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Top 100 Cities in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest cities in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.6k cities tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Paris, City of London and Bordeaux lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 35M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.1M, and the largest, Paris, reaches around 17M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each city, 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 Paris 17M 41.2 56.1% City
2 City of London 10M 43.8 53.5% City
3 Bordeaux 7.3M 43.9 55.3% City
4 Como 6.9M 43.0 58.9% City
5 Lyon 6.6M 42.1 52.9% City
6 Marseille 6.6M 42.1 49.8% City
7 Nice 6M 43.5 59.8% City
8 Quebec 5.5M 43.5 52.5% City
9 Lille 4.5M 44.0 56.7% City
10 New York City 4.1M 41.2 54.0% City
11 Strasbourg 4M 45.2 57.5% City
12 London 3.7M 41.0 54.7% City
13 Toulouse 3.6M 42.9 52.7% City
14 Milan 3.5M 37.6 59.6% City
15 Nantes 3.2M 43.2 51.9% City
16 Istanbul 3.2M 40.4 53.7% City
17 Seoul 3.2M 35.3 53.3% City
18 Rennes 3M 43.8 54.3% City
19 Melbourne 2.7M 43.6 52.8% City
20 Montpellier 2.6M 43.5 54.1% City
21 Boulogne-Billancourt 2.5M 39.4 46.0% City
22 Tokyo 2.4M 37.9 49.7% City
23 Los Angeles 2.4M 40.2 49.1% City
24 Hangzhou 2.4M 45.5 49.6% City
25 Amsterdam 2.3M 41.5 49.8% City

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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 city 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 city in France?

Paris currently leads with an estimated audience of 17M people in France.

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