Popularity ranking · France

The 100 most popular 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 762 authors tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Éric Zemmour, Albert Camus and Amal Clooney lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 260k, and the largest, Éric Zemmour, reaches around 1.7M 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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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
1 Éric Zemmour 1.7M 48.1 31.8% Author
2 Albert Camus 860k 48.8 56.8% Author
3 Amal Clooney 795k 40.3 65.9% Author
4 Simone de Beauvoir 765k 47.0 67.5% Author
5 Carlos Ghosn 762k 52.1 25.5% Author
6 Jules Verne 716k 43.0 54.4% Author
7 Stephen King 696k 35.6 57.5% Author
8 Harlan Coben 645k 48.3 71.3% Author
9 Anne Frank 596k 37.1 87.8% Author
10 Jane Austen 564k 39.9 80.5% Author
11 Agatha Christie 532k 42.7 66.4% Author
12 George Sand 491k 40.4 70.5% Author
13 Alexandre Astier 486k 24.4 80.6% Author
14 Hannah Arendt 476k 51.3 54.0% Author
15 Nostradamus 461k 47.1 82.0% Author
16 Guillaume Musso 444k 47.8 81.2% Author
17 Candace Owens 444k 34.9 50.3% Author
18 Jacques Attali 425k 45.2 33.7% Author
19 Oscar Wilde 410k 46.9 62.9% Author
20 Molière 377k 48.1 61.7% Author
21 Anatole France 359k 32.1 48.6% Author
22 Alfred de Musset 336k 44.1 68.9% Author
23 Riad Sattouf 324k 41.0 69.2% Author
24 Jean-Paul Sartre 318k 47.9 62.3% Author
25 Marc Levy 318k 48.1 80.0% Author

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular authors 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 1.7M people in France.

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