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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
76 Acid rock 1.4M 35.1 47.7% Musical genre
77 Music school 1.4M 39.5 44.7% Musical genre
78 Deep house 1.4M 34.5 46.3% Musical genre
79 Hardcore punk 1.4M 36.7 44.4% Musical genre
80 Swing music 1.3M 45.4 55.8% Musical genre
81 Southern rock 1.3M 44.1 41.6% Musical genre
82 Ska 1.2M 40.5 45.0% Musical genre
83 Film score 1.2M 47.2 49.7% Musical genre
84 Old-school hip hop 1.2M 30.8 39.3% Musical genre
85 Garage rock 1.2M 41.5 39.7% Musical genre
86 Ragtime 1.1M 31.6 66.4% Musical genre
87 Intelligent dance music 1.1M 40.0 35.8% Musical genre
88 Psychedelic rock 1.1M 39.7 38.4% Musical genre
89 Ambient music 1.1M 39.9 39.3% Musical genre
90 Arabic pop music 1.1M 35.5 60.6% Musical genre
91 Karaoke 1.1M 38.0 54.9% Musical genre
92 Eurodance 1M 36.0 43.2% Musical genre
93 Bluegrass music 1M 44.6 43.0% Musical genre
94 Electroclash 1M 32.4 50.7% Musical genre
95 Kizomba 1M 44.1 63.7% Musical genre
96 Western swing 1M 45.6 47.6% Musical genre
97 Gangsta rap 994k 28.9 39.1% Musical genre
98 Industrial music 989k 39.5 38.8% Musical genre
99 Soft rock 969k 41.7 55.0% Musical genre
100 Post-punk 953k 37.9 47.3% 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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