Popularity ranking · France

The 100 most popular Rugby in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest rugby in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 144 rugby tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Top 14, Stade Toulousain and Rugby World Cup lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 11M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 270k, and the largest, Top 14, reaches around 5.8M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each rugby, 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
76 South Sydney Rabbitohs 21k 44.4 27.0% Rugby
77 Johnny Sexton 21k 38.3 44.5% Rugby
78 Pascal Papé 21k 43.9 44.8% Rugby
79 Newcastle Knights 20k 45.7 30.0% Rugby
80 Wests Tigers 20k 43.9 26.0% Rugby
81 Penrith Panthers 20k 43.4 29.0% Rugby
82 Victor Matfield 18k 37.5 16.7% Rugby
83 Brian O'Driscoll 18k 50.6 0.0% Rugby
84 North Queensland Cowboys 17k 46.3 29.5% Rugby
85 Dan Biggar 16k 37.7 47.6% Rugby
86 Matt Giteau 16k 33.3 0.0% Rugby
87 Saracens F.C. 16k 37.3 34.8% Rugby
88 Exeter Chiefs 14k 42.1 59.5% Rugby
89 Argentine Rugby Union 12k 42.7 25.4% Rugby
90 Canberra Raiders 11k 37.8 48.1% Rugby
91 Leigh Halfpenny 11k 27.7 100.0% Rugby
92 English Premiership (rugby union) 11k 41.1 31.5% Rugby
93 Japan national rugby union team 10k 31.6 23.8% Rugby
94 Sylvain Marconnet 10k 30.1 37.5% Rugby
95 Welsh Rugby Union 9.4k 39.4 32.3% Rugby
96 Bryan Habana 9.4k 29.4 15.4% Rugby
97 Handre Pollard 9.1k 38.0 46.4% Rugby
98 Jonathan Sexton 8.8k 23.4 1.2% Rugby
99 Kieran Read 7.8k 56.8 100.0% Rugby
100 Ian Smith 7.7k Rugby

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular rugby compiled?

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

Top 14 currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.8M people in France.

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