Popularity ranking · France

The 77 most popular Poets in France

This curated ranking covers the 77 largest poets in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Arthur Rimbaud, Louise Michel and Boris Vian lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.4M people. Across all 77 entries the average audience size is 63k, and the largest, Arthur Rimbaud, reaches around 498k people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each poet, 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 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 Avg age Female share Subtype
51 dean koontz 11k 36.4 61.9% Poet
52 Augustine of Hippo 10k 40.6 62.0% Poet
53 Amanda Gorman 10k 36.7 60.1% Poet
54 Shel Silverstein 9.4k 46.0 82.9% Poet
55 Ferdowsi 8.8k 36.7 100.0% Poet
56 Friedrich Schiller 7.8k 40.1 50.8% Poet
57 Nizar Qabbani 7.7k 27.8 55.9% Poet
58 Husayn ibn Ali 7.3k 31.5 53.0% Poet
59 John Updike 6k 41.1 52.7% Poet
60 Mehmet Akif Ersoy 6k 27.1 88.9% Poet
61 Thích Nhất Hạnh 5.6k 48.3 67.2% Poet
62 Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger 5.5k 38.0 48.5% Poet
63 Saadi Shirazi 5.3k 32.2 59.6% Poet
64 Satguru 5.1k 45.7 24.1% Poet
65 Cemal Süreya 4.4k 43.3 35.7% Poet
66 Seamus Heaney 4.2k 21.6 78.8% Poet
67 Haji Bektash Veli 3.1k 36.3 47.8% Poet
68 Algernon Charles Swinburne 2.8k 50.9 0.0% Poet
69 Bedirhan Gökçe 2k 40.8 53.5% Poet
70 Abdul-Qadir Gilani 1.9k 28.5 77.1% Poet
71 Trịnh Công Sơn 1.6k 46.4 50.4% Poet
72 Kazi Nazrul Islam 1.5k 30.7 39.2% Poet
73 Muhammad Taqi Usmani 1k 35.6 61.4% Poet
74 Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi 661 23.5 69.2% Poet
75 Zuhayr 280 59.0 57.0% 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.

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