Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Frankfurter Rundschau Audience in Germany

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Frankfurter Rundschau in Germany — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Frankfurter Rundschau has an estimated audience of 2,339,114 people in Germany.

#12among Newspaper in Germany#93among Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Germany#28in News

The average Frankfurter Rundschau fan in Germany is 45.2 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Hessen.

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

Top brand affinities include Der Tagesspiegel, SV Darmstadt 98, Commerzbank, with strongest over-indexing on Der Tagesspiegel (5.95× the country average).

Demographically, the Frankfurter Rundschau audience skews more male with an average age of 45.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Indulgence.

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

The typical Frankfurter Rundschau fan in Germany is more male, around 45.2 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Der Tagesspiegel.

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 Frankfurter Rundschau profile in Germany.

Audience size
2.3M
in Germany
Gender
43.0%♀
57.0% male
Age
45.2
average years
Country rank
#2845
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+3%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of Frankfurter Rundschau

43.0% are female, 57.0% are male, average age 45.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

43.0%
Female
57.0%
Male
Demographic split for Frankfurter Rundschau audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female43.0%
Male57.0%
Average age45.2
Estimated audience size2,339,114
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 45.2
average years
Age distribution of the Frankfurter Rundschau audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-196%
20-2914%
30-3922%
40-4930%
50+28%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

78.0%

of the worldwide Frankfurter Rundschau audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Frankfurter Rundschau
CountryShare
Germany78.0%
Austria4.6%
Switzerland4.0%
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 Frankfurter Rundschau audience in Germany is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Frankfurter Rundschau fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Hessen~800K4.71×
02Rheinland-Pfalz~100K1.25×
03Baden-Württemberg~300K0.92×
04Hamburg~50K0.90×
05Saarland~30K0.90×
06Berlin~90K0.84×
07Nordrhein-Westfalen~400K0.83×
08Schleswig-Holstein~70K0.82×
09Bremen~20K0.82×
10Niedersachsen~200K0.77×
11Bayern~300K0.74×
12Sachsen~70K0.59×
13Thüringen~30K0.52×
14Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~20K0.50×
15Brandenburg~40K0.49×
16Sachsen-Anhalt~30K0.48×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Frankfurter Rundschau, Germany
0.48×1.00×4.71×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Frankfurter Rundschau audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01SV Darmstadt 98Sports9.75×
02Der TagesspiegelNews5.95×
03Reinhard MeyMusic & Radio4.09×
0411 FreundeSports3.33×
05Junge FreiheitNews3.30×
06HandelsblattBusiness & Career3.27×
07FC St. PauliSports2.71×
08Udo LindenbergMusic & Radio2.65×
09Markus LanzMovies & TV2.35×
10SportschauSports2.25×
11CommerzbankBusiness & Career2.20×
12ZDFMovies & TV2.14×
13Tabloid (newspaper format)Literature2.14×
14Die WeltNews2.03×
15RTL TelevisionMovies & TV2.01×
16Deutsche BankBusiness & Career1.94×
17SV Werder BremenSports1.74×
18NewspapersLiterature1.74×
19Online newspaperNews1.55×
20Deutsche BahnCars & Mobility1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Frankfurter Rundschau 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 Frankfurter Rundschau audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN1.88×
IndulgenceJOY1.68×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.52×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Frankfurter Rundschau audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Pet OwnershipJOY0.49×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.65×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.71×
0×1.00× baseline2×
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Frankfurter Rundschau have in Germany?

Frankfurter Rundschau has an estimated audience of 2,339,114 people in Germany, concentrated in Hessen and Nordrhein-Westfalen.

02

What is the gender split and age of Frankfurter Rundschau fans?

43.0% of Frankfurter Rundschau fans are female, 57.0% are male, with an average age of 45.2 years.

03

Which brands do Frankfurter Rundschau fans like most?

Frankfurter Rundschau fans show strongest brand affinity for Der Tagesspiegel (5.95×), SV Darmstadt 98 (9.75×), and Commerzbank (2.2×) over the country average.

04

Where do Frankfurter Rundschau fans live in Germany?

Frankfurter Rundschau fans in Germany are most concentrated in Hessen (reach ~800K), Nordrhein-Westfalen (reach ~400K), and Baden-Württemberg (reach ~300K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Frankfurter Rundschau fans also like?

Beyond Frankfurter Rundschau itself, the audience over-indexes on SV Darmstadt 98 (9.75×), Commerzbank (2.2×), Sportschau (2.25×), and ZDF (2.14×) 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 Frankfurter Rundschau. 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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