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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 | Country share | Avg age | Female share | Subtype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | KKen Follett | 317k | 11.3% | 42.8 | 59.3% | Author |
| 27 | SStefan Zweig | 295k | 14.2% | 44.4 | 94.3% | Author |
| 28 | AAmélie Nothomb | 271k | 72.3% | 47.1 | 73.5% | Author |
| 29 | EEdgar Allan Poe | 265k | 2.9% | 38.3 | 51.8% | Author |
| 30 | DDan Brown | 264k | 4.9% | 42.5 | 65.9% | Author |
| 31 | WWilliam Shakespeare | 255k | 2.2% | 44.2 | 65.0% | Author |
| 32 | RRobert Charlebois | 247k | 51.3% | 40.4 | 100.0% | Author |
| 33 | UUmberto Eco | 246k | 9.8% | 39.4 | 67.5% | Author |
| 34 | BBeatrix Potter | 244k | 10.2% | 38.2 | 41.4% | Author |
| 35 | MMargaret Atwood | 242k | 7.1% | 47.3 | 66.8% | Author |
| 36 | RRoald Dahl | 242k | 3.7% | 38.7 | 63.1% | Author |
| 37 | TThomas Aquinas | 233k | 6.0% | 45.4 | 67.0% | Author |
| 38 | PPaulo Coelho | 222k | 4.7% | 46.4 | 77.6% | Author |
| 39 | HHarriet Tubman | 221k | 3.0% | 46.6 | 67.7% | Author |
| 40 | Ccolleen hoover | 220k | 3.2% | 31.9 | 71.4% | Author |
| 41 | MMarcel Proust | 204k | 18.2% | 47.1 | 65.1% | Author |
| 42 | MMontesquieu | 204k | 13.0% | 31.1 | 51.3% | Author |
| 43 | PPhilip K. Dick | 202k | 9.2% | 42.5 | 37.6% | Author |
| 44 | VVirginia Woolf | 198k | 4.4% | 39.1 | 64.6% | Author |
| 45 | MMarquis de Sade | 195k | 17.2% | 44.5 | 47.1% | Author |
| 46 | SSarah, Duchess of York | 194k | 2.1% | 32.3 | 100.0% | Author |
| 47 | PPablo Neruda | 187k | 7.1% | 40.9 | 63.8% | Author |
| 48 | GGeorge Orwell | 186k | 2.8% | 37.8 | 57.7% | Author |
| 49 | PPierre de Marivaux | 175k | 98.1% | 44.8 | 51.9% | Author |
| 50 | LLisa Gardner | 174k | 27.0% | 49.5 | 85.1% | 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.