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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How to read this list

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
76 Peppa Pig Live 16k 35.3 77.2%
77 The Bodyguard (musical) 16k 45.1 34.8%
78 Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical) 15k 43.6 44.7%
79 On the Town (musical) 14k 51.5 53.6%
80 Anything Goes 13k 44.5 84.1%
81 9 to 5 (musical) 13k 40.0 57.6% Musical
82 Waitress (Musical) 13k 39.5 74.3%
83 The Sound of Music 12k 37.4 53.8%
84 Milk and Honey (musical) 12k 46.8 65.7%
85 The Rocky Horror Show 12k 28.1 32.8% Musical
86 Newsies (musical) 10k 42.0 53.9% Musical
87 The Brian Jonestown Massacre 9.3k 40.1 38.7% Musical
88 The Haunted Manor 9.3k 39.6 60.5%
89 Fiddler on the Roof 9k 39.3 87.9% Musical
90 The Lion King (musical) 8.6k 41.8 66.2% Musical
91 Jekyll & Hyde (musical) 8.5k 49.8 61.1%
92 Ghost the Musical 8.3k 38.5 63.1%
93 Les Miserables - Musical 8.1k 35.8 77.1%
94 The Producers (musical) 8.1k 38.0 74.9% Musical
95 Mary Poppins - The Musical 7.8k 38.0 71.6% Musical
96 Guys and Dolls 7.7k 40.4 52.5%
97 Rienzi 6.7k 36.6 54.8%
98 Starlight Express 6.5k 34.3 58.2% Musical
99 Sophisticated Ladies 6.4k 28.6 50.4%
100 Miss Saigon 6.4k 35.6 58.3%

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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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