Popularity ranking · France

The 100 most popular Events in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest events in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 3k events tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Tour de France, FIFA World Cup and Ligue 1 lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 51M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.2M, and the largest, Tour de France, reaches around 24M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each event, 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 Father's Day 2M 42.0 64.9% Video game
27 Trophée des Champions 2M 35.2 23.6% Sports league
28 Rugby World Cup 1.9M 38.1 44.9% Rugby
29 The Championships, Wimbledon 1.9M 37.9 37.1% Tennis
30 NBA Finals 1.9M 31.6 31.4% Basketball
31 Winter Olympic Games 1.9M 38.6 42.1% Winter sports
32 Black Girls Rock! 1.8M 28.9 69.3% Music festival
33 IHF World Men's Handball Championship 1.7M 36.1 34.5% Handball
34 Six Nations Championship 1.7M 39.9 30.1% Rugby
35 PGA Tour 1.7M 38.0 25.8% Golf
36 DP World Tour 1.5M 40.5 34.5% Golf
37 NBA playoffs 1.5M 31.2 30.5% Basketball
38 Ninja 1.4M 26.9 46.5%
39 Masters Tournament 1.4M 40.9 27.1% Golf
40 US Open (tennis) 1.4M 36.1 35.5% Tennis
41 Coupe de France 1.3M 35.2 26.2% Motorsport
42 MLB 1.3M 33.1 33.8% Baseball
43 Australian Open 1.3M 40.6 30.7% Tennis
44 Vuelta a España 1.2M 42.3 23.7% Cycling
45 National Rugby League 1.2M 36.9 47.7% Rugby
46 Giro d'Italia 1.2M 39.2 30.3% Cycling
47 Basketball Bundesliga 1.1M 40.1 50.8% Basketball
48 PGA Championship 1.1M 40.4 24.7% Golf
49 Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc 1M 39.2 51.3%
50 24 Hours of Le Mans 957k 40.8 21.0% Motorsport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular events compiled?

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

Tour de France currently leads with an estimated audience of 24M people in France.

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