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Top 54 Cheeses in France

This curated ranking covers the 54 largest cheeses in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Cheese, Cantal and Cheddar cheese lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 7.2M people. Across all 54 entries the average audience size is 208k, and the largest, Cheese, reaches around 6.2M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each cheese, 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 54, 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 Brie 49k 40.3 67.0% Cheese
27 Smoked cheese 48k 47.3 55.2% Cheese
28 Cottage cheese 47k 43.2 72.3% Cheese
29 Fourme d'Ambert 38k 45.3 67.0% Cheese
30 Cancoillotte 38k 44.6 66.8% Cheese
31 Grated cheese 36k 45.6 50.2% Cheese
32 Comté cheese 34k 43.1 58.0% Cheese
33 Vegan cheese 34k 44.0 50.8% Cheese
34 Queso blanco 33k 43.2 52.2% Cheese
35 Bleu d'Auvergne 21k 50.3 59.8% Cheese
36 Pecorino 19k 40.4 59.4% Cheese
37 Buffalo mozzarella 17k 39.3 63.2% Cheese
38 Mimolette 16k 44.4 65.4% Cheese
39 Gruyère cheese 16k 54.2 95.4% Cheese
40 Gouda cheese 14k 38.6 66.0% Cheese
41 Asiago cheese 14k 50.9 65.7% Cheese
42 Grana (cheese) 10k 51.0 64.6% Cheese
43 Appenzeller cheese 9.7k 54.5 21.6% Cheese
44 Manchego 7.7k 32.0 37.8% Cheese
45 Provolone 6.3k 33.6 46.5% Cheese
46 Fromage blanc 4.4k 43.3 100.0% Cheese
47 Edam cheese 4k 28.9 41.3% Cheese
48 Pizza cheese 3k 22.1 51.1% Cheese
49 Beer cheese (spread) 2.8k 44.8 63.8% Cheese
50 Taleggio cheese 2.4k 46.7 60.0% Cheese

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 54 list compiled?

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

Cheese currently leads with an estimated audience of 6.2M people in France.

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