Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular TV Channels in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv channels in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.2k tv channels tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. n-tv, ZDF and Sport1 (Netherlands) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 89M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.9M, and the largest, n-tv, reaches around 62M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each tv channel, 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 n-tv 62M — — News
2 ZDF 15M 44.3 54.4% Entertainment
3 Sport1 (Netherlands) 12M — — Sport
4 Netflix 12M 36.6 51.3% TV & film
5 QVC 11M 46.6 85.1% Home shopping
6 ARD Mediathek 10M 40.7 45.7% Entertainment
7 RTL Television 8.1M 40.4 62.7% Entertainment
8 Sat.1 7.7M 42.4 62.5% Entertainment
9 Westdeutscher Rundfunk 6.9M 45.4 52.4% Entertainment
10 WOWtv 6.7M 41.9 19.6% Entertainment
11 HBO MAX 6.3M 36.7 49.4% TV & film
12 Gold (TV channel) 6.2M 32.6 69.6% Entertainment
13 ProSieben 6.1M 36.3 52.8% Entertainment
14 Amazon Prime Video 5.3M 35.8 50.4% TV & film
15 NDR 5.2M 46.3 56.3% Entertainment
16 RTL+ 5.2M 38.5 52.7% Entertainment
17 ZDF Mediathek 4.9M 40.8 46.4% Entertainment
18 Bayerischer Rundfunk 4.4M 45.9 49.6% Entertainment
19 Sport1 4.4M 42.4 22.9% Sport
20 Das Erste 3.5M 44.6 51.3% Entertainment
21 Magenta Sport 2.9M 37.8 28.1% Sport
22 CNN 2.5M 36.6 41.0% News
23 DAZN 2.3M 36.1 32.6% Sport
24 Nickelodeon 2.2M 31.9 56.4% Kids & family
25 Eurosport 2.2M 41.0 25.2% Sport
26 Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk 2M 41.1 54.4% Entertainment
27 Magenta TV 1.9M 36.8 35.5% Entertainment
28 VOX (TV channel) 1.9M 38.2 68.3% Entertainment
29 Tele 5 1.9M 41.8 21.2% TV & film
30 Sky Deutschland 1.9M 41.6 31.0% Entertainment
31 Südwestrundfunk 1.8M 41.6 47.5% Entertainment
32 Prime (New Zealand) 1.8M — — Entertainment
33 Disney Channel 1.7M 34.2 72.0% Kids & family
34 Disney+ 1.7M 34.9 57.4% TV & film
35 CBS 1.6M 37.0 46.5% Entertainment
36 ProSieben Maxx 1.5M 34.7 37.2% TV & film
37 RT (TV network) 1.5M 43.8 36.2% News
38 Sonnenklar.TV 1.5M 43.6 68.1% Home shopping
39 Sky Sport 1.4M 45.6 21.8% Sport
40 TRT 1 1.3M 40.3 61.4% Entertainment
41 HSE24 1.3M 49.5 85.8% Home shopping
42 Show TV 1.3M 40.3 56.6% Entertainment
43 Kanal D 1.3M 39.9 60.4% Entertainment
44 Al Jazeera 1.3M 39.5 44.1% News
45 Hessischer Rundfunk 1.2M 43.9 55.2% Entertainment
46 Sky Sport News HD 1.2M 38.3 18.1% Sport
47 Comedy Central 1.2M 32.1 47.0% Entertainment
48 Waipu.tv 1.2M 39.3 43.9% Entertainment
49 DR K 1.2M 44.5 55.2% Documentary
50 HGTV 1.2M 36.9 53.6% Lifestyle
51 RT Deutsch 1.2M 44.9 30.6% News
52 TNT (Sweden) 1.2M 50.1 52.7% TV & film
53 3sat 1.1M 46.1 50.6% Entertainment
54 DirecTV 1M 35.1 47.4% Entertainment
55 TLC (TV network) 1M 34.3 65.1% Lifestyle
56 BBC 1M 38.0 43.9% Entertainment
57 Sixx 1M 39.4 74.1% Lifestyle
58 ZDFneo 978k 41.9 46.0% Entertainment
59 DF1 953k 38.8 18.5% Entertainment
60 Adult Swim 951k 34.0 44.7% Entertainment
61 M3 (Canadian TV channel) 941k 41.8 56.9% Music
62 TRT Haber 900k 43.0 37.7% News
63 Arte 894k 39.8 56.0% Entertainment
64 Sportdeutschland.TV 881k 36.6 30.9% Sport
65 BBC One 863k 38.4 50.1% Entertainment
66 KiKa 789k 42.3 66.7% Kids & family
67 hotstar 784k 41.4 47.7% Entertainment
68 Sky Television (New Zealand) 783k 37.1 15.6% TV & film
69 Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen 780k 41.9 33.6% Entertainment
70 Challenge (TV channel) 728k 34.8 36.9% Entertainment
71 Fox News Channel 720k 34.9 47.1% News
72 Wow TV 706k 38.1 30.0% TV / music streaming
73 Really (TV channel) 691k 33.4 100.0% Entertainment
74 Discovery+ 688k 37.7 44.9% Documentary
75 Phoenix 686k 42.1 50.6% News
76 Rudaw 678k 37.8 51.5% News
77 Cartoon Network 674k 34.0 64.5% Kids & family
78 DMAX 660k — — Documentary
79 Create (TV network) 648k 51.1 80.4% Lifestyle
80 E! (Europe) 643k 24.0 83.8% Entertainment
81 Super RTL 641k 40.4 72.2% Kids & family
82 Syria TV 639k 38.5 35.6% News
83 Hulu 633k 36.8 43.7% TV & film
84 ATV (Pakistan) 632k — — Entertainment
85 The Weather Channel 632k 41.1 50.6% News
86 ESPN 628k 30.8 31.2% Sport
87 K2 (TV channel) 602k 34.0 43.2% Kids & family
88 Servus TV 599k 45.6 39.4% Entertainment
89 BBC Persian Television 584k 34.2 35.9% News
90 Sky News Arabia 581k 36.2 25.9% News
91 Sky Go 570k 38.7 30.9% Entertainment
92 HBO 569k 36.8 47.4% TV & film
93 Pluto TV 566k 40.3 40.3% Entertainment
94 June (TV Channel) 519k 31.8 97.0% Lifestyle
95 Al Jazeera English 518k 36.9 29.4% News
96 Telenica (Canal 8) 513k 30.7 86.8% Entertainment
97 AMC (TV channel) 510k 34.9 46.0% TV & film
98 Al Arabiya 506k 35.1 30.9% News
99 PBS 501k 33.8 53.9% Entertainment
100 Channel 21 (Germany) 499k 53.6 100.0% Home shopping

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular tv channels compiled?

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

n-tv currently leads with an estimated audience of 62M people in Germany.

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