Rascasse Audience Intelligence

News magazine Audience in Germany

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about News magazine in Germany — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. News magazine has an estimated audience of 11,448,827 people in Germany.

The average News magazine fan in Germany is 41.7 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

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

Top brand affinities include Tagesschau, Spiegel Online, Der Spiegel, with strongest over-indexing on Tagesschau (1.62× the country average).

Demographically, the News magazine audience skews balanced with an average age of 41.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Spirituality.

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

The typical News magazine fan in Germany is balanced, around 41.7 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Tagesschau.

Category: News · 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 News magazine profile in Germany.

Audience size
11.4M
in Germany
Gender
51.5%
48.5% male
Age
41.7
average years
Country rank
#245
Topic in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-18%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of News magazine fans

51.5% are female, 48.5% are male, average age 41.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.5%
Female
48.5%
Male
Demographic split for News magazine audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female51.5%
Male48.5%
Average age41.7
Estimated audience size11,448,827
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.7
average years
Age distribution of the News magazine audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-1912%
20-2918%
30-3923%
40-4925%
50+22%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

9.3%

of the worldwide News magazine audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for News magazine
CountryShare
United States18.3%
Germany9.3%
India5.4%
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 News magazine audience in Germany is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

News magazine fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Saarland~200K1.37×
02Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~300K1.17×
03Sachsen-Anhalt~300K1.12×
04Thüringen~300K1.10×
05Hamburg~300K1.08×
06Brandenburg~400K1.04×
07Bremen~100K1.03×
08Schleswig-Holstein~400K0.98×
09Rheinland-Pfalz~500K0.95×
10Sachsen~500K0.94×
11Berlin~500K0.94×
12Niedersachsen~1M0.87×
13Hessen~800K0.87×
14Baden-Württemberg~1.5M0.82×
15Bayern~1.5M0.80×
16Nordrhein-Westfalen~2M0.75×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — News magazine, Germany
0.75×1.00×1.37×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for News magazine audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Anne WillMovies & TV2.56×
02Der SpiegelNews2.10×
03HanoverTravel & Leisure2.04×
04Sahra WagenknechtPolitics & Society2.04×
05Spiegel OnlineNews2.00×
06finanzen.netBusiness & Career1.90×
07Tokio HotelMusic & Radio1.90×
08Viktor OrbánPolitics & Society1.90×
09GEO (magazine)Travel & Leisure1.85×
10The New York TimesNews1.81×
11CNNMovies & TV1.79×
12Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungNews1.73×
13Die ZeitNews1.70×
14Tichys EinblickPolitics & Society1.69×
15Süddeutsche ZeitungNews1.67×
16FOCUS OnlineNews1.66×
17TagesschauMovies & TV1.62×
18Apollo NewsPolitics & Society1.56×
19Junge FreiheitNews1.54×
20HeuteMovies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the News magazine 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 News magazine audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.22×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.15×
MindfulnessBALANCE1.13×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by News magazine audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.81×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.84×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.88×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does News magazine have in Germany?

News magazine has an estimated audience of 11,448,827 people in Germany, concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen and Bayern.

02

What is the gender split and age of News magazine fans?

51.5% of News magazine fans are female, 48.5% are male, with an average age of 41.7 years.

03

Which brands do News magazine fans like most?

News magazine fans show strongest brand affinity for Tagesschau (1.62×), Spiegel Online (2×), and Der Spiegel (2.1×) over the country average.

04

Where do News magazine fans live in Germany?

News magazine fans in Germany are most concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen (reach ~2M), Bayern (reach ~1.5M), and Baden-Württemberg (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do News magazine fans also like?

Beyond News magazine itself, the audience over-indexes on Spiegel Online (2×), Der Spiegel (2.1×), FOCUS Online (1.66×), and Hanover (2.04×) 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 News magazine. 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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