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Rank
Position in the Top 77, 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 | AArthur Rimbaud | 498k | 66.0% | 42.3 | 56.0% | Poet |
| 2 | LLouise Michel | 487k | 94.5% | 38.1 | 79.0% | Poet |
| 3 | BBoris Vian | 443k | 81.4% | 44.8 | 51.9% | Poet |
| 4 | MMichel Houellebecq | 331k | 41.9% | 44.8 | 55.6% | Poet |
| 5 | CCyrano de Bergerac | 320k | 31.1% | 36.6 | 47.6% | Poet |
| 6 | FFederico García Lorca | 310k | 25.4% | 46.6 | 100.0% | Poet |
| 7 | GGuillaume Apollinaire | 245k | 77.6% | 47.1 | 49.0% | Poet |
| 8 | CCharles Baudelaire | 212k | 29.9% | 48.8 | 62.1% | Poet |
| 9 | EErri De Luca | 128k | 12.4% | 50.4 | 75.4% | Poet |
| 10 | NNikolai Gogol | 121k | 10.5% | 34.8 | 36.1% | Poet |
| 11 | TTennessee Williams | 119k | 9.8% | 56.4 | 89.8% | Poet |
| 12 | EEmily Brontë | 105k | 3.5% | 36.2 | 68.4% | Poet |
| 13 | TThéophile Gautier | 92k | 81.1% | 43.0 | 69.0% | Poet |
| 14 | AAda Lovelace | 71k | 2.6% | 21.4 | 44.9% | Poet |
| 15 | RRobert Louis Stevenson | 68k | 6.1% | 46.7 | 53.2% | Poet |
| 16 | GGiordano Bruno | 67k | 4.4% | 43.7 | 82.3% | Poet |
| 17 | MMahmoud Darwish | 62k | 6.7% | 39.7 | 48.2% | Poet |
| 18 | AAldous Huxley | 62k | 4.5% | 32.6 | 66.4% | Poet |
| 19 | LLord Byron | 62k | 2.8% | 40.0 | 40.9% | Poet |
| 20 | PPaul Éluard | 61k | 70.3% | 36.5 | 76.2% | Poet |
| 21 | SSylvia Plath | 60k | 1.1% | 36.4 | 51.1% | Poet |
| 22 | HH. P. Lovecraft | 60k | 1.8% | 37.4 | 41.7% | Poet |
| 23 | TT. S. Eliot | 55k | 2.4% | 36.7 | 62.7% | Poet |
| 24 | JJoyce Carol Oates | 45k | 5.5% | 34.6 | 85.7% | Poet |
| 25 | HHenry David Thoreau | 45k | 3.4% | 40.4 | 49.0% | Poet |
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Frequently asked questions
How is this list of the most popular poets compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across France and ranks each poet 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 poet in France?
Arthur Rimbaud currently leads with an estimated audience of 498k people in France.