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Top 100 Bands in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest bands in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.9k bands tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Can (band), Down (band) and Fun lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 26M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 855k, and the largest, Can (band), reaches around 18M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each band, 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 The Who 711k 43.9 57.9% Band
27 Iron Maiden 692k 40.6 38.6% Band
28 Crematory 688k 52.0 63.9% Band
29 Simon & Garfunkel 648k 48.1 40.2% Band
30 RÜFÜS 647k 32.5 32.5% Band
31 Depeche Mode 638k 45.2 46.5% Band
32 Metallica 625k 40.6 34.6% Band
33 Athena (band) 619k Band
34 Shipping News 611k 37.2 65.0% Band
35 Skin (musician) 594k Band
36 The Cure 564k 43.7 52.9% Band
37 The Doors 554k 44.7 53.7% Band
38 U2 552k 45.4 54.0% Band
39 Black Sheep (group) 545k Band
40 Dire Straits 523k 49.2 34.1% Band
41 Radiohead 502k 39.9 44.6% Band
42 Slaughterhouse 500k 43.9 49.2% Band
43 Tokio Hotel 488k 42.9 46.8% Band
44 Dispatch (band) 483k Band
45 Icon (band) 481k Band
46 Bee Gees 466k 48.3 51.9% Band
47 Genesis (band) 459k 47.7 36.3% Band
48 Pnl 458k 22.7 26.6% Band
49 Nirvana (band) 457k 37.5 48.0% Band
50 Girl group 455k 31.4 67.5% Band

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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 band 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 band in France?

Can (band) currently leads with an estimated audience of 18M people in France.

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