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The 100 most popular 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 104 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 891k, 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
76 Belgian comics 45k 40.1 50.8% Literary genre
77 Military science fiction 45k 37.8 35.2% Literary genre
78 Legal thriller 44k 47.6 64.3% Literary genre
79 tract 42k 42.8 57.9% Literary genre
80 Hard science fiction 40k 35.2 23.9% Literary genre
81 English poetry 39k 34.9 68.4% Literary genre
82 Tamil literature 36k 36.5 47.5% Literary genre
83 Japanese horror 35k 30.8 16.8% Literary genre
84 Autobiographical novel 33k 46.7 62.5% Literary genre
85 Dōjinshi 29k 33.6 41.4% Literary genre
86 Literary fiction 28k 41.3 62.0% Literary genre
87 Nautical fiction 26k 42.8 35.6% Literary genre
88 Ancient Greek philosophy 25k 28.4 73.1% Literary genre
89 Sufi poetry 23k 41.5 62.1% Literary genre
90 Chinese literature 20k 41.2 65.9% Literary genre
91 Utopian and dystopian fiction 12k 44.3 62.1% Literary genre
92 Absurdist fiction 12k 30.2 48.3% Literary genre
93 Alternate history 10k 38.4 64.2% Literary genre
94 World literature 8k 31.3 72.1% Literary genre
95 Hindi literature 7.9k 35.0 72.0% Literary genre
96 Personalized books 6.7k 31.4 86.0% Literary genre
97 Literary nonsense 5.5k 34.7 62.4% Literary genre
98 Academic writing 3.8k 41.8 62.0% Literary genre
99 Creative nonfiction 2.3k 25.0 70.3% Literary genre
100 Apocalyptic literature 1.1k 31.8 65.6% Literary genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular literary genres 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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