Popularity ranking · France

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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How to read this list

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
26 Eurosport 6.5M 41.7 23.2%
27 Yoga 6.4M 44.2 64.3% Sport
28 Australian Open (golf) 6.1M 43.3 0.0% Golf
29 Martial arts 5.9M 40.2 28.9% Sport
30 Sports club 5.9M 41.0 41.0%
31 Top 14 5.8M 38.1 38.2% Rugby
32 Strength training 5.8M 41.0 47.9%
33 Ski 5.8M
34 Volleyball 5.7M 39.6 37.7% Sport
35 Premier League 5.6M 33.3 29.1% Soccer
36 Tennis 5.6M 42.1 39.5% Sport
37 Skiing 5.6M 40.5 47.8% Sport
38 FC Nantes 5.4M 37.1 25.0% Soccer
39 MotoGP 5.1M 36.7 24.2% Motorsport
40 Alpine skiing 5.1M 39.7 53.0% Sport
41 NBA 5M 34.3 31.4% Basketball
42 Rugby league 5M 36.9 42.1%
43 Sports equipment 5M 39.9 50.1%
44 Outdoor enthusiast 5M 45.4 44.3%
45 Cycling 4.9M 40.9 40.3% Sport
46 Manchester United F.C. 4.9M 32.5 35.8% Soccer
47 Running 4.9M 41.5 51.2%
48 Revolution (cycling series) 4.8M Cycling
49 UEFA Europa League 4.6M 32.9 29.3% Soccer
50 FC Barcelona 4.5M 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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