Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Soul music Audience in France

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Soul music in France — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Soul music has an estimated audience of 5,968,434 people in France.

The average Soul music fan in France is 36.9 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 WeTransfer, Gift, Charlotte Cardin, with strongest over-indexing on WeTransfer (1.87× the country average).

Demographically, the Soul music audience skews balanced with an average age of 36.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Career Orientation, Mindfulness.

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

The typical Soul music fan in France is balanced, around 36.9 years old, with strong Career Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for WeTransfer.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical genre

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 Soul music profile in France.

Audience size
6M
in France
Gender
50.0%
50.0% male
Age
36.9
average years
Country rank
#562
Topic in France
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+4%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Soul music fans

50.0% are female, 50.0% are male, average age 36.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

50.0%
Female
50.0%
Male
Demographic split for Soul music audience in France
MetricValue
Female50.0%
Male50.0%
Average age36.9
Estimated audience size5,968,434
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.9
average years
Age distribution of the Soul music audience in France
Age bracketShare%
16-1926%
20-2922%
30-3917%
40-4917%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.4%

of the worldwide Soul music audience comes from France.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Soul music
CountryShare
United States24.5%
Brazil6.3%
United Kingdom4.6%
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 Soul music audience in France is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Soul music fans by region: top regions in France
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Occitanie~600K1.21×
02Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur~500K1.14×
03Brittany~300K1.13×
04Nouvelle-Aquitaine~600K1.07×
05Île-de-France~1M1.06×
06Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes~700K1.05×
07Pays de la Loire~300K1.02×
08Centre-Val de Loire~200K0.97×
09Normandy~300K0.96×
10Corsica~30K0.95×
11Hauts-de-France~500K0.92×
12Bourgogne-Franche-Comté~200K0.92×
13Grand Est~400K0.86×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Soul music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Rhianna (singer)Music & Radio2.75×
02Music of NigeriaMusic & Radio2.21×
03Julien ClercMusic & Radio1.90×
04Laurent VoulzyMusic & Radio1.89×
05WeTransferInternet & Social Media1.87×
06Moving companyHome & Garden1.84×
07Charlotte CardinMusic & Radio1.82×
08Mireille MathieuMusic & Radio1.80×
09YouTube MusicInternet & Social Media1.74×
10Local newsNews1.74×
11Rachida DatiPolitics & Society1.70×
12Hugues AufrayMovies & TV1.70×
13Sheila (singer)Music & Radio1.70×
14Groovy (programming language)Technology & Electronics1.69×
15GiftShopping1.66×
16Sylvie VartanMusic & Radio1.62×
17Michael JacksonMusic & Radio1.59×
18ICloudTechnology & Electronics1.53×
19Pierre PerretMusic & Radio1.53×
20Carla BruniFashion & Accessoires1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Soul music 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 Soul music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Career OrientationPOWER1.17×
MindfulnessBALANCE1.13×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.11×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Soul music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.85×
Sports ActivityPOWER0.89×
DIY MentalityTHRILL0.90×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Soul music have in France?

Soul music has an estimated audience of 5,968,434 people in France, concentrated in Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

02

What is the gender split and age of Soul music fans?

50.0% of Soul music fans are female, 50.0% are male, with an average age of 36.9 years.

03

Which brands do Soul music fans like most?

Soul music fans show strongest brand affinity for WeTransfer (1.87×), Gift (1.66×), and Charlotte Cardin (1.82×) over the country average.

04

Where do Soul music fans live in France?

Soul music fans in France are most concentrated in Île-de-France (reach ~1M), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (reach ~700K), and Occitanie (reach ~600K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Soul music fans also like?

Beyond Soul music itself, the audience over-indexes on Gift (1.66×), Charlotte Cardin (1.82×), Rhianna (singer) (2.75×), and Groovy (programming language) (1.69×) 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 Soul 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.

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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