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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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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
26 Afrobeat 4.3M 33.2 53.3% Musical genre
27 World music 3.8M 42.3 52.8% Musical genre
28 East Coast hip hop 3.8M 29.1 37.8% Musical genre
29 Bounce music 3.6M 29.1 38.3% Musical genre
30 Kenyan hip hop 3.6M 29.2 38.5% Musical genre
31 West Coast hip hop 3.4M 31.2 42.7% Musical genre
32 Progressive rock 3.3M 42.4 49.0% Musical genre
33 Indie rock 3.3M 35.9 48.0% Musical genre
34 Gospel music 3.2M 40.4 51.3% Musical genre
35 Christian hip hop 3.2M 31.7 42.8% Musical genre
36 Free jazz 3.1M 43.7 59.6% Musical genre
37 K-pop 3.1M 33.8 59.3% Musical genre
38 Southern hip hop 3M 31.3 41.4% Musical genre
39 Reggaeton 2.9M 32.6 48.5% Musical genre
40 Pop rock 2.9M 38.4 52.0% Musical genre
41 Cover version 2.8M 43.4 55.2% Musical genre
42 New wave music 2.8M 39.4 45.4% Musical genre
43 Korean hip hop 2.8M 31.2 48.7% Musical genre
44 Chicano rap 2.7M 31.9 41.9% Musical genre
45 Midwest hip hop 2.7M 31.6 41.3% Musical genre
46 Country rap 2.7M 32.0 41.7% Musical genre
47 British hip hop 2.7M 31.9 41.7% Musical genre
48 Japanese hip hop 2.6M 31.5 43.0% Musical genre
49 Electronica 2.6M 37.1 44.4% Musical genre
50 Atlanta hip hop 2.5M 32.2 45.4% 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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