Popularity ranking · France

The 100 most popular 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 1.5k tv channels tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. TF1, France 3 and France Télévisions lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 37M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.7M, and the largest, TF1, reaches around 16M 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
76 Play4 341k 40.8 63.8%
77 RDS 333k 33.9 37.5%
78 Peacock 327k 37.3 51.5% TV / music streaming
79 TV5 (Philippines) 322k 35.9 60.8%
80 Channel 4 318k 34.5 59.0%
81 Game One 318k 33.3 20.8%
82 hotstar 308k 40.0 49.4%
83 Cinemax 304k 41.5 48.0%
84 Euronews 300k 39.3 37.0%
85 Merlin (TV series) 299k 40.5 58.6% TV series
86 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 297k 40.7 49.4%
87 QVC 296k 44.5 76.8% Home shopping
88 Nick Jr. 293k 38.0 61.5%
89 Sky News Arabia 279k 34.0 42.2%
90 Cocomelon 277k 37.8 59.0%
91 Syfy (France) 263k 39.0 29.1%
92 TLC (Latin America) 260k 42.7 65.6%
93 RT (TV network) 259k 41.6 32.8%
94 Dave (TV channel) 257k 41.3 47.2%
95 BT Sport 253k 40.6 9.7%
96 Fox (Poland) 252k 27.3 45.5%
97 Animal Planet 251k 42.4 58.4%
98 HBO (Asia) 250k 35.8 44.5%
99 TVB 248k 37.0 50.7%
100 JYP Entertainment 247k 28.3 70.1%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular tv channels 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?

TF1 currently leads with an estimated audience of 16M people in France.

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