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Top 100 Musical genres in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musical genres in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 623 musical genres tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Rock music, Pop music and Hip hop music lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 40M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.3M, and the largest, Rock music, reaches around 14M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each musical genre, 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
1 Rock music 14M 42.1 49.4% Musical genre
2 Pop music 13M 39.6 52.9% Musical genre
3 Hip hop music 13M 37.2 47.3% Musical genre
4 Popular music 9.5M 38.6 49.5% Musical genre
5 Classical music 9.5M 41.9 51.8% Musical genre
6 Jazz music 9.2M 41.2 50.4% Musical genre
7 Rhythm and blues music 8.6M 38.0 48.5% Musical genre
8 French hip hop 8.5M 32.3 47.7% Musical genre
9 Blues music 7.8M 40.5 47.2% Musical genre
10 Chanson 7.2M 45.5 67.0% Musical genre
11 Rock and roll 7.2M 41.7 47.8% Musical genre
12 House music 7M 37.2 49.1% Musical genre
13 Electro (music) 6.6M Musical genre
14 Country music 6.2M 42.7 49.1% Musical genre
15 Funk 6.1M 35.8 44.9% Musical genre
16 Soul music 6M 36.9 50.0% Musical genre
17 Alternative rock 5.6M 36.8 48.0% Musical genre
18 Singer-songwriter 5.6M 36.8 55.3% Musical genre
19 African-American music 5.1M 37.3 50.3% Musical genre
20 Electronic dance music 5.1M 36.6 50.4% Musical genre
21 Contemporary R&B 4.9M 34.8 55.2% Musical genre
22 Reggae 4.7M 35.3 47.2% Musical genre
23 Dance music 4.5M 37.1 48.9% Musical genre
24 Alternative hip hop 4.5M 31.0 43.8% Musical genre
25 Punk rock 4.4M 37.0 47.5% Musical genre

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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 musical 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 musical genre in France?

Rock music currently leads with an estimated audience of 14M people in France.

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