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Top 100 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 249 directors tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Luc Besson, David Lynch and Tim Burton lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 247k, 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
26 Xavier Dolan 318k 42.5 51.7% Director
27 Tom Ackerley 310k 37.6 41.9% Director
28 Denis Villeneuve 310k 42.0 46.3% Director
29 Jim Jarmusch 297k 46.8 47.2% Director
30 Edgar Morin 265k 42.2 30.0% Director
31 Michel Hazanavicius 259k 34.0 0.0% Director
32 Michel Gondry 249k 42.9 53.3% Director
33 David Cronenberg 239k 45.8 42.7% Director
34 Jean-Luc Godard 236k 45.0 63.9% Director
35 François Ozon 233k 50.5 63.9% Director
36 Hayao Miyazaki 230k 36.8 58.8% Director
37 Danny Boyle 221k 40.6 60.0% Director
38 Darren Aronofsky 210k 47.1 48.2% Director
39 Harvey Weinstein 206k 33.9 31.4% Director
40 Francis Ford Coppola 202k 38.8 32.9% Director
41 Brian De Palma 200k 50.2 54.0% Director
42 Wong Kar-wai 190k 48.5 62.9% Director
43 Wim Wenders 190k 47.1 55.2% Director
44 Ken Loach 188k 49.8 59.5% Director
45 Pedro Almodóvar 186k 48.1 57.4% Director
46 Marcello Mastroianni 181k 29.0 100.0% Director
47 Justin Baldoni 167k 24.9 44.1% Director
48 Oliver Stone 146k 41.9 46.9% Director
49 Coen brothers 145k 49.5 53.3% Director
50 Werner Herzog 133k 46.4 50.4% Director

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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 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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