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 147 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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How to read this list

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 Neşet Ertaş 6k 40.5 63.4% Folk
52 Bert Jansch 5.1k 0.0 0.0% Folk
53 Jelena Rozga 5k 42.1 46.7% Folk
54 Caamp 4.8k 42.2 48.2% Folk
55 Hollow Coves 4.6k 39.9 52.2% Folk
56 Zeca Afonso 4.5k 38.4 26.3% Folk
57 Ceca Raznatovic 4.4k 31.8 57.6% Folk
58 Željko Joksimović 4.1k 41.2 63.1% Folk
59 Whitley 4.1k 39.8 46.5% Folk
60 Bowerbirds 3.9k 40.0 30.3% Folk
61 Crosby & Nash 3.4k 50.2 41.2% Folk
62 Allison Russell 3.1k 37.4 63.1% Folk
63 The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats 3k 44.5 50.3% Folk
64 Matt Elliott 2.9k 38.1 56.3% Folk
65 Marissa Nadler 2.8k 39.4 51.4% Folk
66 Talisk 2.6k 42.8 51.0% Folk
67 Šaban Šaulić 2.5k 39.8 17.6% Folk
68 Paddy and the Rats 2.2k 44.5 55.6% Folk
69 Shawn Phillips 2.2k 45.4 38.4% Folk
70 Hazlett 2.2k 36.7 46.4% Folk
71 Sam Amidon 2.1k 47.7 47.0% Folk
72 Kathy Kelly 2.1k 38.9 63.2% Folk
73 Lael Neale 1.9k 41.8 45.2% Folk
74 Michael Hirte 1.8k 55.1 78.9% Folk
75 Johnnyswim 1.7k 37.1 47.1% 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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