Popularity ranking · France

The 100 most popular 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 603 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 6.9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 143k, and the largest, Ultimate Fighting Championship, reaches around 3.9M 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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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 Frédéric Vosgröne 42k 36.3 37.1% Martial art
52 Zack Mwekassa 41k 38.2 50.2% Martial art
53 Dorian Yates 38k 38.3 0.0% Martial art
54 Bruce Buffer 36k 34.8 23.6% Martial art
55 International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness 36k 33.6 32.5% Martial art
56 Saúl Álvarez 35k 33.3 19.1% Martial art
57 Oscar De La Hoya 34k 42.3 28.2% Martial art
58 Sherdog 34k 37.2 7.1% Martial art
59 Top Rank 32k 36.9 27.6% Martial art
60 World Judo Championships 32k 41.7 34.9% Martial art
61 Cyrille Diabaté 27k 35.5 41.2% Martial art
62 Nick Diaz 26k 33.1 0.0% Martial art
63 Rose Namajunas 24k 35.1 29.5% Martial art
64 Michael Bisping 24k 37.9 15.9% Martial art
65 Wladimir Klitschko 24k 34.4 43.6% Martial art
66 Amanda Nunes 23k 30.4 21.3% Martial art
67 Lennox Lewis 23k 30.8 24.0% Martial art
68 Georges St-Pierre 22k 36.4 16.4% Martial art
69 Lee Haney 21k 42.0 52.3% Martial art
70 Dereck Chisora 21k 39.4 50.0% Martial art
71 Bas Rutten 20k 30.6 61.3% Martial art
72 Henry Cejudo 20k 37.9 16.5% Martial art
73 Dan Henderson 20k 52.8 46.2% Martial art
74 Julien Simon 19k 49.4 38.2% Martial art
75 Systema 19k 40.1 40.5% Martial art

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular martial arts 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 3.9M people in France.

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