Top 50 Museums in France
This curated ranking covers the 50 largest museums in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 266 museums tracked in France, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Museum, Art museum and Saatchi Gallery lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 15,196,852 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 601,178, and the largest, Museum, reaches around 7,214,190 people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each museum, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across France and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Museum |
7,214,190 | 3.8% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 2 |  Art museum |
6,345,100 | 4.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 3 |  Saatchi Gallery |
1,637,562 | 7.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 4 |  Museum of Modern Art |
1,540,457 | 4.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 5 |  Musée du quai Branly |
968,596 | 94.8% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 6 |  Metropolitan Museum of Art |
907,019 | 3.7% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 7 |  Centre Georges Pompidou |
881,848 | 26.6% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 8 |  Tate Modern |
793,234 | 4.7% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 9 |  Gagosian Gallery |
720,124 | 7.3% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 10 |  British Museum |
670,730 | 2.8% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 11 |  Musée d'Orsay |
551,370 | 21.2% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 12 |  Palais de Tokyo |
529,365 | 28.3% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 13 |  Frieze Art Fair |
378,322 | 4.6% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 14 |  Hermitage Museum |
361,005 | 14.8% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 15 |  Van Gogh Museum |
317,460 | 4.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 16 |  Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum |
312,515 | 4.6% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 17 |  Musée Picasso |
289,153 | 38.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 18 |  National Gallery |
284,773 | 4.2% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 19 |  Victoria and Albert Museum |
265,187 | 2.3% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 20 |  White Cube |
261,175 | 13.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 21 |  Florence Cathedral |
260,389 | 5.5% | Museum | Travel & Leisure |
| 22 |  Musée du Louvre |
240,985 | 22.3% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 23 |  Whitney Museum of American Art |
223,584 | 4.2% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 24 |  Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain |
219,260 | 21.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 25 |  Musée National De L'Automobile |
208,092 | 67.8% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 26 |  Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
204,716 | 4.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 27 |  Saatchi Art |
195,868 | 5.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 28 |  Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam |
190,458 | 58.6% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 29 |  Museum of Contemporary Art (Basel) |
182,340 | 8.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 30 |  Museu Picasso |
181,200 | 35.6% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 31 |  La Piscine Museum |
179,763 | 82.4% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 32 |  Vatican Museums |
164,704 | 7.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 33 |  Tate |
164,631 | 2.3% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 34 |  National Museum of Natural History (France) |
163,691 | 20.6% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 35 |  Brooklyn Museum |
163,455 | 2.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 36 |  Rijksmuseum |
162,200 | 2.3% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 37 |  Vitra Design Museum |
161,699 | 11.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 38 |  Science Museum, London |
154,422 | 3.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 39 |  Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac |
145,112 | 62.6% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 40 |  National Gallery of Art |
142,958 | 2.9% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 41 |  Natural history museum |
134,131 | 3.2% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 42 |  Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris |
129,501 | 37.0% | Museum | Travel & Leisure |
| 43 |  Royal Academy of Arts |
118,953 | 2.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 44 |  Musée Rodin |
116,508 | 29.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 45 |  Tate Britain |
114,339 | 3.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 46 |  Musée De Picardie |
106,020 | 89.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 47 |  Capitoline Museums |
102,729 | 10.6% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 48 |  National Museum of Natural History |
100,933 | 10.8% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 49 |  Guggenheim Museum Bilbao |
98,589 | 4.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 50 |  Museo del Prado |
98,527 | 2.9% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 50 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across France and ranks each museum 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 museum in France?
Museum currently leads with an estimated audience of 7,214,190 people in France.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across France. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.