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Top 100 Authors in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest authors in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 758 authors tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Éric Zemmour, George Sand and Carlos Ghosn lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 289k, and the largest, Éric Zemmour, reaches around 1.6M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each author, 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 Éric Zemmour 1.6M 48.1 31.8% Author
2 George Sand 1.1M 40.4 70.5% Author
3 Carlos Ghosn 922k 52.1 25.5% Author
4 Amélie Nothomb 888k 47.1 73.5% Author
5 Albert Camus 843k 48.8 56.8% Author
6 Molière 832k 48.1 61.7% Author
7 Simone de Beauvoir 806k 47.0 67.5% Author
8 Amal Clooney 755k 40.3 65.9% Author
9 Jules Verne 738k 43.0 54.4% Author
10 Stephen King 714k 35.6 57.5% Author
11 Anne Frank 582k 37.1 87.8% Author
12 Harlan Coben 578k 48.3 71.3% Author
13 Jacques Attali 554k 45.2 33.7% Author
14 Agatha Christie 541k 42.7 66.4% Author
15 Jane Austen 521k 39.9 80.5% Author
16 Hannah Arendt 488k 51.3 54.0% Author
17 Nostradamus 487k 47.1 82.0% Author
18 Alexandre Astier 476k 24.4 80.6% Author
19 Pāṇini 460k 29.2 44.9% Author
20 Joël Dicker 455k 47.5 72.7% Author
21 Guillaume Musso 414k 47.8 81.2% Author
22 Oscar Wilde 413k 46.9 62.9% Author
23 Candace Owens 386k 32.8 52.5% Author
24 Marc Levy 363k 48.1 80.0% Author
25 Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 358k 49.6 73.4% Author

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across France and ranks each author 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 author in France?

Éric Zemmour currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.6M people in France.

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