Popularity ranking · France

The 100 most popular 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 124 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 1.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 71k, and the largest, Cats (musical), reaches around 658k 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
51 Rock of Ages (musical) 28k 46.3 55.2%
52 A Chorus Line 27k 41.6 53.5% Musical
53 The Imaginary Invalid 26k 53.6 73.4%
54 We Will Rock You (musical) 26k 40.7 60.4%
55 Legally Blonde (musical) 25k 41.1 58.1%
56 The Color Purple (musical) 25k 45.0 65.5%
57 Gypsy (musical) 25k 44.0 94.9%
58 Kinky boots 25k 32.7 62.6%
59 Madama Butterfly 25k 42.0 62.5%
60 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical) 24k 41.3 70.5%
61 Annie (musical) 24k 38.7 60.0%
62 Twelfth Night 24k 37.9 67.1%
63 Pippin (musical) 23k 46.9 70.6%
64 Peter and the Wolf 23k 38.7 100.0%
65 Un ballo in maschera 23k 36.0 79.8%
66 Don Quixote (ballet) 23k 38.4 47.2%
67 The Phantom of the Opera 22k 42.2 61.0% Musical
68 Matilda the Musical 21k 36.1 59.5% Musical
69 Blue Man Group 21k 37.6 44.7% Musical
70 In the Heights 21k 35.3 62.1%
71 Hairspray (musical) 20k 41.6 51.5%
72 The Addams Family (musical) 20k 32.1 100.0% Musical
73 As You Like It 20k 43.9 72.3%
74 Giselle 20k 40.2 70.9%
75 Lord of the Dance (musical) 19k 42.2 55.9%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular musicals 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 658k people in France.

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