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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
76 Freediving 1.1M 40.3 48.0% Sport
77 Bowling 1.1M 35.8 47.6% Sport
78 Half marathon 1M 38.2 44.3% Sport
79 Freestyle swimming 1M 37.3 49.8% Sport
80 Paragliding 1M 43.5 40.6% Sport
81 Mountaineering 997k 41.4 43.6% Sport
82 BMX 994k 37.0 26.3% Sport
83 Acrobatics 971k 39.0 59.0% Sport
84 Squash (sport) 967k 40.4 45.4% Sport
85 Diving 967k 39.0 45.0% Sport
86 Iyengar Yoga 963k 44.2 72.7% Sport
87 Western riding 956k 42.8 56.9% Sport
88 Beach volleyball 940k 37.4 44.6% Sport
89 Road cycling 928k 38.3 37.1% Sport
90 Cyclo-cross 921k 41.6 25.6% Sport
91 Women's soccer 911k 40.2 31.7% Sport
92 Taekwondo 876k 35.1 23.9% Sport
93 Pool (cue sports) 861k 36.3 39.8% Sport
94 Kickboxing 859k 35.2 23.8% Sport
95 Japanese martial arts 847k 40.3 28.7% Sport
96 Cross-country skiing 836k 37.8 39.8% Sport
97 Wakesurfing 807k 36.6 42.2% Sport
98 Beach soccer 766k 35.8 18.3% Sport
99 Show jumping 760k 35.6 64.2% Sport
100 Bouldering 752k 36.8 39.7% 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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