A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Hobby in France — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Hobby has an estimated audience of 10,644,929 people in France.
The average Hobby fan in France is 42.2 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Île-de-France.
The audience is concentrated in Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hauts-de-France.
Top brand affinities include Patrick Bruel, Optics, Mammal, with strongest over-indexing on Patrick Bruel (1.54× the country average).
Demographically, the Hobby audience skews more female with an average age of 42.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Mindfulness.
Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 13 regions tracked by Rascasse.
The typical Hobby fan in France is more female, around 42.2 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for Patrick Bruel.
The key figures that characterise the Hobby profile in France.
57.2% are female, 42.8% are male, average age 42.2.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 57.2% |
| Male | 42.8% |
| Average age | 42.2 |
| Estimated audience size | 10,644,929 |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-19 | 14% | |
| 20-29 | 18% | |
| 30-39 | 19% | |
| 40-49 | 21% | |
| 50+ | 28% |
of the worldwide Hobby audience comes from France.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 21.7% |
| China | 7.4% |
| Japan | 6.0% |
Where the Hobby audience in France is strongest.
| # | Region | Reach | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Île-de-France | ~2M | 1.16× | |
| 02 | Hauts-de-France | ~1M | 1.12× | |
| 03 | Grand Est | ~900K | 1.09× | |
| 04 | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | ~1.5M | 1.07× | |
| 05 | Normandy | ~500K | 1.04× | |
| 06 | Occitanie | ~1M | 1.03× | |
| 07 | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | ~400K | 1.01× | |
| 08 | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | ~900K | 1.00× | |
| 09 | Centre-Val de Loire | ~400K | 1.00× | |
| 10 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | ~800K | 0.96× | |
| 11 | Pays de la Loire | ~600K | 0.94× | |
| 12 | Brittany | ~500K | 0.90× | |
| 13 | Corsica | ~40K | 0.83× |
The strongest cross-interests of the Hobby audience — brands, topics and people combined.
| # | · | Interest | Category | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Optics | Health | 1.76× | ||
| 02 | Michel Sardou | Music & Radio | 1.68× | ||
| 03 | Photographic film | Technology & Electronics | 1.65× | ||
| 04 | Patrick Sébastien | Movies & TV | 1.61× | ||
| 05 | Live television | Movies & TV | 1.56× | ||
| 06 | Divination | Health | 1.56× | ||
| 07 | Magic (paranormal) | Politics & Society | 1.55× | ||
| 08 | Patrick Bruel | Music & Radio | 1.54× | ||
| 09 | Mammal | Pets & Animals | 1.54× | ||
| 10 | Humorism | Literature | 1.54× | ||
| 11 | Marianne (magazine) | News | 1.54× | ||
| 12 | Ornamental plant | Home & Garden | 1.53× | ||
| 13 | Insect | Pets & Animals | 1.53× | ||
| 14 | Visual arts | Business & Career | 1.53× | ||
| 15 | Permaculture | Home & Garden | 1.53× | ||
| 16 | Fortune-telling | Health | 1.53× | ||
| 17 | Wild fisheries | Travel & Leisure | 1.53× | ||
| 18 | Renaud | Music & Radio | 1.52× | ||
| 19 | Felis | Pets & Animals | 1.51× | ||
| 20 | Publishing | Literature | 1.51× |
Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirituality | BALANCE | 1.32× | |
| Mindfulness | BALANCE | 1.26× | |
| DIY Mentality | THRILL | 1.20× |
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxury Orientation | PREMIUM | 0.75× | |
| Design Affinity | PREMIUM | 0.79× | |
| Early Adopter Mentality | POWER | 0.80× |
Hobby has an estimated audience of 10,644,929 people in France, concentrated in Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
57.2% of Hobby fans are female, 42.8% are male, with an average age of 42.2 years.
Hobby fans show strongest brand affinity for Patrick Bruel (1.54×), Optics (1.76×), and Mammal (1.54×) over the country average.
Hobby fans in France are most concentrated in Île-de-France (reach ~2M), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (reach ~1.5M), and Hauts-de-France (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.
Beyond Hobby itself, the audience over-indexes on Optics (1.76×), Mammal (1.54×), Photographic film (1.65×), and Ornamental plant (1.53×) compared to the France average.
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Audience size is the estimated number of people in France who actively search for Hobby. 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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