Popularity ranking · France

The 100 most popular Folks in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest folks in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 148 folks tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Isabelle Boulay, Gilbert Bécaud and Bob Dylan lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 59k, and the largest, Isabelle Boulay, reaches around 1.3M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each folk, 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 George Wassouf 28k 40.0 61.3% Folk
27 Hakim (Egyptian singer) 28k 32.9 50.9% Folk
28 Crisis 27k 42.7 48.3% Folk
29 Carlos Núñez 25k 45.1 50.8% Folk
30 Ferdi Tayfur 22k 41.5 26.3% Folk
31 Corvus Corax 22k 34.3 55.4% Folk
32 Myrkur 20k 37.3 42.8% Folk
33 Jesse Welles 20k 48.1 55.8% Folk
34 José González (singer) 19k 43.4 47.4% Folk
35 Aca Lukas 18k 37.4 42.4% Folk
36 Anna von Hausswolff 18k 41.7 42.4% Folk
37 Sherine Abdel-Wahab 15k 28.8 77.7% Folk
38 Roy Harper 13k 0.0 0.0% Folk
39 Ocie Elliott 12k 40.3 54.2% Folk
40 Reinhard Mey 10k 40.1 50.8% Folk
41 Phil Wickham 9k 48.3 76.9% Folk
42 Sons of the East 8.7k 36.6 56.1% Folk
43 Dara Bubamara 7.9k 40.9 66.2% Folk
44 Scott Kelly 7.8k 41.0 41.9% Folk
45 Valerie June 7.5k 36.3 61.2% Folk
46 Vicente Fernández 7.1k 33.0 46.7% Folk
47 Lankum 6.9k 35.3 42.4% Folk
48 Lingua Ignota 6.8k 40.2 24.6% Folk
49 Ebru Gündeş 6.8k 34.3 69.2% Folk
50 Barbara Dane 6.7k 50.2 60.7% Folk

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular folks compiled?

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

Isabelle Boulay currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.3M people in France.

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