Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Freie Presse Audience in Germany

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Freie Presse in Germany — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Freie Presse has an estimated audience of 1,722,432 people in Germany.

The average Freie Presse fan in Germany is 41.2 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Sachsen.

The audience is concentrated in Sachsen, Bayern, Thüringen.

Top brand affinities include FC Erzgebirge Aue, Dynamo Dresden, Obi (store), with strongest over-indexing on FC Erzgebirge Aue (43.42× the country average).

Demographically, the Freie Presse audience skews balanced with an average age of 41.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as DIY Mentality, Patriotism.

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

The typical Freie Presse fan in Germany is balanced, around 41.2 years old, with strong DIY Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for FC Erzgebirge Aue.

Category: News · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine

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 Freie Presse profile in Germany.

Audience size
1.7M
in Germany
Gender
53.5%
46.5% male
Age
41.2
average years
Country rank
#3910
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 Freie Presse

53.5% are female, 46.5% are male, average age 41.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.5%
Female
46.5%
Male
Demographic split for Freie Presse audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female53.5%
Male46.5%
Average age41.2
Estimated audience size1,722,432
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.2
average years
Age distribution of the Freie Presse audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-1911%
20-2919%
30-3926%
40-4926%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

95.5%

of the worldwide Freie Presse audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Freie Presse
CountryShare
Germany95.5%
Austria0.7%
Italy0.5%
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 Freie Presse audience in Germany is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Freie Presse fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Sachsen~1M13.13×
02Thüringen~40K0.78×
03Sachsen-Anhalt~20K0.39×
04Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~10K0.38×
05Berlin~30K0.34×
06Bremen~5K0.34×
07Brandenburg~20K0.28×
08Saarland~5K0.23×
09Bayern~40K0.15×
10Hamburg~5K0.13×
11Schleswig-Holstein~7K0.12×
12Hessen~20K0.11×
13Rheinland-Pfalz~9K0.11×
14Baden-Württemberg~20K0.10×
15Nordrhein-Westfalen~30K0.08×
16Niedersachsen~10K0.08×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Freie Presse, Germany
0.08×1.00×13.13×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Freie Presse audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01FC Erzgebirge AueSports43.42×
02SV SandhausenSports12.56×
03Pitbull (rapper)Music & Radio12.00×
04Dynamo DresdenSports11.82×
051. FC HeidenheimSports6.74×
06Der Bergdoktor (2008)Movies & TV5.91×
07Hardware storeHome & Garden5.27×
08F.C. Hansa RostockSports5.05×
09Junge FreiheitNews5.00×
10VfL BochumSports4.77×
11Hape KerkelingMovies & TV4.48×
12QVCMovies & TV3.79×
13Obi (store)Shopping3.46×
14RB LeipzigSports3.06×
15VfB StuttgartSports2.36×
16NatureHome & Garden2.25×
172. BundesligaSports2.06×
18Borussia DortmundSports1.80×
19BildNews1.70×
20FamilyKids & Family1.64×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Freie Presse 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 Freie Presse audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
DIY MentalityTHRILL2.26×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.67×
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.39×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Freie Presse audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.62×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.69×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.71×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Freie Presse have in Germany?

Freie Presse has an estimated audience of 1,722,432 people in Germany, concentrated in Sachsen and Bayern.

02

What is the gender split and age of Freie Presse fans?

53.5% of Freie Presse fans are female, 46.5% are male, with an average age of 41.2 years.

03

Which brands do Freie Presse fans like most?

Freie Presse fans show strongest brand affinity for FC Erzgebirge Aue (43.42×), Dynamo Dresden (11.82×), and Obi (store) (3.46×) over the country average.

04

Where do Freie Presse fans live in Germany?

Freie Presse fans in Germany are most concentrated in Sachsen (reach ~1M), Bayern (reach ~40K), and Thüringen (reach ~40K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Freie Presse fans also like?

Beyond Freie Presse itself, the audience over-indexes on Dynamo Dresden (11.82×), Obi (store) (3.46×), Hardware store (5.27×), and F.C. Hansa Rostock (5.05×) 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 Freie Presse. 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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