Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Bookselling Audience in Germany

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Bookselling in Germany — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Bookselling has an estimated audience of 5,520,795 people in Germany.

#572among Topic in Germany#17in Literature

The average Bookselling fan in Germany is 39.0 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

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

Top brand affinities include Non-fiction books, Hugendubel, Crime fiction, with strongest over-indexing on Non-fiction books (13.27× the country average).

Demographically, the Bookselling audience skews more female with an average age of 39.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Mindfulness.

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

The typical Bookselling fan in Germany is more female, around 39.0 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Non-fiction books.

Category: Literature · Type: Topic

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 Bookselling profile in Germany.

Audience size
5.5M
in Germany
Gender
69.8%♀
30.2% male
Age
39.0
average years
Country rank
#913
Topic in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-39%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Bookselling fans

69.8% are female, 30.2% are male, average age 39.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

69.8%
Female
30.2%
Male
Demographic split for Bookselling audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female69.8%
Male30.2%
Average age39.0
Estimated audience size5,520,795
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.0
average years
Age distribution of the Bookselling audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-1919%
20-2921%
30-3921%
40-4921%
50+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.8%

of the worldwide Bookselling audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Bookselling
CountryShare
United States14.9%
Japan14.2%
Brazil6.4%
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 Bookselling audience in Germany is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Bookselling fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Baden-Württemberg~1M1.26×
02Hamburg~200K1.22×
03Berlin~300K1.19×
04Hessen~500K1.13×
05Schleswig-Holstein~200K1.11×
06Bayern~900K1.06×
07Rheinland-Pfalz~300K1.06×
08Bremen~50K1.02×
09Thüringen~100K1.00×
10Sachsen~300K0.99×
11Nordrhein-Westfalen~1M0.98×
12Niedersachsen~500K0.97×
13Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~100K0.95×
14Saarland~60K0.90×
15Brandenburg~100K0.81×
16Sachsen-Anhalt~100K0.81×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Bookselling, Germany
0.81×1.00×1.26×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Bookselling audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Non-fiction booksLiterature13.27×
02Jane AustenLiterature11.28×
03Contemporary romanceLiterature11.21×
04GoodreadsLiterature10.71×
05Crime fictionLiterature10.62×
06Young-adult fictionLiterature9.60×
07Women's fictionLiterature9.59×
08Short storyLiterature8.80×
09Parenting stylesKids & Family8.08×
10HugendubelShopping7.31×
11E-book readersTechnology & Electronics7.21×
12Detective fictionLiterature7.06×
13AuthorLiterature6.73×
14LibraryLiterature6.46×
15NovelLiterature6.37×
16Children's literatureLiterature5.65×
17Creative writingBusiness & Career5.42×
18Stranger ThingsMovies & TV3.97×
19BooksLiterature3.67×
20Harry PotterMovies & TV2.14×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Bookselling 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 Bookselling audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN2.10×
MindfulnessBALANCE1.87×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.79×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Bookselling audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.01×
DIY MentalityTHRILL1.09×
Sports ActivityPOWER1.18×
0×1.00× baseline2×
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Bookselling have in Germany?

Bookselling has an estimated audience of 5,520,795 people in Germany, concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen and Baden-Württemberg.

02

What is the gender split and age of Bookselling fans?

69.8% of Bookselling fans are female, 30.2% are male, with an average age of 39.0 years.

03

Which brands do Bookselling fans like most?

Bookselling fans show strongest brand affinity for Non-fiction books (13.27×), Hugendubel (7.31×), and Crime fiction (10.62×) over the country average.

04

Where do Bookselling fans live in Germany?

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

05

What other brands do Bookselling fans also like?

Beyond Bookselling itself, the audience over-indexes on Hugendubel (7.31×), Crime fiction (10.62×), Contemporary romance (11.21×), and Novel (6.37×) 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 Bookselling. 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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