Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Mass media Audience in France

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Mass media in France — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Mass media has an estimated audience of 4,137,922 people in France.

The average Mass media fan in France is 42.7 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Île-de-France.

The audience is concentrated in Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Occitanie.

Top brand affinities include Love & Sex, Christmas Gift, Kitchen garden, with strongest over-indexing on Love & Sex (259.96× the country average).

Demographically, the Mass media audience skews balanced with an average age of 42.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Mindfulness, Career Orientation.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 13 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Mass media fan in France is balanced, around 42.7 years old, with strong Mindfulness tendencies and a notable affinity for Love & Sex.

Category: Business & Career · Type: Topic · Subtype: Lifestyle cluster

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Mass media profile in France.

Audience size
4.1M
in France
Gender
51.7%
48.3% male
Age
42.7
average years
Country rank
#951
Topic in France
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-15%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Mass media fans

51.7% are female, 48.3% are male, average age 42.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.7%
Female
48.3%
Male
Demographic split for Mass media audience in France
MetricValue
Female51.7%
Male48.3%
Average age42.7
Estimated audience size4,137,922
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.7
average years
Age distribution of the Mass media audience in France
Age bracketShare%
16-1912%
20-2918%
30-3919%
40-4921%
50+29%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.8%

of the worldwide Mass media audience comes from France.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Mass media
CountryShare
United States20.1%
India4.9%
Brazil4.2%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the France average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Mass media audience in France is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Mass media fans by region: top regions in France
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Île-de-France~900K1.26×
02Corsica~20K1.13×
03Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur~300K1.05×
04Occitanie~400K0.99×
05Normandy~200K0.97×
06Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes~500K0.96×
07Bourgogne-Franche-Comté~200K0.96×
08Pays de la Loire~200K0.95×
09Centre-Val de Loire~100K0.95×
10Nouvelle-Aquitaine~300K0.94×
11Grand Est~300K0.94×
12Brittany~200K0.94×
13Hauts-de-France~300K0.93×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Mass media audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Mass media audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Love & SexKids & Family259.96×
02SelfridgesShopping201.83×
03Christmas GiftKids & Family27.27×
04Christmas treeKids & Family23.64×
05Plants vs. ZombiesGames21.82×
06AquaphorBeauty & Wellness20.00×
07Girl powerPolitics & Society17.66×
08Kitchen gardenHome & Garden14.45×
09Broadcasting of sports eventsMovies & TV14.10×
10DentistryBusiness & Career12.96×
11Zoom lensTechnology & Electronics11.53×
12Breast Cancer awarenessHealth10.52×
13SexologyKids & Family10.25×
14RaincoatFashion & Accessoires9.73×
15HormoneHealth9.10×
16Single-lens reflex cameraTechnology & Electronics6.74×
17Sustainable productsPolitics & Society6.21×
18ImprovisationMusic & Radio4.11×
19Permanent residencyBusiness & Career3.50×
20Real propertyHome & Garden1.94×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Mass media audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Mass media audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE2.33×
Career OrientationPOWER1.56×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.34×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Mass media audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.82×
Community OrientationOPEN0.89×
IndulgenceJOY0.89×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Mass media have in France?

Mass media has an estimated audience of 4,137,922 people in France, concentrated in Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

02

What is the gender split and age of Mass media fans?

51.7% of Mass media fans are female, 48.3% are male, with an average age of 42.7 years.

03

Which brands do Mass media fans like most?

Mass media fans show strongest brand affinity for Love & Sex (259.96×), Christmas Gift (27.27×), and Kitchen garden (14.45×) over the country average.

04

Where do Mass media fans live in France?

Mass media fans in France are most concentrated in Île-de-France (reach ~900K), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (reach ~500K), and Occitanie (reach ~400K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Mass media fans also like?

Beyond Mass media itself, the audience over-indexes on Christmas Gift (27.27×), Kitchen garden (14.45×), Christmas tree (23.64×), and Broadcasting of sports events (14.1×) compared to the France average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in France who actively search for Mass media. 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.

About this audience profile

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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