Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Cosplay Audience in Germany

Name: Cosplay — Germany
Creator: Rascasse
License: https://rascasse.com/terms/

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Cosplay in Germany — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Cosplay has an estimated audience of 2,752,019 people in Germany.

#1431among Topic in Germany #66in Games

The average Cosplay fan in Germany is 31.7 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

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

Top brand affinities include Anime and manga fandom, Harry Potter, TikTok, with strongest over-indexing on Anime and manga fandom (7.09× the country average).

Demographically, the Cosplay audience skews more male with an average age of 31.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Extroversion, Pet Ownership.

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

The typical Cosplay fan in Germany is more male, around 31.7 years old, with strong Extroversion tendencies and a notable affinity for Anime and manga fandom.

Category: Games · 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 Cosplay profile in Germany.

Audience size

2.8M

in Germany

Gender

44.2%♀

55.8% male

Age

31.7

average years

Country rank

#2365

Topic in Germany

Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Section 02

Demographics of Cosplay fans

44.2% are female, 55.8% are male, average age 31.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

44.2%

Female

55.8%

Male

Demographic split for Cosplay audience in Germany
Metric	Value
Female	44.2%
Male	55.8%
Average age	31.7
Estimated audience size	2,752,019

Fig. 03

Age distribution

Age distribution of the Cosplay audience in Germany
Age bracket	Share	%
16-19		39%
20-29		24%
30-39		17%
40-49		12%
50+		8%

Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.5%

of the worldwide Cosplay audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Cosplay
Country	Share
United States	21.1%
China	15.1%
Japan	13.7%

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 Cosplay audience in Germany is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Cosplay fans by region: top regions in Germany
#	Region	Reach	×
01	Hessen	~300K	1.22×
02	Nordrhein-Westfalen	~600K	1.06×
03	Thüringen	~70K	1.06×
04	Sachsen	~100K	1.05×
05	Niedersachsen	~300K	1.02×
06	Saarland	~30K	1.02×
07	Sachsen-Anhalt	~70K	0.99×
08	Rheinland-Pfalz	~100K	0.98×
09	Berlin	~100K	0.98×
10	Schleswig-Holstein	~100K	0.98×
11	Brandenburg	~80K	0.97×
12	Bayern	~400K	0.95×
13	Hamburg	~60K	0.95×
14	Bremen	~20K	0.94×
15	Baden-Württemberg	~300K	0.92×
16	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	~50K	0.92×

Section 04

Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Cosplay audience
#	Interest	Category	×
01	Anime and manga fandom	Literature	7.09×
02	Anime & Cosplay	Fashion & Accessoires	6.68×
03	Japanese popular culture	Travel & Leisure	6.64×
04	Shōnen manga	Literature	6.38×
05	Japanese art	Arts & Culture	6.34×
06	Otaku	Literature	6.27×
07	DeviantArt	Internet & Social Media	5.78×
08	Scooby-Doo	Movies & TV	5.47×
09	Pokémon (video game series)	Games	5.31×
10	One Piece	Movies & TV	5.25×
11	Anime convention	Literature	4.74×
12	Manga	Literature	4.23×
13	KPop Demon Hunters	Movies & TV	3.96×
14	Millie Bobby Brown	Movies & TV	3.70×
15	Pokémon	Games	3.56×
16	Superman	Movies & TV	3.35×
17	Anime movies	Movies & TV	3.06×
18	Harry Potter	Movies & TV	3.05×
19	Stranger Things	Movies & TV	2.86×
20	TikTok	Internet & Social Media	2.55×

Section 05

Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Cosplay 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 Cosplay audience · What stands out
Trait	Cluster	Score
Extroversion	THRILL	1.55×
Pet Ownership	JOY	1.54×
Mindfulness	BALANCE	1.32×

0×1.00× baseline2×

↓ Rather not

The weakest tendencies

Top personality traits over-indexed by Cosplay audience · Rather not
Trait	Cluster	Score
Quality Awareness	PREMIUM	0.57×
Career Orientation	POWER	0.70×
DIY Mentality	THRILL	0.77×

0×1.00× baseline2×

Section 06

Frequently asked questions

How many fans does Cosplay have in Germany?

Cosplay has an estimated audience of 2,752,019 people in Germany, concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen and Bayern.

What is the gender split and age of Cosplay fans?

44.2% of Cosplay fans are female, 55.8% are male, with an average age of 31.7 years.

Which brands do Cosplay fans like most?

Cosplay fans show strongest brand affinity for Anime and manga fandom (7.09×), Harry Potter (3.05×), and TikTok (2.55×) over the country average.

Where do Cosplay fans live in Germany?

Cosplay fans in Germany are most concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen (reach ~600K), Bayern (reach ~400K), and Baden-Württemberg (reach ~300K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

What other brands do Cosplay fans also like?

Beyond Cosplay itself, the audience over-indexes on Harry Potter (3.05×), TikTok (2.55×), One Piece (5.25×), and Otaku (6.27×) compared to the Germany average.

Appendix

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Germany who actively search for Cosplay. 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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