Popularity ranking · France

The 100 most popular Publishing in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest publishing in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 139 publishing tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. DC Comics, Hachette (publisher) and Studio Ghibli lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 65k, and the largest, DC Comics, reaches around 2.1M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each publishing, 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
1 DC Comics 2.1M 31.8 42.3% Publishing
2 Hachette (publisher) 591k 46.5 66.2% Publishing
3 Studio Ghibli 437k 30.9 54.6% Publishing
4 Éditions Gallimard 360k 49.0 65.4% Publishing
5 Gallimard Jeunesse 307k 46.1 68.9% Publishing
6 HarperCollins 232k 40.4 65.5% Publishing
7 Éditions du Seuil 189k 47.8 62.3% Publishing
8 Éditions Robert Laffont 139k 47.6 66.9% Publishing
9 Albin Michel 128k 46.1 65.5% Publishing
10 Taschen 124k 36.6 84.6% Publishing
11 Shueisha 114k 27.8 36.2% Publishing
12 Milan Presse 96k 43.7 89.4% Publishing
13 LexisNexis 92k 34.8 60.0% Publishing
14 Éditions Grasset 88k 48.8 68.1% Publishing
15 Barnes & Noble 88k 41.9 70.2% Publishing
16 Glénat 88k 37.9 50.1% Publishing
17 Actes Sud 87k 48.1 73.3% Publishing
18 Presses Universitaires de France 85k 29.9 19.0% Publishing
19 Pottermore 79k 28.9 72.8% Publishing
20 Penguin Books 64k 29.2 69.6% Publishing
21 Urban Comics 60k 31.2 22.8% Publishing
22 JC Lattès 60k 50.4 65.1% Publishing
23 Delcourt 59k 35.1 46.6% Publishing
24 Penguin Random House 54k 37.0 70.8% Publishing
25 Casterman 50k 40.1 59.8% Publishing

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular publishing compiled?

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

DC Comics currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.1M people in France.

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