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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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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
26 Bicycle touring 3M 44.8 35.0% Sport
27 Hip-hop dance 2.6M 32.5 58.3% Sport
28 CrossFit 2.6M 40.7 48.9% Sport
29 Electronic sports 2.6M 31.8 31.8% Sport
30 Wrestling 2.5M 34.4 22.0% Sport
31 Ice hockey 2.5M 37.4 39.5% Sport
32 Bodybuilding 2.5M 40.4 47.1% Sport
33 Cycle sport 2.4M 38.6 36.4% Sport
34 Judo 2.3M 36.1 28.5% Sport
35 Backcountry skiing 2.3M 36.5 42.5% Sport
36 Hunting 2.1M 46.0 36.7% Sport
37 Jogging 2.1M 38.9 45.9% Sport
38 Motocross 2.1M 36.5 24.9% Sport
39 Skateboarding 2M 34.5 42.4% Sport
40 Boxing 2M 36.3 28.3% Sport
41 Snowboarding 1.9M 39.8 40.1% Sport
42 Windsurfing 1.8M 40.0 41.2% Sport
43 Spearfishing 1.8M 45.6 29.4% Sport
44 Rallying 1.8M 39.4 20.5% Sport
45 Long-distance running 1.8M 35.5 48.3% Sport
46 Pétanque 1.8M 46.1 37.3% Sport
47 Horseback riding 1.6M 41.1 56.5% Sport
48 Standup paddleboarding 1.6M 41.0 45.6% Sport
49 Surfing 1.5M 42.6 53.9% Sport
50 Badminton 1.5M 40.6 31.8% 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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