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Top 100 Sports in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 443 sports tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Soccer, Basketball and Golf lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 39M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.5M, and the largest, Soccer, reaches around 18M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each sport, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across France and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

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 Soccer 18M 40.3 44.6% Sport
2 Basketball 12M 38.6 41.3% Sport
3 Golf 9.9M 44.9 40.5% Sport
4 Swimming 7.6M 43.9 47.6% Sport
5 Rugby union 7M 39.0 41.3% Sport
6 Yoga 6.4M 44.2 64.3% Sport
7 Martial arts 5.9M 40.2 28.9% Sport
8 Volleyball 5.7M 39.6 37.7% Sport
9 Tennis 5.6M 42.1 39.5% Sport
10 Skiing 5.6M 40.5 47.8% Sport
11 Alpine skiing 5.1M 39.7 53.0% Sport
12 Cycling 4.9M 40.9 40.3% Sport
13 Fishing 4.5M 44.6 38.1% Sport
14 Baseball 4.3M 36.5 42.3% Sport
15 Gymnastics 4.3M 38.9 54.1% Sport
16 American football 4.1M 35.8 33.9% Sport
17 Walking 4.1M 46.1 53.4% Sport
18 Motorcycle sport 3.8M 36.7 23.8% Sport
19 Road running 3.8M Sport
20 Mixed martial arts 3.8M 39.3 18.4% Sport
21 Combat sport 3.7M 35.2 24.9% Sport
22 Extreme sport 3.7M 39.7 32.8% Sport
23 Track and field 3.5M 38.3 46.6% Sport
24 Handball 3.1M 41.2 35.4% Sport
25 Mountain biking 3.1M 40.2 41.3% Sport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

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

Soccer currently leads with an estimated audience of 18M people in France.

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