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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
26 Alegría (Cirque du Soleil) 70k 40.0 63.8%
27 Riverdance 69k 42.5 57.3% Musical
28 Roméo et Juliette (musical) 69k 25.1 76.7%
29 La traviata 69k 49.3 57.4%
30 West Side Story 58k 41.5 57.2%
31 Chat Noir 56k 31.1 73.1%
32 Shrek The Musical 53k 40.1 47.9% Musical
33 School of Rock (musical) 52k 44.7 57.1%
34 Follies 49k 42.6 62.5%
35 Hamilton (musical) 45k 32.1 57.6% Musical
36 Dreamgirls 39k 41.8 77.7% Musical
37 Requiem (Mozart) 38k 47.5 36.8%
38 Hello, Dolly! (musical) 37k 39.2 85.4%
39 La caverne (Méhul) 36k 38.5 80.3%
40 The Wizard of Oz (1902 musical) 35k 43.1 62.3%
41 War Horse (play) 33k 46.2 72.8%
42 Candide (operetta) 30k 33.8 92.3%
43 Evita (musical) 30k 46.4 63.3% Musical
44 The Magic Flute 29k 39.3 58.0%
45 Tarzan (musical) 29k 32.6 65.1% Musical
46 The Marriage of Figaro 28k 44.5 59.8%
47 Dear Evan Hansen 28k 38.6 69.6%
48 A Chorus Line 27k 41.6 53.5% Musical
49 Hairspray (musical) 27k 41.6 51.5%
50 The Imaginary Invalid 27k 53.6 73.4%

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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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