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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
51 Hard rock 2.3M 40.6 41.6% Musical genre
52 Disco 2.2M 37.4 48.3% Musical genre
53 Folk music 2.1M 43.3 49.5% Musical genre
54 French pop music 2.1M 46.4 67.8% Musical genre
55 Indie pop 2.1M 34.2 52.0% Musical genre
56 Urban contemporary 2.1M 35.5 47.9% Musical genre
57 Underground hip hop 2M 30.1 44.3% Musical genre
58 Modern dance 2M 38.5 67.4% Musical genre
59 Baroque pop 2M 35.2 61.2% Musical genre
60 Vocal music 1.9M 41.9 49.9% Musical genre
61 American rock 1.9M 39.0 53.0% Musical genre
62 Jazz fusion 1.7M 42.5 52.6% Musical genre
63 Music of Nigeria 1.7M 32.9 48.7% Musical genre
64 Tech house 1.7M 34.4 44.6% Musical genre
65 Latin pop 1.7M 35.4 60.1% Musical genre
66 New-age music 1.6M 42.1 45.6% Musical genre
67 Blues rock 1.6M 41.8 40.1% Musical genre
68 Independent music 1.6M 35.7 44.2% Musical genre
69 Latin music (genre) 1.6M 37.0 54.0% Musical genre
70 Trance music 1.6M 35.2 41.0% Musical genre
71 British rhythm and blues 1.5M 33.6 49.8% Musical genre
72 Electroacoustic music 1.5M 33.0 37.0% Musical genre
73 J-pop 1.5M 35.6 55.8% Musical genre
74 Music of Africa 1.5M 32.0 49.6% Musical genre
75 American folk music 1.5M 41.5 49.2% 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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