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The 100 most popular Sports audiences in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports audiences in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 21k sports audiences tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Tour de France, Paris Saint-Germain and Soccer lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 63M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 5.8M, and the largest, Tour de France, reaches around 24M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each sports audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across France and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in France. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in France, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in France. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Tour de France 24M 40.0 31.8% Cycling
2 Paris Saint-Germain 21M 31.0 37.1% Soccer
3 Soccer 18M 40.3 44.6% Sport
4 FIFA World Cup 15M 34.4 27.2% Soccer
5 Ligue 1 13M 32.1 28.7% Soccer
6 Real Madrid C.F. 12M 33.6 30.2% Soccer
7 Basketball 12M 38.6 41.3% Sport
8 UEFA Champions League 11M 34.6 26.5% Soccer
9 L'Équipe 11M 38.5 26.3%
10 Team sport 11M
11 Golf 9.9M 44.9 40.5% Sport
12 Olympique de Marseille 9.6M 34.9 35.5% Soccer
13 MotoGP 9.4M 38.0 24.8% Motorsport
14 Foot Mercato 9.2M 38.2 21.4%
15 Swimming pool 7.9M 43.6 57.9%
16 Swimming 7.6M 43.9 47.6% Sport
17 RC Lens 7.5M 40.8 25.2% Soccer
18 MOTO GP (INDONESIA) 7.4M 28.1 0.0% Motorsport
19 Rugby union 7M 39.0 41.3% Sport
20 Training 7M 40.5 52.2%
21 Weight training 7M 40.9 49.4%
22 Basic Fit 6.9M 36.6 51.2%
23 Olympique Lyonnais (Ladies) 6.8M 42.3 34.0% Soccer
24 Formula One 6.7M 38.7 26.9% Motorsport
25 Olympique Lyonnais 6.5M 34.5 31.2% Soccer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sports audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across France and ranks each sports audience by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest sports audience in France?

Tour de France currently leads with an estimated audience of 24M people in France.

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