I think a lot of this is due to the language barrier. Like most French people, I learnt english at school, so following English and American media makes sense,

I think a lot of this is due to the language barrier. Like most French people, I learnt english at school, so following English and American media makes sense, whereas following for ex German or Chinese media would be way harder. Similarly, since Americans are notoriously bad at foreign languages, it's to be expected they don't follow a lot of foreign non-English media