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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
51 Pablo Neruda 185k 40.9 63.8% Author
52 Marquis de Sade 178k 44.5 47.1% Author
53 Lisa Gardner 177k 49.5 85.1% Author
54 George Orwell 173k 37.8 57.7% Author
55 Angela Davis 172k 35.7 60.8% Author
56 Chris Kyle 170k 27.1 0.0% Author
57 J. R. R. Tolkien 164k 31.5 43.3% Author
58 Tatiana de Rosnay 162k 50.0 100.0% Author
59 Jordan Belfort 162k 34.1 40.7% Author
60 Laozi 160k 47.4 76.6% Author
61 Noam Chomsky 157k 42.6 48.9% Author
62 Michael Connelly 155k 50.2 67.6% Author
63 Paul the Apostle 155k 43.6 56.6% Author
64 Florence Nightingale 153k 46.9 45.6% Author
65 Camilla Läckberg 151k 42.9 72.1% Author
66 Buzz Aldrin 150k 35.8 53.6% Author
67 Marguerite Duras 147k 25.7 44.2% Author
68 Philip Roth 146k 49.4 59.5% Author
69 Danielle Steel 143k 41.4 79.2% Author
70 Nicolas Vanier 141k 46.4 70.6% Author
71 Sally Rooney 141k 39.1 60.2% Author
72 Heather Graham 131k 33.6 67.6% Author
73 Malala Yousafzai 131k 33.2 52.1% Author
74 Sophie Kinsella 130k 42.0 79.4% Author
75 Mary Higgins Clark 123k 51.4 68.2% 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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