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 38M 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 7.2M 38.9 51.8% Newspaper
3 Focus 7.1M — — Newspaper
4 Der Tagesspiegel 6.7M 45.9 50.3% Newspaper
5 Die Welt 5.8M 41.9 51.9% Newspaper
6 Jüdische Allgemeine 5.2M 45.7 52.9% Newspaper
7 B.Z. (newspaper) 4M 42.6 42.8% Newspaper
8 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 4M 37.6 54.8% Newspaper
9 Süddeutsche Zeitung 3M 38.1 56.9% Newspaper
10 Berliner Morgenpost 2.5M 43.0 52.4% Newspaper
11 The Epoch Times 2.4M 44.3 54.8% Newspaper
12 Frankfurter Rundschau 2.2M 45.8 43.0% Newspaper
13 The New York Times 2.1M 42.0 55.6% Newspaper
14 Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 2.1M 45.0 53.7% Newspaper
15 Volksstimme 1.9M 43.1 49.7% Newspaper
16 El País (Uruguay) 1.8M 39.9 48.4% Newspaper
17 Daily Mail 1.8M 40.4 42.6% Newspaper
18 Dnevni avaz 1.7M 42.7 43.6% Newspaper
19 Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung 1.6M 43.2 49.3% Newspaper
20 Sächsische Zeitung 1.6M 37.4 54.7% Newspaper
21 Slobodna Dalmacija 1.5M 43.9 44.0% Newspaper
22 Berliner Zeitung 1.5M 44.0 48.7% Newspaper
23 Passauer Neue Presse 1.4M 41.1 59.0% Newspaper
24 The Guardian 1.4M 37.4 49.8% Newspaper
25 Algemeen Dagblad 1.3M 41.0 76.7% Newspaper
26 El Mundo (Colombia) 1.3M 35.8 44.9% Newspaper
27 Milliyet 1.3M 43.5 47.3% Newspaper
28 Večernji list 1.3M 43.5 46.2% Newspaper
29 Abendzeitung 1.3M 44.0 49.8% Newspaper
30 Hersfelder Zeitung 1.2M 42.4 51.6% Newspaper
31 Werra-Rundschau 1.2M 42.3 53.0% Newspaper
32 Rheinische Post 1.1M 44.2 55.7% Newspaper
33 Wetterauer Zeitung 1.1M 42.9 52.5% Newspaper
34 Neue Zürcher Zeitung 1.1M 48.6 35.7% Newspaper
35 Kronen Zeitung 1.1M 38.1 64.0% Newspaper
36 Kieler Nachrichten 1M 42.7 53.6% Newspaper
37 Hürriyet 1M 44.0 50.2% Newspaper
38 Financial Times 998k 38.4 41.3% Newspaper
39 Slobodna Bosna 977k 48.5 20.1% Newspaper
40 tagesanzeiger 971k 31.4 28.6% Newspaper
41 The Wall Street Journal 931k 41.5 39.5% Newspaper
42 Rhein-Zeitung 919k 43.9 57.5% Newspaper
43 Tageblatt 867k 42.6 55.4% Newspaper
44 Der Standard 861k 42.8 44.7% Newspaper
45 Daily News and Analysis 854k 46.5 34.8% Newspaper
46 Marca (newspaper) 828k 37.4 32.7% Newspaper
47 El País 796k 37.7 53.6% Newspaper
48 Fakt 768k 37.0 64.2% Newspaper
49 Corriere della Sera 767k 37.9 49.2% Newspaper
50 Sportske novosti 753k 41.8 18.1% Newspaper
51 Le Monde 701k 34.9 50.6% Newspaper
52 Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung 693k 41.0 53.9% Newspaper
53 The Times 664k 39.8 51.5% Newspaper
54 VG 661k 42.9 52.4% Newspaper
55 Hamburger Morgenpost 643k 41.6 45.5% Newspaper
56 La Gazzetta dello Sport 629k 31.6 27.4% Newspaper
57 Fuldaer Zeitung 598k 40.9 57.5% Newspaper
58 Gießener Anzeiger 597k 43.0 51.2% Newspaper
59 Wiesbadener Kurier 590k 41.8 52.3% Newspaper
60 Pforzheimer Zeitung 587k 41.7 53.2% Newspaper
61 Jyllands-Posten 587k 46.6 53.0% Newspaper
62 La Repubblica 566k 34.4 55.5% Newspaper
63 Vijesti 555k 40.2 42.7% Newspaper
64 Oslobođenje 549k 45.8 36.4% Newspaper
65 24 sata (Serbia) 523k 42.4 53.8% Newspaper
66 ADN (newspaper) 519k 37.6 0.0% Newspaper
67 türkiye gazetesi 518k 38.7 38.6% Newspaper
68 Blick 516k 42.3 53.4% Newspaper
69 Le Figaro 502k 33.7 53.4% Newspaper
70 USA Today 499k 36.6 56.7% Newspaper
71 Ostdeutsche Allgemeine 491k 42.2 40.9% Newspaper
72 taz. die tageszeitung 482k 41.5 52.6% Newspaper
73 Kleine Zeitung 481k 46.4 42.8% Newspaper
74 Automotive news 446k 42.4 28.4% Newspaper
75 The Stranger (newspaper) 440k 26.5 0.0% Newspaper
76 Ruhr Nachrichten 437k 42.4 46.7% Newspaper
77 Hamburger Abendblatt 406k 43.5 49.7% Newspaper
78 RedEye 403k 42.8 25.6% Newspaper
79 DV (newspaper) 403k 36.4 78.1% Newspaper
80 The Washington Post 396k 38.7 45.4% Newspaper
81 Daily Mirror 387k 41.9 49.4% Newspaper
82 Neues Deutschland 386k 42.1 45.6% Newspaper
83 Večernje novosti 374k 42.1 56.2% Newspaper
84 Weekender 367k 43.6 70.0% Newspaper
85 Gazeta Wyborcza 365k 43.1 62.7% Newspaper
86 Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger 360k 44.0 57.9% Newspaper
87 Il Fatto Quotidiano 359k 46.0 45.6% Newspaper
88 Grafschafter Nachrichten 354k 41.8 53.9% Newspaper
89 Ostfriesen-Zeitung 350k 46.0 65.5% Newspaper
90 Tuttosport 345k 33.3 28.6% Newspaper
91 Manorama Online 345k 40.0 35.5% Newspaper
92 7days 344k 36.5 33.5% Newspaper
93 Adevărul 344k 41.2 46.9% Newspaper
94 Nürnberger Nachrichten 336k 40.9 53.9% Newspaper
95 Oberhessische Presse 334k 41.4 52.2% Newspaper
96 Schwäbische Zeitung 318k 43.2 51.6% Newspaper
97 Darmstädter Echo 317k 41.7 51.5% Newspaper
98 BirGün 307k 46.0 34.3% Newspaper
99 Der Freitag 303k 43.5 58.5% Newspaper
100 The Economic Times 286k 49.5 66.9% 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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