Popularity ranking · France

The 56 most popular Scientists in France

This curated ranking covers the 56 largest scientists in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Marie Curie, Stephen Hawking and Nikola Tesla lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.3M people. Across all 56 entries the average audience size is 72k, and the largest, Marie Curie, reaches around 1.3M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each scientists, 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 56, 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
26 Michael Faraday 8.4k 21.3 40.1% Scientists
27 George Stephanopoulos 8.1k 44.8 59.0% Scientists
28 Brian Weiss 5.5k 49.2 81.9% Scientists
29 Rupert Neve 3.8k 42.0 26.8% Scientists
30 Vytal 3.4k 39.0 50.4% Scientists
31 Thomas Gold 3k 49.0 27.9% Scientists
32 Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link 2.3k 43.8 67.8% Scientists
33 Ahmed Zewail 2.1k 36.5 42.4% Scientists
34 Hans Rosling 2.1k 22.0 49.9% Scientists
35 Mohit Sharma 2k 36.9 27.8% Scientists
36 Brian Krebs 896 52.6 48.8% Scientists
37 Lawrence M. Krauss 876 32.1 69.5% Scientists
38 Emily Ley 875 33.6 63.7% Scientists
39 Dustin Schöne 865 35.1 68.9% Scientists
40 Diane Chamberlain 751 33.3 60.9% Scientists
41 Marco Balzano 636 39.7 63.0% Scientists
42 Carlo Lio 490 23.1 38.4% Scientists
43 C-mo 419 41.4 0.0% Scientists
44 Jodi Thomas 398 27.0 69.3% Scientists
45 Roberto Navarro 288 32.2 78.9% Scientists
46 Zaid Shakir 208 23.1 66.2% Scientists
47 Katharina Althaus 190 40.8 41.6% Scientists
48 Muhammed Bozdağ 180 45.7 74.1% Scientists
49 Camila Porto 174 35.3 62.8% Scientists
50 Nicole Edwards 123 32.7 36.2% Scientists

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular scientists compiled?

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

Marie Curie currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.3M people in France.

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