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
26 Ridley Scott 326k 40.7 36.2% Director
27 Bong Joon-ho 314k 48.0 54.4% Director
28 Jim Jarmusch 303k 46.8 47.2% Director
29 Denis Villeneuve 298k 42.0 46.3% Director
30 Tom Ackerley 295k 36.0 43.4% Director
31 Jacques Audiard 281k 50.4 59.2% Director
32 Jean-Luc Godard 249k 45.0 63.9% Director
33 Michel Gondry 243k 42.9 53.3% Director
34 Michel Hazanavicius 235k 34.0 0.0% Director
35 Hayao Miyazaki 219k 36.8 58.8% Director
36 Ken Loach 218k 49.8 59.5% Director
37 David Cronenberg 211k 45.8 42.7% Director
38 Harvey Weinstein 210k 33.9 31.4% Director
39 Peter Jackson 204k 31.8 39.7% Director
40 Wong Kar-wai 200k 48.5 62.9% Director
41 Francis Ford Coppola 198k 38.8 32.9% Director
42 Brian De Palma 194k 50.2 54.0% Director
43 Wim Wenders 191k 47.1 55.2% Director
44 Darren Aronofsky 190k 47.1 48.2% Director
45 François Ozon 187k 50.5 63.9% Director
46 Gus Van Sant 179k 49.7 54.8% Director
47 Spike Lee 170k 32.3 64.1% Director
48 Coen brothers 150k 49.5 53.3% Director
49 Justin Baldoni 141k 24.9 44.1% Director
50 Danny Boyle 141k 40.6 60.0% 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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