Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Zeit Verbrechen Audience in Germany

Zeit Verbrechen has an estimated audience of 975K people in Germany.

#5among True crime in Germany
#26among podcasts in Germany#957in Movies & TV

The average Zeit Verbrechen fan in Germany is 41.3 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

By number of fans, Zeit Verbrechen ranks #5 among the 92 objects in True crime in Germany — 257.9× the group median.

Its fans are 1.4 years older than the group average of 39.9.

Women make up 54.0% of the fan base, 1.6 percentage points more than the group average.

Compared with the other 91 objects in True crime, Zeit Verbrechen fans stand out for their interest in Axel Prahl, Jürgen Vogel and Emilia Schüle.

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

Top affinities include Axel Prahl, Jürgen Vogel, Emilia Schüle, with strongest over-indexing on Axel Prahl (7.24× the country average).

Demographically, the Zeit Verbrechen audience skews balanced with an average age of 41.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Need for Security.

The typical Zeit Verbrechen fan in Germany is balanced, around 41.3 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Axel Prahl.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: Podcast · Subtype: True crime

Data status: Q3/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
975K
in Germany
Gender
54.0%♀
46.0% male
Age
41.3
average years
Country rank
#7072
among all objects in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-33%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Demographics of Zeit Verbrechen fans

54.0% are female, 46.0% are male, average age 41.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.0%
Female
46.0%
Male
Demographic split for Zeit Verbrechen audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female54.0%
Male46.0%
Average age41.3
Estimated audience size975K
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.3
average years
Age distribution of the Zeit Verbrechen audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-2414%
25-3418%
35-4423%
45-5425%
55+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

80.6%

of the worldwide Zeit Verbrechen audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Zeit Verbrechen
CountryShare
Germany80.6%
Switzerland6.0%
Austria5.8%
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

Zeit Verbrechen fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Hamburg~40K1.83×
02Berlin~70K1.57×
03Bremen~10K1.28×
04Schleswig-Holstein~40K1.08×
05Brandenburg~30K1.01×
06Saarland~10K0.98×
07Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~20K0.96×
08Niedersachsen~90K0.95×
09Sachsen~50K0.95×
10Bayern~100K0.91×
11Hessen~70K0.90×
12Nordrhein-Westfalen~200K0.89×
13Baden-Württemberg~100K0.85×
14Rheinland-Pfalz~40K0.74×
15Thüringen~20K0.67×
16Sachsen-Anhalt~20K0.66×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Zeit Verbrechen, Germany
0.66×1.00×1.83×
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 Zeit Verbrechen audience vs. the country average
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Axel PrahlMovies & TV7.24×
02Jürgen VogelMovies & TV6.77×
03Emilia SchüleMovies & TV6.65×
04TatortMovies & TV6.18×
05Jan Josef LiefersMovies & TV5.73×
06Christoph Maria HerbstMovies & TV5.65×
07Karoline HerfurthMovies & TV4.97×
08Massively multiplayer online role-playing gamesGames4.23×
09Ina MüllerMovies & TV3.96×
10FC St. PauliSports3.91×
11FocusNews3.35×
12TagesschauMovies & TV3.23×
13Barbara SchönebergerMovies & TV2.83×
14Udo LindenbergMusic & Radio2.78×
15Der TagesspiegelNews2.36×
16TransfermarktSports2.26×
17PodcastMusic & Radio2.13×
18ZDFMovies & TV1.80×
19NatureHome & Garden1.69×
20SportschauSports1.64×
Section 05
Strongest and weakest personality traits of this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Zeit Verbrechen audience

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Personality traits of the Zeit Verbrechen audience vs. the country average · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN1.34×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.32×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.26×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Personality traits of the Zeit Verbrechen audience vs. the country average · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.82×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.85×
Sports ActivityPOWER0.86×
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 Zeit Verbrechen over the last 12 months. Modelled, not counted; people interested in several podcasts 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/zeit-verbrechen-10000082” · Methodology