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
76 Michael Bay 92k 34.4 23.7% Director
77 Pedro Almodóvar 91k 48.1 57.4% Director
78 Nicolas Winding Refn 89k 48.5 39.0% Director
79 Edgar Wright 87k 38.7 60.1% Director
80 Luca Guadagnino 86k 49.3 55.0% Director
81 Robert Rodriguez 84k 42.5 70.8% Director
82 Pier Paolo Pasolini 83k 50.1 51.4% Director
83 Alfonso Cuarón 81k 41.1 59.0% Director
84 Michael Moore 79k 40.6 53.7% Director
85 Miloš Forman 76k 34.1 85.0% Director
86 Judd Apatow 71k 45.6 59.0% Director
87 Matthew Vaughn 69k 39.8 45.0% Director
88 James Wan 69k 41.8 33.7% Director
89 Paolo Sorrentino 64k 40.1 51.4% Director
90 Bruno Dumont 59k 44.6 32.9% Director
91 J. J. Abrams 58k 40.7 54.2% Director
92 Billy Wilder 58k 35.8 78.4% Director
93 Spike Jonze 58k 41.9 35.1% Director
94 Nanni Moretti 55k 44.8 39.1% Director
95 John Ford 55k 37.1 54.8% Director
96 Andrei Tarkovsky 55k 49.6 42.0% Director
97 Alejandro Jodorowsky 54k 45.6 59.5% Director
98 Kiyoshi Kurosawa 54k 48.8 61.6% Director
99 Noah Baumbach 54k 48.0 50.9% Director
100 Stephen Chow 53k 49.4 72.7% 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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