Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Bestseller Audience in Germany

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Bestseller in Germany — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Bestseller has an estimated audience of 6,261,458 people in Germany.

#4among Literary genre in Germany#465among Topic in Germany#12in Literature

The average Bestseller fan in Germany is 40.5 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

The audience is concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bayern, Baden-Württemberg.

Top brand affinities include Bild, Obi (store), Tchibo, with strongest over-indexing on Bild (1.66× the country average).

Demographically, the Bestseller audience skews more female with an average age of 40.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as DIY Mentality, Quality Awareness.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 16 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Bestseller fan in Germany is more female, around 40.5 years old, with strong DIY Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for Bild.

Category: Literature · Type: Topic · Subtype: Literary genre

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Bestseller profile in Germany.

Audience size
6.3M
in Germany
Gender
70.6%♀
29.4% male
Age
40.5
average years
Country rank
#752
Topic in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-26%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Bestseller fans

70.6% are female, 29.4% are male, average age 40.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

70.6%
Female
29.4%
Male
Demographic split for Bestseller audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female70.6%
Male29.4%
Average age40.5
Estimated audience size6,261,458
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.5
average years
Age distribution of the Bestseller audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-1915%
20-2919%
30-3922%
40-4924%
50+21%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

6.2%

of the worldwide Bestseller audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Bestseller
CountryShare
United States18.0%
Japan11.6%
Germany6.2%
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

Where the Bestseller audience in Germany is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Bestseller fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Hamburg~200K1.43×
02Schleswig-Holstein~300K1.19×
03Nordrhein-Westfalen~1.5M1.09×
04Baden-Württemberg~900K1.08×
05Niedersachsen~700K1.08×
06Rheinland-Pfalz~300K1.06×
07Bayern~1M1.03×
08Hessen~500K1.03×
09Bremen~50K0.99×
10Berlin~300K0.96×
11Saarland~70K0.93×
12Thüringen~100K0.89×
13Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~100K0.87×
14Sachsen~300K0.84×
15Brandenburg~200K0.81×
16Sachsen-Anhalt~100K0.79×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Bestseller, Germany
0.79×1.00×1.43×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Bestseller audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Bestseller audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Ulla PopkenFashion & Accessoires2.63×
02TchiboShopping2.61×
03Ernsting's familyShopping2.53×
04Let's Dance (German TV series)Movies & TV2.27×
05Wetter.comHome & Garden2.11×
06QVCMovies & TV2.06×
07Stress (biology)Health1.99×
08FOCUS OnlineNews1.98×
09Gute Zeiten, schlechte ZeitenMovies & TV1.96×
10BreuningerFashion & Accessoires1.91×
11DeichmannShopping1.90×
12TherapyHealth1.85×
13Google MapsInternet & Social Media1.80×
14Obi (store)Shopping1.79×
15EurojackpotGames1.78×
16FreewareTechnology & Electronics1.69×
17BildNews1.66×
18RossmannShopping1.62×
19LidlShopping1.54×
20ImmoScout24Home & Garden1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Bestseller audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Bestseller audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
DIY MentalityTHRILL1.25×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.22×
CreativityOPEN1.19×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Bestseller audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE0.59×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.61×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.62×
0×1.00× baseline2×
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Bestseller have in Germany?

Bestseller has an estimated audience of 6,261,458 people in Germany, concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen and Bayern.

02

What is the gender split and age of Bestseller fans?

70.6% of Bestseller fans are female, 29.4% are male, with an average age of 40.5 years.

03

Which brands do Bestseller fans like most?

Bestseller fans show strongest brand affinity for Bild (1.66×), Obi (store) (1.79×), and Tchibo (2.61×) over the country average.

04

Where do Bestseller fans live in Germany?

Bestseller fans in Germany are most concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen (reach ~1.5M), Bayern (reach ~1M), and Baden-Württemberg (reach ~900K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Bestseller fans also like?

Beyond Bestseller itself, the audience over-indexes on Obi (store) (1.79×), Tchibo (2.61×), Deichmann (1.9×), and Google Maps (1.8×) compared to the Germany average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Germany who actively search for Bestseller. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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