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Top 100 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 116 composers tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Hans Zimmer, Charles Trenet and John Williams lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 65k, and the largest, Hans Zimmer, reaches around 919k 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 919k 42.2 42.1% Composer
2 Charles Trenet 630k 59.0 68.0% Composer
3 John Williams 611k 50.5 53.3% Composer
4 Henry VIII of England 484k 45.9 36.6% Composer
5 Jean-Michel Jarre 451k 39.3 54.5% Composer
6 Björk 426k 42.8 45.2% Composer
7 Michel Legrand 308k 50.0 53.7% Composer
8 Ennio Morricone 290k 47.3 48.4% Composer
9 Georges Moustaki 265k 53.5 65.5% Composer
10 Yann Tiersen 187k 45.4 53.9% Composer
11 Maurice Jarre 134k 43.8 81.7% Composer
12 Philip Glass 114k 44.3 49.6% Composer
13 Max Richter 97k 45.0 59.3% Composer
14 Ziad Rahbani 93k 41.7 50.8% Composer
15 Danny Elfman 88k 38.8 38.1% Composer
16 Daniel Barenboim 87k 52.2 53.6% Composer
17 Marcus Miller 73k 47.2 38.3% Composer
18 Giorgio Moroder 71k 42.6 62.8% Composer
19 Joe Hisaishi 68k 31.1 48.3% Composer
20 Richard Galliano 60k 57.1 51.9% Composer
21 Kaytranada 58k 26.4 32.6% Composer
22 Dove Attia 51k 25.5 100.0% Composer
23 Charles Gounod 48k 41.6 43.6% Composer
24 Alexandre Desplat 41k 27.1 79.1% Composer
25 George Gershwin 38k 48.1 48.4% Composer

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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 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 919k people in France.

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