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Top 100 TV Channels in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv channels in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.4k tv channels tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. France Télévisions, TF1 and France 3 lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 38M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.7M, and the largest, France Télévisions, reaches around 14M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each tv channel, 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
26 CBS 1.1M 40.1 56.2%
27 RTL+ 1.1M 38.7 49.3%
28 BFM Business 1M 37.5 49.2%
29 CNN 1M 37.7 43.3%
30 Nickelodeon 985k 36.6 57.6%
31 Paris Première 916k 38.0 58.9%
32 Arena (TV network) 916k 28.4 0.0%
33 RTBF Info 884k 43.2 59.1%
34 RTL Info 879k 41.7 51.4%
35 I24news 870k 45.5 44.9%
36 France 4 853k 43.6 57.1%
37 TVS (Venezuela) 848k 37.7 29.0%
38 Funimation 830k 27.6 45.5%
39 France 3 Normandie 827k 43.1 59.6%
40 Canal+ Séries 818k 39.9 38.9%
41 Canal+ Sport (France) 754k 42.3 13.9%
42 BBC 746k 38.8 44.1%
43 E! (Europe) 707k 25.6 83.4%
44 Al Jazeera 687k 38.4 46.4%
45 BBC News 681k 42.1 49.7%
46 TV5Monde 616k 44.3 44.6%
47 TLC (TV network) 613k 35.2 63.5%
48 Sport+ (France) 604k 35.2 12.1%
49 ESPN 600k 33.5 25.4%
50 RTL9 569k 31.9 29.7%

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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 tv channel 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 tv channel in France?

France Télévisions currently leads with an estimated audience of 14M people in France.

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