level snapshot of how consumers used delivery services during the festival.
Swiggy said food-delivery orders averaged 97,545 per hour from Nov. 6-8, 2026, up 10.7% from Oct. 18-20, 2025. Masala Dosa, Kaju Katli and Paneer Butter Masala were among the service’s most-ordered dishes, according to the company’s figures.
Swiggy’s Dineout restaurant-booking service recorded 7.4% more reservations on Nov. 7, 2026, than on Oct. 19, 2025. Reservations on Nov. 8, Diwali, were 38.5% higher than on Oct. 20, 2025. The company also cited a Mumbai restaurant bill of ₹134,210 on Nov. 6.
Instamart, Swiggy’s quick-commerce service, said Diet Coke was its most popular non-grocery item on Diwali eve, while Kaju Katli led its mithai list. Its largest reported festive basket, from Mumbai, totaled ₹111,000 and included gold coins with Lakshmi-Ganesh and lotus designs.
Zepto reported that festive hamper orders reached three times last Diwali’s level. Orders for festive fashion doubled in volume, while flower and garland orders rose 2.5 times. Business Standard reported 468,000 diya orders during the week before Diwali.
The figures describe ordering on individual platforms. They do not establish whether consumption or spending increased across India as a whole.
