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Top 100 Musicals in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musicals in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 123 musicals tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Cats (musical), Cirque du Soleil and Footloose (musical) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 70k, and the largest, Cats (musical), reaches around 657k people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each musical, 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
1 Cats (musical) 657k 41.1 69.5%
2 Cirque du Soleil 458k 43.0 62.4%
3 Footloose (musical) 440k 51.2 84.2% Musical
4 Notre-Dame de Paris (musical) 398k 47.5 80.0%
5 Wicked (musical) 392k 37.9 60.4% Musical
6 Chess (musical) 300k 35.1 44.7%
7 Elisabeth (musical) 277k 38.0 100.0%
8 Mystère (Cirque du Soleil) 254k 44.6 63.8%
9 The Nutcracker 248k 40.9 74.0% Musical
10 Carousel (musical) 169k 44.0 67.5%
11 Les Misérables (musical) 160k 40.6 66.8%
12 Cendrillon 155k 42.3 60.3%
13 Hair (musical) 137k 36.5 79.0% Musical
14 Lord of the Rings (musical) 132k Musical
15 The Cherry Orchard 126k 32.7 28.7% Musical
16 Chicago (musical) 124k 45.0 65.3% Musical
17 Beauty and the Beast (musical) 102k 42.9 71.7%
18 Beauty and the Beast 102k 32.1 59.6%
19 The Book of Mormon (musical) 93k 41.4 58.8%
20 Swan Lake 92k 44.5 69.5% Musical
21 The Aristocats 86k 33.6 70.4% Musical
22 Grease (lubricant) 76k 40.1 32.4% Musical
23 Delirium (Cirque du Soleil) 75k 33.3 44.3%
24 Mary Poppins (musical) 75k 42.6 57.8% Musical
25 Cabaret (musical) 72k 41.8 50.6%

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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 musical 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 musical in France?

Cats (musical) currently leads with an estimated audience of 657k people in France.

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