TikTok is a Chinese video-sharing social networking service owned by ByteDance. It is used to create short dance, lip-sync, comedy, and talent videos.
TikTok became available in France after merging with Musical.ly in 2018. The application allows users to create short music and lip-sync videos of 3 to 15 seconds and short looping videos of 3 to 60 seconds.
After merging with Musical.ly in August, downloads rose and TikTok became the most downloaded app, the first Chinese app to achieve this.
In 2019, media outlets cited TikTok as the 7th-most-downloaded mobile app of the decade, from 2010 to 2019.
It was also the most-downloaded app on the App Store in 2018 and 2019.HypeAuditor conducted brief research to find out how the French TikTok influencer ecosystem looks like.
For our research, we have analyzed 3.1 Million TikTok influencers (TikTok accounts that have over 1000 followers) from around the world and 38K influencers from France.
Key Findings
France is on the 9th place by the number of TikTok influencers (accounts with over 1000 subscribers). 1.22% of TikTok influencers are from France.
4.04% of influencers have over 100K followers, they can collaborate with brands and get paid for advertising.
On average French TikTok influencers have 217 videos uploaded into their feed.
In France 12% of accounts have over 500 media entries.
Core TikTok audience in France are female between 13 and 24 years old (51.34%).
Engagement Rate of French TikTok influencers is 20% higher than average worldwide Engagement rate
Distribution of TikTok influencers by Countries
France is in ninth place by the number of TikTok influencers globally (accounts with over 1000 subscribers). 1.22% of TikTok influencers are from France.
Distribution of TikTok influencers by number of followers in France
The majority of French TikTok influencers have between 1K and 5K followers. Only 4.04% of influencers have over 100K followers, they can collaborate with brands and get paid for advertising.
TikTok content in France
For many TikTok influencers, TikTok can be not just a hobby but a potential source of income.
On average French TikTok influencers has over 217 videos uploaded into their feed. It is 19% less compared to the global average number of uploaded videos, which is 260.
In France, only 12% of influencers accounts have over 500 media entries. For example, in India, 39.4% of accounts had over 500 media entries.
Audience of TikTok Influencers in France
Core TikTok audience in France is females between 13 and 24 years old (51.34%).
There is a large number of users between 13 and 17 years old (38.09%).
It is worth noting that the number of young girls (age 13-17) who use TikTok in France is abnormal and does not occur in other countries.
Engagement Rate of TikTok Influencers in France
The average Engagement Rate Worldwide is 15.86% and the Average Engagement Rate in France is 19.32%.
Engagement Rate is Likes + Comments + Shares divided by Views number.
Engagement Rate or ER is a commonly used benchmark of success on TikTok as it can determine if an influencer is connecting with their audience.
It is also worth noting that the average engagement of French influencers is 20% higher than the worldwide average. TikTok users in France are more engaged in influencers’ content.
1. Lea Elui Ginet
Number of followers: 12.1 M
Number of likes: 368M
ER: 17%
2. Tibo inShape
Number of followers: 3.9M
Number of likes: 145.1M
ER: 19%
3. Rose
Number of followers: 3.5M
Number of likes: 243.9M
ER: 28.6%
4. Beckybaw777
Number of followers: 3.4M
Number of likes: 69.1M
ER: 11%
5. Cyril
Number of followers: 3.3M
Number of likes: 119.6M
ER: 27%
6. Simon Nogueira
Number of followers: 3.3M
Number of likes: 28.4M
ER:
7. Sean Garnier
Number of followers: 3.2M
Number of likes: 31.3M
ER: 10.4%
8. Benoit Chevalier
Number of followers: 3M
Number of likes: 216.5M
ER: 20.7%
9. Lenna Vivas
Number of followers: 3M
Number of likes: 89.4M
ER:
10. Juju Fitcats
Number of followers: 2.8M
Number of likes: 44.4M
ER: 22.1%
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About HypeAuditor
This report was made by HypeAuditor
HypeAuditor is an AI-powered Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube analytics tool that helps to get insights about the creator’s audience, increase advertisers’ ROI and safeguard authenticity in influencer marketing. It sets a standard for Instagram analytics by providing the most accurate data.
HypeAuditor applies machine learning to determine behavioral patterns and identify fake followers and engagement on influencer accounts. It presents users with a breakdown of demographic data for an influencer’s audience and brings benchmarks for each metric for influencers with a similar number of followers.
