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Top 100 Universities in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest universities in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.7k universities tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. ESCP Europe, university maryland and Edhec lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 220k, and the largest, ESCP Europe, reaches around 1.4M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each university, 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
51 École nationale supérieure des mines de Nancy 148k 37.4 67.8% University
52 University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle 147k 43.9 38.3% University
53 ISG Business School 146k 39.4 42.6% University
54 Complutense University of Madrid 145k 45.9 45.2% University
55 University of Tehran 145k 39.6 57.4% University
56 École centrale de Lille 144k 34.1 55.1% University
57 University of Toronto 142k 44.4 56.7% University
58 London School of Economics 140k 34.8 52.0% University
59 Paris 12 Val de Marne University 139k 33.9 61.1% University
60 Institut supérieur européen de gestion group 136k 42.0 42.6% University
61 Union College 136k 36.0 56.4% University
62 Lumière University Lyon 2 134k 41.2 43.6% University
63 Xavier University 134k 40.9 50.5% University
64 Paris 8 University 132k 42.8 44.3% University
65 University of Angers 126k 45.9 42.2% University
66 Lille University of Science and Technology 126k 37.1 56.7% University
67 University of Strasbourg 124k 39.0 53.3% University
68 Mahidol University 123k 34.6 62.7% University
69 École Normale Supérieure 123k 38.0 51.2% University
70 ESADE Business School 122k 41.9 41.6% University
71 Stanford University 120k 34.7 50.0% University
72 Hebrew University of Jerusalem 119k 49.3 55.1% University
73 University College London 119k 33.6 59.8% University
74 De La Salle University 117k 38.4 53.0% University
75 University of Miami 108k 36.7 54.1% University

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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 university 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 university in France?

ESCP Europe currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.4M people in France.

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