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Top 100 Literary genres in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literary genres in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 101 literary genres tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Humour, Fiction books and Manga lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 29M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 888k, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 17M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each literary genre, 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 Memoir 169k 48.0 60.3% Literary genre
52 Extended essay 154k 36.5 59.0% Literary genre
53 Regency romance 144k 35.7 75.8% Literary genre
54 Bildungsroman 139k 36.7 54.8% Literary genre
55 Comic science fiction 138k 31.9 41.7% Literary genre
56 Gothic fiction 124k 35.9 55.1% Literary genre
57 Arabic literature 113k 42.7 49.2% Literary genre
58 Russian literature 112k 45.6 49.7% Literary genre
59 Spy fiction 110k 48.6 51.2% Literary genre
60 American literature 95k 46.5 61.3% Literary genre
61 Japanese mythology 94k 30.7 46.5% Literary genre
62 Medieval literature 88k 38.3 49.4% Literary genre
63 Fan fiction 88k 29.0 73.9% Literary genre
64 Paperback 85k 41.1 72.9% Literary genre
65 Supernatural fiction 80k 38.3 60.2% Literary genre
66 Dystopia 76k 42.5 60.0% Literary genre
67 Heroic fantasy 73k 40.1 41.9% Literary genre
68 African-American literature 72k 40.6 50.2% Literary genre
69 Young Adult Books 68k 37.0 62.4% Literary genre
70 Political satire 58k 24.9 69.9% Literary genre
71 Continental philosophy 53k 41.8 51.7% Literary genre
72 Cozy mystery 51k 45.3 75.1% Literary genre
73 Chinese philosophy 48k 48.8 63.7% Literary genre
74 Belgian comics 45k 40.1 50.8% Literary genre
75 Military science fiction 45k 37.8 35.2% Literary genre

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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 literary genre 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 literary genre in France?

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 17M people in France.

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