Rascasse Audience Intelligence

NFL Fan Demographics in Germany

NFL has an estimated audience of 6.5M people in Germany.

#1among American football in Germany
#9among events in Germany
#67in Sports

The average NFL fan in Germany is 34.4 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

By number of fans, NFL ranks #1 among the 2729 objects in American football in Germany — 37.1× the group median.

Women make up 39.3% of the fan base, 8.1 percentage points more than the group average.

Compared with the other 2728 objects in American football, NFL fans stand out for their interest in PDC World Championship Darts, Stanley Cup and IHF World Men's Handball Championship.

Interest is seasonal: January, November and December account for 58% of the year's searches, June is the quietest month.

Most fans live in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bayern, Baden-Württemberg.

Top affinities include PDC World Championship Darts, Stanley Cup, NBA playoffs, with strongest over-indexing on PDC World Championship Darts (5.64× the country average).

Demographically, the NFL audience skews more male with an average age of 34.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Spirituality.

The typical NFL fan in Germany is more male, around 34.4 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for PDC World Championship Darts.

Category: Sports · Type: Event · Subtype: American football

Data status: Q3/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
6.5M
in Germany
Gender
39.3%♀
60.7% male
Age
34.4
average years
Country rank
#730
among all objects in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-6%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Demographics of NFL fans

39.3% are female, 60.7% are male, average age 34.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

39.3%
Female
60.7%
Male
Demographic split for NFL audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female39.3%
Male60.7%
Average age34.4
Estimated audience size6.5M
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 34.4
average years
Age distribution of the NFL audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-2433%
25-3423%
35-4419%
45-5415%
55+10%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.7%

of the worldwide NFL audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for NFL
CountryShare
United States60.9%
Canada4.5%
Mexico3.9%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Germany average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

NFL fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Rheinland-Pfalz~400K1.14×
02Hamburg~200K1.14×
03Bayern~1M1.12×
04Schleswig-Holstein~300K1.11×
05Niedersachsen~700K1.10×
06Berlin~300K1.06×
07Baden-Württemberg~900K1.03×
08Nordrhein-Westfalen~1.5M0.99×
09Brandenburg~200K0.97×
10Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~100K0.95×
11Hessen~500K0.94×
12Sachsen~300K0.93×
13Sachsen-Anhalt~200K0.90×
14Thüringen~100K0.89×
15Saarland~70K0.88×
16Bremen~50K0.86×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — NFL, Germany
0.86×1.00×1.14×
Section 04
Brands and objects ranked by affinity with this audience. Values above 1.0× mean over-representation compared with the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Affinities of the NFL audience vs. the country average
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01PDC World Championship DartsSports5.64×
02Stanley CupSports5.23×
03NBA playoffsSports3.78×
04NBA FinalsSports3.40×
05TransfermarktSports2.52×
06IHF World Men's Handball ChampionshipSports2.10×
07SportschauSports1.94×
08FIFA World Cup 2026Sports1.94×
09Premier LeagueSports1.93×
10UEFA Europa LeagueSports1.84×
11Alexander ZverevSports1.78×
12UEFA Champions LeagueSports1.72×
13FIFA World CupSports1.67×
14RB LeipzigSports1.64×
15FC BarcelonaSports1.60×
16SV Werder BremenSports1.60×
17TikTokInternet & Social Media1.58×
18Real Madrid Club de FútbolSports1.56×
19Jürgen KloppSports1.53×
20Manuel NeuerSports1.52×
Section 05
Strongest and weakest personality traits of this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the NFL audience

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Personality traits of the NFL audience vs. the country average · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.72×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.15×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.10×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Personality traits of the NFL audience vs. the country average · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.73×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.76×
IndividualismJOY0.81×
0×1.00× baseline2×
Appendix

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Source & method

Source
Rascasse Solution, own modelling
What “fans” means here
Estimated number of people in Germany with measurable interest in NFL over the last 12 months. Modelled, not counted; people interested in several events count for each of them.
Data basis
Anonymised behavioural signals: search demand, social media signals, sponsorship and event data. Not a survey.
Period
10/2025 – 09/2026 · updated quarterly · data status Q3/2026
Confidence
high gender and age data available and an audience of at least 100,000 people

Cite as: “Rascasse Solution, Q3/2026, rascasse.com/explore/de/nfl-941” · Methodology