Popularity ranking · France

The 100 most popular Directors in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest directors in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 250 directors tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Luc Besson, Marc Dorcel and Edgar Morin lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 264k, and the largest, Luc Besson, reaches around 1.4M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each director, 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 Luc Besson 1.4M 41.7 57.7% Director
2 Marc Dorcel 1.3M 33.0 7.2% Director
3 Edgar Morin 1.2M 42.2 30.0% Director
4 Tim Burton 849k 35.4 63.8% Director
5 Marcel Pagnol 846k 49.7 53.4% Director
6 David Lynch 769k 42.9 55.1% Director
7 Christopher Nolan 753k 41.9 35.5% Director
8 Paul Thomas Anderson 719k 44.1 64.3% Director
9 Steven Spielberg 689k 38.2 53.3% Director
10 James Cameron 635k 37.3 40.3% Director
11 Quentin Tarantino 619k 41.4 40.9% Director
12 Woody Allen 617k 41.6 68.4% Director
13 Alfred Hitchcock 606k 45.4 57.0% Director
14 David Foenkinos 554k 49.2 100.0% Director
15 Wes Anderson 537k 43.1 58.6% Director
16 Caroline Fourest 486k 48.3 33.2% Director
17 Martin Scorsese 485k 42.7 49.3% Director
18 Guillermo del Toro 471k 40.6 49.7% Director
19 Park Chan-wook 464k 47.4 50.0% Director
20 Guy Ritchie 412k 41.8 33.5% Director
21 Xavier Dolan 409k 42.5 51.7% Director
22 Alexandre Jardin 392k 47.4 65.5% Director
23 Stanley Kubrick 390k 42.6 49.5% Director
24 Bob Odenkirk 360k 43.3 20.1% Director
25 Bertrand Blier 359k 50.8 51.1% Director

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular directors compiled?

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

Luc Besson currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.4M people in France.

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