A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Anime and manga fandom in France — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Anime and manga fandom has an estimated audience of 3,760,868 people in France.
The average Anime and manga fandom fan in France is 31.4 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Île-de-France.
The audience is concentrated in Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Top brand affinities include Anime convention, One Piece, Arts and music, with strongest over-indexing on Anime convention (13.87× the country average).
Demographically, the Anime and manga fandom audience skews more male with an average age of 31.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Extroversion, Community Orientation.
Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 11 regions tracked by Rascasse.
The typical Anime and manga fandom fan in France is more male, around 31.4 years old, with strong Extroversion tendencies and a notable affinity for Anime convention.
The key figures that characterise the Anime and manga fandom profile in France.
44.8% are female, 55.2% are male, average age 31.4.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 44.8% |
| Male | 55.2% |
| Average age | 31.4 |
| Estimated audience size | 3,760,868 |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-19 | 39% | |
| 20-29 | 27% | |
| 30-39 | 15% | |
| 40-49 | 12% | |
| 50+ | 8% |
of the worldwide Anime and manga fandom audience comes from France.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 18.7% |
| China | 18.5% |
| Japan | 16.5% |
Where the Anime and manga fandom audience in France is strongest.
| # | Region | Reach | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Centre-Val de Loire | ~200K | 1.11× | |
| 02 | Normandy | ~200K | 1.06× | |
| 03 | Brittany | ~200K | 1.03× | |
| 04 | Pays de la Loire | ~200K | 1.02× | |
| 05 | Grand Est | ~300K | 0.99× | |
| 06 | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | ~300K | 0.98× | |
| 07 | Hauts-de-France | ~300K | 0.98× | |
| 08 | Occitanie | ~300K | 0.98× | |
| 09 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | ~300K | 0.98× | |
| 10 | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | ~400K | 0.95× | |
| 11 | Île-de-France | ~600K | 0.90× |
The strongest cross-interests of the Anime and manga fandom audience — brands, topics and people combined.
| # | · | Interest | Category | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | My Hero Academia | Literature | 14.60× | ||
| 02 | Attack on Titan | Literature | 14.55× | ||
| 03 | Anime convention | Literature | 13.87× | ||
| 04 | Dragon Ball (anime) | Movies & TV | 13.80× | ||
| 05 | Hunter × Hunter | Literature | 13.78× | ||
| 06 | Anime & Cosplay | Fashion & Accessoires | 13.05× | ||
| 07 | Dragon Ball Z | Movies & TV | 10.83× | ||
| 08 | Shōnen manga | Literature | 10.65× | ||
| 09 | One Piece | Movies & TV | 9.73× | ||
| 10 | Japanese popular culture | Travel & Leisure | 8.94× | ||
| 11 | Cosplay | Games | 8.66× | ||
| 12 | Pokémon (video game series) | Games | 7.50× | ||
| 13 | KPop Demon Hunters | Movies & TV | 6.16× | ||
| 14 | Design | Home & Garden | 3.23× | ||
| 15 | Arts and music | Arts & Culture | 3.01× | ||
| 16 | Consumer electronics | Technology & Electronics | 2.98× | ||
| 17 | Movies | Movies & TV | 2.95× | ||
| 18 | Shopping | Shopping | 2.89× | ||
| 19 | Sports | Sports | 2.65× | ||
| 20 | Entertainment | Movies & TV | 2.39× |
Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extroversion | THRILL | 2.06× | |
| Community Orientation | OPEN | 1.48× | |
| Mindfulness | BALANCE | 1.43× |
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIY Mentality | THRILL | 0.49× | |
| Quality Awareness | PREMIUM | 0.67× | |
| Spirituality | BALANCE | 0.69× |
Anime and manga fandom has an estimated audience of 3,760,868 people in France, concentrated in Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
44.8% of Anime and manga fandom fans are female, 55.2% are male, with an average age of 31.4 years.
Anime and manga fandom fans show strongest brand affinity for Anime convention (13.87×), One Piece (9.73×), and Arts and music (3.01×) over the country average.
Anime and manga fandom fans in France are most concentrated in Île-de-France (reach ~600K), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (reach ~400K), and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (reach ~300K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.
Beyond Anime and manga fandom itself, the audience over-indexes on One Piece (9.73×), Arts and music (3.01×), Design (3.23×), and Shopping (2.89×) compared to the France average.
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Audience size is the estimated number of people in France who actively search for Anime and manga fandom. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.
This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across France. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.
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