Popularity ranking · Germany

The 24 most popular Religions in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 24 largest religions in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Jesus, Hinduism and Judaism lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 6.4M people. Across all 24 entries the average audience size is 395k, and the largest, Jesus, reaches around 3.4M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each religion, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are updated quarterly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 24, 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 Jesus 3.4M 39.5 56.3% Religion
2 Hinduism 1.6M 37.6 66.3% Religion
3 Judaism 1.3M 41.7 45.4% Religion
4 Haitian Vodou 866k 32.8 31.4% Religion
5 Ifá 478k 41.9 59.7% Religion
6 Unitarian Universalism 432k 49.8 74.5% Religion
7 Lutheranism 313k 44.2 57.7% Religion
8 Wicca 206k 32.7 65.2% Religion
9 Taoism 181k 41.8 52.1% Religion
10 Jainism 139k 41.4 63.4% Religion
11 Confucianism 100k 40.4 58.4% Religion
12 Chinese folk religion 82k 38.8 41.1% Religion
13 Tao 68k 43.1 53.0% Religion
14 Catharism 62k 45.4 56.0% Religion
15 Kami 52k 30.2 59.5% Religion
16 Zoroastrianism 37k 33.8 20.7% Religion
17 Modern paganism 31k 29.5 77.2% Religion
18 Thelema 19k 43.3 65.0% Religion
19 Unitarianism 19k 48.9 75.3% Religion
20 Germanic paganism 16k — — Religion
21 Louisiana Voodoo 9.2k 34.2 53.2% Religion
22 Native American Church 7.1k 41.5 57.6% Religion
23 LaVeyan Satanism 2.5k 35.6 27.4% Religion
24 Australian Aboriginal mythology 2.2k 26.1 21.1% Religion

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular religions compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each religion 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 religion in Germany?

Jesus currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.4M people in Germany.

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