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Top 100 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 145 folks tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Isabelle Boulay, Bob Dylan and Gilbert Bécaud lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 56k, and the largest, Isabelle Boulay, reaches around 1.2M 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
51 Bert Jansch 5k 0.0 0.0% Folk
52 Jelena Rozga 5k 42.1 46.7% Folk
53 Hollow Coves 4.7k 39.9 50.1% Folk
54 Caamp 4.5k 42.5 47.6% Folk
55 Ceca Raznatovic 4.4k 31.8 57.6% Folk
56 Zeca Afonso 4.4k 38.4 26.3% Folk
57 José González (singer) 4.1k 43.4 47.4% Folk
58 Lael Neale 4.1k 41.4 46.7% Folk
59 Željko Joksimović 4.1k 41.2 63.1% Folk
60 Whitley 4k 40.8 50.0% Folk
61 Crosby & Nash 3.7k 48.6 45.8% Folk
62 Bowerbirds 3.5k 39.8 30.0% Folk
63 The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats 3.5k 44.5 55.6% Folk
64 Matt Elliott 3.2k 39.8 64.6% Folk
65 Marissa Nadler 2.9k 39.3 57.8% Folk
66 Allison Russell 2.8k 41.0 47.3% Folk
67 Sam Amidon 2.6k 49.6 46.7% Folk
68 Hazlett 2.5k 42.8 47.3% Folk
69 Šaban Šaulić 2.4k 39.8 17.6% Folk
70 Talisk 2.4k 42.5 52.2% Folk
71 Shawn Phillips 2.3k 45.5 38.3% Folk
72 Paddy and the Rats 2.2k 44.5 55.6% Folk
73 Kathy Kelly 1.9k 40.3 67.0% Folk
74 Steve von Till 1.8k 39.5 41.9% Folk
75 Michael Hirte 1.8k 55.1 78.9% Folk

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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 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 1.2M people in France.

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