Popularity ranking · France

The 100 most popular Journalists in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest journalists in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 103 journalists tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Charlotte Casiraghi, Jean d'Ormesson and Bernard Werber lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 12M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 146k, and the largest, Charlotte Casiraghi, reaches around 11M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each journalist, 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 José Saramago 17k 40.2 62.5% Journalist
27 Martin Suter 13k 47.6 55.1% Journalist
28 Nasrin Sotoudeh 12k 55.0 72.5% Journalist
29 Bryanboy 12k 36.8 69.5% Journalist
30 Suzy Menkes 10k 38.1 77.0% Journalist
31 Jilly Cooper 9.8k 31.2 58.5% Journalist
32 Graham Hancock 9.2k 21.9 76.4% Journalist
33 Steven Crowder 8.3k 50.1 36.0% Journalist
34 Andrew Ross Sorkin 7.2k 40.6 60.6% Journalist
35 Ruben Van Gucht 6.5k 37.2 37.9% Journalist
36 Kara Swisher 6k 41.5 67.9% Journalist
37 Kate Atkinson 5.4k 24.2 0.0% Journalist
38 Daniel H. Pink 4.2k 36.9 29.2% Journalist
39 Germaine Greer 4k 34.3 100.0% Journalist
40 Douglas Preston 3.9k 42.2 60.2% Journalist
41 Glenn Greenwald 3.4k 29.7 53.0% Journalist
42 Ildikó von Kürthy 3.3k 44.5 100.0% Journalist
43 Caren Miosga 3.1k 37.3 46.6% Journalist
44 Tuncay Özkan 2.9k 46.8 0.0% Journalist
45 Lev Grossman 2.7k 36.1 24.8% Journalist
46 Yasmin Mogahed 2.5k 25.3 61.8% Journalist
47 Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre 2.3k 41.4 55.3% Journalist
48 Atul Gawande 2.2k 49.4 69.7% Journalist
49 Susanna Lau 2.2k 43.5 89.0% Journalist
50 Philip Yancey 2.1k 33.0 49.5% Journalist

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular journalists compiled?

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

Charlotte Casiraghi currently leads with an estimated audience of 11M people in France.

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