Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Newspapers in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.3k newspapers tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Bild, Der Spiegel and Focus lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 37M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.4M, and the largest, Bild, reaches around 23M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each newspaper, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are updated quarterly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Germany. 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 Germany, 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 Germany. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Bild 23M 41.5 48.6% Newspaper
2 Der Spiegel 7.1M 38.9 51.8% Newspaper
3 Focus 7M — — Newspaper
4 Der Tagesspiegel 6.9M 45.9 50.3% Newspaper
5 Die Welt 5.9M 41.9 51.9% Newspaper
6 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 3.9M 37.6 54.8% Newspaper
7 B.Z. (newspaper) 3.9M 42.6 42.8% Newspaper
8 Jüdische Allgemeine 3.2M 45.7 52.9% Newspaper
9 Berliner Morgenpost 2.4M 43.0 52.4% Newspaper
10 The Epoch Times 2.4M 44.3 54.8% Newspaper
11 Frankfurter Rundschau 2.3M 45.8 43.0% Newspaper
12 The New York Times 2.1M 42.0 55.6% Newspaper
13 Süddeutsche Zeitung 2M 38.1 56.9% Newspaper
14 El País (Uruguay) 1.8M 39.9 48.4% Newspaper
15 Volksstimme 1.8M 43.1 49.7% Newspaper
16 Daily Mail 1.8M 40.4 42.6% Newspaper
17 Dnevni avaz 1.7M 42.7 43.6% Newspaper
18 Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung 1.6M 43.2 49.3% Newspaper
19 Slobodna Dalmacija 1.6M 43.9 44.0% Newspaper
20 Sächsische Zeitung 1.6M 37.4 54.7% Newspaper
21 Berliner Zeitung 1.5M 44.0 48.7% Newspaper
22 Passauer Neue Presse 1.5M 41.1 59.0% Newspaper
23 Algemeen Dagblad 1.4M 41.0 76.7% Newspaper
24 The Guardian 1.4M 37.4 49.8% Newspaper
25 Milliyet 1.4M 43.5 47.3% Newspaper
26 Večernji list 1.3M 43.5 46.2% Newspaper
27 Abendzeitung 1.3M 44.0 49.8% Newspaper
28 El Mundo (Colombia) 1.3M 35.8 44.9% Newspaper
29 Hersfelder Zeitung 1.2M 42.4 51.6% Newspaper
30 Werra-Rundschau 1.2M 42.3 53.0% Newspaper
31 Kronen Zeitung 1.1M 38.1 64.0% Newspaper
32 Neue Zürcher Zeitung 1.1M 48.6 35.7% Newspaper
33 Rheinische Post 1.1M 44.2 55.7% Newspaper
34 Wetterauer Zeitung 1.1M 42.9 52.5% Newspaper
35 Hürriyet 1.1M 44.0 50.2% Newspaper
36 Slobodna Bosna 1.1M 48.5 20.1% Newspaper
37 Kieler Nachrichten 1M 42.7 53.6% Newspaper
38 Financial Times 1M 38.4 41.3% Newspaper
39 Daily News and Analysis 957k 46.5 34.8% Newspaper
40 Rhein-Zeitung 943k 43.9 57.5% Newspaper
41 The Wall Street Journal 934k 41.5 39.5% Newspaper
42 Der Standard 871k 42.8 44.7% Newspaper
43 Tageblatt 860k 42.6 55.4% Newspaper
44 Marca (newspaper) 825k 37.4 32.7% Newspaper
45 Fakt 781k 37.0 64.2% Newspaper
46 Corriere della Sera 779k 37.9 49.2% Newspaper
47 Sportske novosti 761k 41.8 18.1% Newspaper
48 El País 759k 37.7 53.6% Newspaper
49 Le Monde 717k 34.9 50.6% Newspaper
50 Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung 693k 41.0 53.9% Newspaper
51 VG 677k 42.9 52.4% Newspaper
52 The Times 668k 39.8 51.5% Newspaper
53 Hamburger Morgenpost 651k 41.6 45.5% Newspaper
54 La Gazzetta dello Sport 625k 31.6 27.4% Newspaper
55 Fuldaer Zeitung 619k 40.9 57.5% Newspaper
56 Oslobođenje 612k 45.8 36.4% Newspaper
57 Gießener Anzeiger 597k 43.0 51.2% Newspaper
58 Pforzheimer Zeitung 595k 41.7 53.2% Newspaper
59 Wiesbadener Kurier 590k 41.8 52.3% Newspaper
60 La Repubblica 571k 34.4 55.5% Newspaper
61 Vijesti 564k 40.2 42.7% Newspaper
62 24 sata (Serbia) 548k 42.4 53.8% Newspaper
63 ADN (newspaper) 519k 37.6 0.0% Newspaper
64 türkiye gazetesi 514k 38.7 38.6% Newspaper
65 Le Figaro 507k 33.7 53.4% Newspaper
66 Blick 502k 42.3 53.4% Newspaper
67 USA Today 498k 36.6 56.7% Newspaper
68 Kleine Zeitung 497k 46.4 42.8% Newspaper
69 taz. die tageszeitung 481k 41.5 52.6% Newspaper
70 Ruhr Nachrichten 452k 42.4 46.7% Newspaper
71 The Stranger (newspaper) 448k 26.5 0.0% Newspaper
72 Automotive news 446k 42.4 28.4% Newspaper
73 RedEye 403k 42.8 25.6% Newspaper
74 DV (newspaper) 403k 36.4 78.1% Newspaper
75 Hamburger Abendblatt 400k 43.5 49.7% Newspaper
76 The Washington Post 396k 38.7 45.4% Newspaper
77 Večernje novosti 393k 42.1 56.2% Newspaper
78 Neues Deutschland 388k 42.1 45.6% Newspaper
79 Ostfriesen-Zeitung 387k 46.0 65.5% Newspaper
80 Daily Mirror 386k 41.9 49.4% Newspaper
81 Gazeta Wyborcza 381k 43.1 62.7% Newspaper
82 Il Fatto Quotidiano 368k 46.0 45.6% Newspaper
83 Weekender 367k 43.6 70.0% Newspaper
84 Manorama Online 365k 40.0 35.5% Newspaper
85 Tuttosport 362k 33.3 28.6% Newspaper
86 Adevărul 358k 41.2 46.9% Newspaper
87 Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger 357k 44.0 57.9% Newspaper
88 Grafschafter Nachrichten 353k 41.8 53.9% Newspaper
89 7days 344k 36.5 33.5% Newspaper
90 Nürnberger Nachrichten 341k 40.9 53.9% Newspaper
91 Oberhessische Presse 334k 41.4 52.2% Newspaper
92 BirGün 334k 46.0 34.3% Newspaper
93 Ostdeutsche Allgemeine 330k 42.2 40.9% Newspaper
94 Darmstädter Echo 317k 41.7 51.5% Newspaper
95 Der Freitag 311k 43.5 58.5% Newspaper
96 Schwäbische Zeitung 303k 43.2 51.6% Newspaper
97 La Stampa 298k 44.7 48.2% Newspaper
98 The Economic Times 289k 49.5 66.9% Newspaper
99 Singener Wochenblatt 277k 41.0 55.8% Newspaper
100 Otago Daily Times 268k 49.0 55.0% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular newspapers compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each newspaper by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest newspaper in Germany?

Bild currently leads with an estimated audience of 23M people in Germany.

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