Popularity ranking · France

The 100 most popular Composers in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest composers in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 118 composers tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Hans Zimmer, John Williams and Charles Trenet lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 69k, and the largest, Hans Zimmer, reaches around 920k people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each composer, 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
1 Hans Zimmer 920k 42.2 42.1% Composer
2 John Williams 897k 50.5 53.3% Composer
3 Charles Trenet 660k 59.0 68.0% Composer
4 Henry VIII of England 481k 45.9 36.6% Composer
5 Jean-Michel Jarre 462k 39.3 54.5% Composer
6 Pep's 377k 31.7 71.3% Composer
7 Georges Moustaki 313k 53.5 65.5% Composer
8 Michel Legrand 289k 50.0 53.7% Composer
9 Ennio Morricone 288k 47.3 48.4% Composer
10 Yann Tiersen 179k 45.4 53.9% Composer
11 Maurice Jarre 137k 43.8 81.7% Composer
12 Philip Glass 128k 44.3 49.6% Composer
13 Ziad Rahbani 96k 41.7 50.8% Composer
14 Max Richter 90k 45.0 59.3% Composer
15 Danny Elfman 86k 38.8 38.1% Composer
16 Daniel Barenboim 81k 52.2 53.6% Composer
17 Joe Hisaishi 76k 31.1 48.3% Composer
18 Marcus Miller 73k 47.2 38.3% Composer
19 Giorgio Moroder 72k 42.6 62.8% Composer
20 Björk 71k 42.8 45.2% Composer
21 Richard Galliano 58k 57.1 51.9% Composer
22 Charles Gounod 50k 41.6 43.6% Composer
23 Kaytranada 49k 26.4 32.6% Composer
24 Dove Attia 47k 25.5 100.0% Composer
25 George Gershwin 39k 48.1 48.4% Composer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular composers compiled?

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

Hans Zimmer currently leads with an estimated audience of 920k people in France.

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