Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Die Welt Audience in Germany

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Die Welt in Germany — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Die Welt has an estimated audience of 5,917,769 people in Germany.

The average Die Welt fan in Germany is 41.2 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

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

Top brand affinities include FOCUS Online, News magazine, Let's Dance (German TV series), with strongest over-indexing on FOCUS Online (2.13× the country average).

Demographically, the Die Welt audience skews balanced with an average age of 41.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as DIY Mentality, Family Orientation.

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

The typical Die Welt fan in Germany is balanced, around 41.2 years old, with strong DIY Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for FOCUS Online.

Category: News · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Newspaper

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 Die Welt profile in Germany.

Audience size
5.9M
in Germany
Gender
51.9%
48.1% male
Age
41.2
average years
Country rank
#811
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-16%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of Die Welt

51.9% are female, 48.1% are male, average age 41.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.9%
Female
48.1%
Male
Demographic split for Die Welt audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female51.9%
Male48.1%
Average age41.2
Estimated audience size5,917,769
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.2
average years
Age distribution of the Die Welt audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-1913%
20-2919%
30-3922%
40-4925%
50+21%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

80.1%

of the worldwide Die Welt audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Die Welt
CountryShare
Germany80.1%
Austria5.4%
Switzerland2.9%
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 Die Welt audience in Germany is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Die Welt fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Sachsen~400K1.35×
02Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~100K1.08×
03Thüringen~200K1.05×
04Baden-Württemberg~800K1.03×
05Sachsen-Anhalt~200K1.03×
06Bayern~1M1.02×
07Nordrhein-Westfalen~1.5M0.99×
08Rheinland-Pfalz~300K0.98×
09Hamburg~100K0.97×
10Berlin~300K0.96×
11Saarland~70K0.96×
12Niedersachsen~500K0.93×
13Brandenburg~200K0.93×
14Bremen~50K0.93×
15Hessen~400K0.92×
16Schleswig-Holstein~200K0.89×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Die Welt, Germany
0.89×1.00×1.35×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Die Welt audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Diane KeatonMovies & TV2.45×
02FOCUS OnlineNews2.13×
03Junge FreiheitNews2.12×
04BUNTE.deInternet & Social Media2.02×
05GMX MailInternet & Social Media2.00×
06Let's Dance (German TV series)Movies & TV1.98×
07Julia KlöcknerPolitics & Society1.93×
08B.Z. (newspaper)News1.91×
09Markus LanzMovies & TV1.90×
10Der TagesspiegelNews1.88×
11Alles was zähltMovies & TV1.87×
12Roland KaiserMusic & Radio1.75×
13Ernsting's familyShopping1.67×
14Gute Zeiten, schlechte ZeitenMovies & TV1.65×
15News magazineNews1.63×
16Storm of LoveMovies & TV1.63×
17BonprixShopping1.62×
18Thomas GottschalkMovies & TV1.60×
19Sport BildSports1.60×
20QVCMovies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Die Welt 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 Die Welt audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
DIY MentalityTHRILL1.02×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.00×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.97×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Die Welt audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndividualismJOY0.67×
Urban LifestyleOPEN0.69×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.69×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Die Welt have in Germany?

Die Welt has an estimated audience of 5,917,769 people in Germany, concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen and Bayern.

02

What is the gender split and age of Die Welt fans?

51.9% of Die Welt fans are female, 48.1% are male, with an average age of 41.2 years.

03

Which brands do Die Welt fans like most?

Die Welt fans show strongest brand affinity for FOCUS Online (2.13×), News magazine (1.63×), and Let's Dance (German TV series) (1.98×) over the country average.

04

Where do Die Welt fans live in Germany?

Die Welt fans in Germany are most concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen (reach ~1.5M), Bayern (reach ~1M), and Baden-Württemberg (reach ~800K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Die Welt fans also like?

Beyond Die Welt itself, the audience over-indexes on News magazine (1.63×), Let's Dance (German TV series) (1.98×), Diane Keaton (2.45×), and GMX Mail (2×) 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 Die Welt. 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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