Popularity ranking · France

The 66 most popular Public Transports in France

This curated ranking covers the 66 largest public transports in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. SNCF, RATP and Ouigo lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 25M people. Across all 66 entries the average audience size is 656k, and the largest, SNCF, reaches around 12M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each public transport, 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 66, 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
1 SNCF 12M 45.3 50.4% Public transport
2 RATP 7.1M 43.0 48.6% Public transport
3 Ouigo 6.4M 43.4 57.3% Public transport
4 FlixBus 6.3M 41.0 57.0% Public transport
5 Eurostar 2.9M 43.4 46.3% Public transport
6 Voyages-sncf.com 2.3M 45.3 50.5% Public transport
7 TGV 1.8M 44.4 48.2% Public transport
8 Trenitalia 1.2M 36.6 48.3% Public transport
9 RER C 799k 40.2 54.8% Public transport
10 RER D 518k 39.5 52.4% Public transport
11 Paris Métro 396k 42.0 55.3% Public transport
12 Deutsche Bahn 310k 38.3 71.2% Public transport
13 Orient Express 292k 40.6 55.0% Public transport
14 TGV Lyria 240k 44.8 49.3% Public transport
15 Keolis 183k 37.6 69.9% Public transport
16 Thalys 166k 47.9 47.0% Public transport
17 ALSA (bus company) 160k 39.2 42.6% Public transport
18 CeBus 83k 42.9 55.8% Public transport
19 London Underground 67k 36.6 45.2% Public transport
20 National Express Group 52k 32.3 53.5% Public transport
21 Japan Rail Pass 50k 40.7 38.3% Public transport
22 TEC 41k 33.3 17.6% Public transport
23 IDBUS 36k 36.8 53.5% Public transport
24 Hyperloop 31k 34.6 0.0% Public transport
25 Chicago Transit Authority 30k 40.2 12.5% Public transport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular public transports compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across France and ranks each public transport 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 public transport in France?

SNCF currently leads with an estimated audience of 12M people in France.

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