How to read this list
Rank
Position in the Top 18, 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 | Country share | Avg age | Female share | Subtype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VVoltaire | 1.3M | 22.9% | 41.2 | 66.6% | Philosopher |
| 2 | AAristotle | 413k | 4.5% | 43.5 | 50.9% | Philosopher |
| 3 | PPlato | 407k | 2.8% | 41.4 | 51.7% | Philosopher |
| 4 | KKarl Marx | 405k | 3.1% | 43.3 | 48.9% | Philosopher |
| 5 | MMichel Foucault | 193k | 7.2% | 42.2 | 46.0% | Philosopher |
| 6 | SSocrates | 185k | 1.2% | 38.0 | 55.5% | Philosopher |
| 7 | SSigmund Freud | 120k | 1.5% | 42.2 | 59.6% | Philosopher |
| 8 | FFriedrich Nietzsche | 109k | 2.7% | 48.2 | 59.4% | Philosopher |
| 9 | IImmanuel Kant | 85k | 2.3% | 39.1 | 48.7% | Philosopher |
| 10 | FFyodor Dostoyevsky | 79k | 2.8% | 41.3 | 65.1% | Philosopher |
| 11 | LLeo Tolstoy | 69k | 4.7% | 37.9 | 51.8% | Philosopher |
| 12 | RRudolf Steiner | 45k | 2.9% | 43.8 | 48.1% | Philosopher |
| 13 | GGuy Debord | 32k | 29.2% | 25.8 | 25.6% | Philosopher |
| 14 | WWilliam James | 31k | 4.9% | 52.1 | 69.2% | Philosopher |
| 15 | HHelena Blavatsky | 24k | 3.5% | 53.3 | 95.3% | Philosopher |
| 16 | GGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | 8.1k | 1.9% | 33.3 | 73.4% | Philosopher |
| 17 | KKen Wilber | 6.4k | 2.0% | 40.5 | 70.9% | Philosopher |
| 18 | DDaniel Dennett | 4.1k | 1.9% | 25.6 | 57.6% | Philosopher |
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Frequently asked questions
How is this list of the most popular philosophers compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across France and ranks each philosopher 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 philosopher in France?
Voltaire currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.3M people in France.