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Top 100 Martial arts in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest martial arts in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 600 martial arts tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ultimate Fighting Championship, Professional wrestling and Anthony Joshua lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 6.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 140k, and the largest, Ultimate Fighting Championship, reaches around 3.4M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each martial art, 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 Wanderlei Silva 43k 34.8 0.0% Martial art
52 Zack Mwekassa 42k 38.2 50.2% Martial art
53 Oscar De La Hoya 40k 42.3 28.2% Martial art
54 International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness 36k 33.6 32.5% Martial art
55 Dorian Yates 36k 38.3 0.0% Martial art
56 Sherdog 34k 37.2 7.1% Martial art
57 World Judo Championships 32k 41.7 34.9% Martial art
58 Rose Namajunas 31k 35.1 29.5% Martial art
59 Top Rank 30k 36.9 27.6% Martial art
60 José Aldo 30k 31.2 18.1% Martial art
61 Amanda Nunes 27k 30.4 21.3% Martial art
62 Nick Diaz 25k 33.1 0.0% Martial art
63 Cain Velasquez 24k 30.3 50.1% Martial art
64 Lennox Lewis 23k 30.8 24.0% Martial art
65 Michael Bisping 23k 37.9 15.9% Martial art
66 Wladimir Klitschko 22k 34.4 43.6% Martial art
67 Bas Rutten 22k 30.6 61.3% Martial art
68 Lee Haney 21k 42.0 52.3% Martial art
69 Henry Cejudo 21k 37.9 16.5% Martial art
70 Tyron Woodley 20k 40.5 34.8% Martial art
71 Julien Simon 20k 49.4 38.2% Martial art
72 Chael Sonnen 19k 34.5 18.7% Martial art
73 Systema 19k 40.1 40.5% Martial art
74 Dan Henderson 19k 52.8 46.2% Martial art
75 Vitali Klitschko 18k 28.1 0.0% Martial art

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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 martial art 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 martial art in France?

Ultimate Fighting Championship currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.4M people in France.

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