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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
76 Edgar Wright 89k 38.7 60.1% Director
77 Zack Snyder 88k 27.0 18.7% Director
78 Michael Moore 81k 40.6 53.7% Director
79 Kiyoshi Kurosawa 77k 48.8 61.6% Director
80 Matthew Vaughn 76k 39.8 45.0% Director
81 Miloš Forman 75k 34.1 85.0% Director
82 Paolo Sorrentino 70k 40.1 51.4% Director
83 James Wan 68k 41.8 33.7% Director
84 Nicolas Winding Refn 68k 48.5 39.0% Director
85 Paul Auster 64k 36.3 100.0% Director
86 Judd Apatow 62k 45.6 59.0% Director
87 Éric Rohmer 62k 45.8 29.6% Director
88 Spike Jonze 59k 41.9 35.1% Director
89 Stephen Chow 59k 49.4 72.7% Director
90 J. J. Abrams 59k 40.7 54.2% Director
91 Alejandro Jodorowsky 58k 45.6 59.5% Director
92 Bruno Dumont 57k 44.6 32.9% Director
93 Lynne Ramsay 54k 52.9 10.7% Director
94 John Ford 54k 37.1 54.8% Director
95 Chloé Zhao 54k 41.5 55.4% Director
96 Eli Roth 53k 26.9 51.9% Director
97 Noah Baumbach 52k 48.0 50.9% Director
98 Rian Johnson 51k 40.7 26.6% Director
99 Luis Buñuel 51k 51.4 74.7% Director
100 Alfonso Cuarón 51k 41.1 59.0% 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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