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
76 Tyron Woodley 19k 40.5 34.8% Martial art
77 Vitali Klitschko 19k 28.1 0.0% Martial art
78 Danny MacAskill 17k 42.8 12.6% Martial art
79 Chael Sonnen 17k 34.5 18.7% Martial art
80 Alistair Overeem 17k 23.6 0.0% Martial art
81 Tony Bellew 17k 36.8 65.3% Martial art
82 Kevin Ross (kickboxer) 17k 35.8 77.1% Martial art
83 Stipe Miocic 16k 32.3 76.5% Martial art
84 Morihei Ueshiba 16k 48.4 0.0% Martial art
85 Mickael Lebout 16k 37.5 28.4% Martial art
86 Alexandre Ribeiro 14k 50.1 39.2% Martial art
87 Gennady Golovkin 14k 35.4 44.6% Martial art
88 Joseph Parker (boxer) 14k 28.6 0.0% Martial art
89 B.J. Penn 14k 32.7 6.8% Martial art
90 Chuck Liddell 14k 29.2 3.7% Martial art
91 David Haye 13k 36.9 51.8% Martial art
92 Roy Jones, Jr. 13k 35.6 60.5% Martial art
93 Frederic Vosgröne 13k 37.5 28.4% Martial art
94 Junior dos Santos 13k 34.7 0.0% Martial art
95 Jorick Montagnac 12k 37.5 28.4% Martial art
96 Gracie family 12k 33.0 17.7% Martial art
97 Lyoto Machida 12k 30.1 0.0% Martial art
98 Rickson Gracie 11k 35.1 22.9% Martial art
99 Miguel Torres (fighter) 11k 50.9 29.3% Martial art
100 Thor Hushovd 11k 43.1 61.4% 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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