Overview
- Ouest-France published the annual barometer showing Donald Trump cited about 947,294 times versus 671,125 for Emmanuel Macron.
- The rest of the top five were François Bayrou, Vladimir Putin and Bruno Retailleau.
- Politics dominated the ranking, with 30 political figures in the top 50 and footballer Kylian Mbappé the highest-ranked athlete at 13th.
- Women were scarce at the top: Marine Le Pen was eighth and the only woman in the top 10, with just two in the top 20 and nine in the top 50.
- Tagaday’s count covered Jan 1 to Dec 15 across more than 5,500 TV/radio news programs and about 3,000 print or online outlets.