A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Podcast in France — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Podcast has an estimated audience of 6,454,646 people in France.
The average Podcast fan in France is 43.6 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Île-de-France.
The audience is concentrated in Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Top brand affinities include Sports, Arts and music, Entertainment, with strongest over-indexing on Sports (2.04× the country average).
Demographically, the Podcast audience skews balanced with an average age of 43.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Individualism, Community Orientation.
Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 13 regions tracked by Rascasse.
The typical Podcast fan in France is balanced, around 43.6 years old, with strong Individualism tendencies and a notable affinity for Sports.
The key figures that characterise the Podcast profile in France.
46.2% are female, 53.8% are male, average age 43.6.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 46.2% |
| Male | 53.8% |
| Average age | 43.6 |
| Estimated audience size | 6,454,646 |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-19 | 13% | |
| 20-29 | 15% | |
| 30-39 | 17% | |
| 40-49 | 21% | |
| 50+ | 33% |
of the worldwide Podcast audience comes from France.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 32.6% |
| United Kingdom | 6.1% |
| Germany | 5.5% |
Where the Podcast audience in France is strongest.
| # | Region | Reach | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Brittany | ~400K | 1.22× | |
| 02 | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | ~700K | 1.19× | |
| 03 | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | ~800K | 1.12× | |
| 04 | Pays de la Loire | ~400K | 1.10× | |
| 05 | Occitanie | ~600K | 1.09× | |
| 06 | Île-de-France | ~1M | 1.06× | |
| 07 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | ~500K | 1.01× | |
| 08 | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | ~300K | 1.01× | |
| 09 | Centre-Val de Loire | ~200K | 0.95× | |
| 10 | Normandy | ~300K | 0.92× | |
| 11 | Grand Est | ~500K | 0.91× | |
| 12 | Hauts-de-France | ~400K | 0.78× | |
| 13 | Corsica | ~20K | 0.71× |
The strongest cross-interests of the Podcast audience — brands, topics and people combined.
| # | · | Interest | Category | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Serge Gainsbourg | Music & Radio | 6.35× | ||
| 02 | Isabelle Adjani | Movies & TV | 5.92× | ||
| 03 | Musée Jacquemart-André | Music & Radio | 3.94× | ||
| 04 | Carla Bruni | Fashion & Accessoires | 3.47× | ||
| 05 | Charlotte Cardin | Music & Radio | 3.24× | ||
| 06 | Groovy (programming language) | Technology & Electronics | 2.67× | ||
| 07 | Pets | Pets & Animals | 2.10× | ||
| 08 | Sports | Sports | 2.04× | ||
| 09 | Rock music | Music & Radio | 1.92× | ||
| 10 | Food | Food & Beverages | 1.90× | ||
| 11 | Movies | Movies & TV | 1.86× | ||
| 12 | Arts and music | Arts & Culture | 1.82× | ||
| 13 | Outdoor recreation | Sports | 1.76× | ||
| 14 | Reading | Literature | 1.74× | ||
| 15 | Entertainment | Movies & TV | 1.69× | ||
| 16 | Games | Games | 1.68× | ||
| 17 | Culture | Literature | 1.66× | ||
| 18 | Consumer electronics | Technology & Electronics | 1.65× | ||
| 19 | Shopping | Shopping | 1.52× | ||
| 20 | Design | Home & Garden | 1.50× |
Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individualism | JOY | 1.62× | |
| Community Orientation | OPEN | 1.56× | |
| Sustainability | BALANCE | 1.54× |
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIY Mentality | THRILL | 1.00× | |
| Quality Awareness | PREMIUM | 1.01× | |
| Patriotism | CONSERVATISM | 1.03× |
Podcast has an estimated audience of 6,454,646 people in France, concentrated in Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
46.2% of Podcast fans are female, 53.8% are male, with an average age of 43.6 years.
Podcast fans show strongest brand affinity for Sports (2.04×), Arts and music (1.82×), and Entertainment (1.69×) over the country average.
Podcast fans in France are most concentrated in Île-de-France (reach ~1M), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (reach ~800K), and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (reach ~700K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.
Beyond Podcast itself, the audience over-indexes on Arts and music (1.82×), Entertainment (1.69×), Pets (2.1×), and Food (1.9×) compared to the France average.
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Audience size is the estimated number of people in France who actively search for Podcast. 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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