A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Heavy metal music in France — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Heavy metal music has an estimated audience of 7,483,304 people in France.
The average Heavy metal music fan in France is 38.8 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Île-de-France.
The audience is concentrated in Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Top brand affinities include Design, Consumer electronics, Rock music, with strongest over-indexing on Design (1.59× the country average).
Demographically, the Heavy metal music audience skews more male with an average age of 38.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Community Orientation.
Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 13 regions tracked by Rascasse.
The typical Heavy metal music fan in France is more male, around 38.8 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Design.
The key figures that characterise the Heavy metal music profile in France.
44.0% are female, 56.0% are male, average age 38.8.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 44.0% |
| Male | 56.0% |
| Average age | 38.8 |
| Estimated audience size | 7,483,304 |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-19 | 22% | |
| 20-29 | 20% | |
| 30-39 | 17% | |
| 40-49 | 20% | |
| 50+ | 21% |
of the worldwide Heavy metal music audience comes from France.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 22.2% |
| Italy | 4.9% |
| Japan | 4.7% |
Where the Heavy metal music audience in France is strongest.
| # | Region | Reach | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | ~600K | 1.16× | |
| 02 | Centre-Val de Loire | ~300K | 1.06× | |
| 03 | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | ~300K | 1.05× | |
| 04 | Normandy | ~400K | 1.02× | |
| 05 | Corsica | ~40K | 1.01× | |
| 06 | Pays de la Loire | ~400K | 0.99× | |
| 07 | Brittany | ~400K | 0.99× | |
| 08 | Grand Est | ~600K | 0.97× | |
| 09 | Hauts-de-France | ~600K | 0.96× | |
| 10 | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | ~600K | 0.96× | |
| 11 | Occitanie | ~600K | 0.96× | |
| 12 | Île-de-France | ~1.5M | 0.95× | |
| 13 | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | ~800K | 0.94× |
The strongest cross-interests of the Heavy metal music audience — brands, topics and people combined.
| # | · | Interest | Category | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Catherine Deneuve | Fashion & Accessoires | 2.49× | ||
| 02 | Thomann | Shopping | 2.42× | ||
| 03 | Winamax | Games | 2.00× | ||
| 04 | Rock music | Music & Radio | 1.92× | ||
| 05 | ICloud | Technology & Electronics | 1.87× | ||
| 06 | Charlotte Cardin | Music & Radio | 1.82× | ||
| 07 | Groovy (programming language) | Technology & Electronics | 1.80× | ||
| 08 | Mireille Mathieu | Music & Radio | 1.79× | ||
| 09 | France Info | Movies & TV | 1.71× | ||
| 10 | Divertissement | Politics & Society | 1.71× | ||
| 11 | Crédit Industriel et Commercial | Business & Career | 1.71× | ||
| 12 | Germany | Travel & Leisure | 1.69× | ||
| 13 | Design | Home & Garden | 1.59× | ||
| 14 | Google Maps | Internet & Social Media | 1.59× | ||
| 15 | WeTransfer | Internet & Social Media | 1.57× | ||
| 16 | King Jouet | Shopping | 1.55× | ||
| 17 | Italy | Travel & Leisure | 1.54× | ||
| 18 | Canada | Travel & Leisure | 1.51× | ||
| 19 | Brigitte Bardot | Movies & TV | 1.51× | ||
| 20 | Consumer electronics | Technology & Electronics | 1.50× |
Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patriotism | CONSERVATISM | 1.33× | |
| Community Orientation | OPEN | 1.31× | |
| Career Orientation | POWER | 1.29× |
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirituality | BALANCE | 0.88× | |
| Creativity | OPEN | 0.90× | |
| DIY Mentality | THRILL | 0.90× |
Heavy metal music has an estimated audience of 7,483,304 people in France, concentrated in Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
44.0% of Heavy metal music fans are female, 56.0% are male, with an average age of 38.8 years.
Heavy metal music fans show strongest brand affinity for Design (1.59×), Consumer electronics (1.5×), and Rock music (1.92×) over the country average.
Heavy metal music fans in France are most concentrated in Île-de-France (reach ~1.5M), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (reach ~800K), and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (reach ~600K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.
Beyond Heavy metal music itself, the audience over-indexes on Consumer electronics (1.5×), Rock music (1.92×), Canada (1.51×), and France Info (1.71×) compared to the France average.
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Audience size is the estimated number of people in France who actively search for Heavy metal music. 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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