Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Second-hand shop Audience in Germany

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Second-hand shop in Germany — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Second-hand shop has an estimated audience of 1,905,280 people in Germany.

The average Second-hand shop fan in Germany is 39.2 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

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

Top brand affinities include Charity shop, Used good, Deichmann, with strongest over-indexing on Charity shop (6.93× the country average).

Demographically, the Second-hand shop audience skews more female with an average age of 39.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Price Sensitivity.

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

The typical Second-hand shop fan in Germany is more female, around 39.2 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Charity shop.

Category: Shopping · Type: Touchpoint

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 Second-hand shop profile in Germany.

Audience size
1.9M
in Germany
Gender
69.5%
30.5% male
Age
39.2
average years
Country rank
#3522
Touchpoint in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-26%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Second-hand shop fans

69.5% are female, 30.5% are male, average age 39.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

69.5%
Female
30.5%
Male
Demographic split for Second-hand shop audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female69.5%
Male30.5%
Average age39.2
Estimated audience size1,905,280
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.2
average years
Age distribution of the Second-hand shop audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-1919%
20-2919%
30-3920%
40-4922%
50+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

10.0%

of the worldwide Second-hand shop audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Second-hand shop
CountryShare
France11.3%
United States10.7%
Germany10.0%
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 Second-hand shop audience in Germany is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Second-hand shop fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~50K1.41×
02Berlin~100K1.37×
03Rheinland-Pfalz~100K1.32×
04Baden-Württemberg~300K1.17×
05Bremen~20K1.16×
06Hessen~200K1.08×
07Bayern~300K1.07×
08Nordrhein-Westfalen~400K1.01×
09Niedersachsen~200K1.01×
10Schleswig-Holstein~70K0.96×
11Thüringen~50K0.96×
12Saarland~20K0.87×
13Hamburg~40K0.84×
14Sachsen~70K0.79×
15Sachsen-Anhalt~40K0.77×
16Brandenburg~40K0.74×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Second-hand shop, Germany
0.74×1.00×1.41×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Second-hand shop audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Charity shopFashion & Accessoires6.93×
02Used goodPolitics & Society6.11×
03Garage saleFashion & Accessoires4.72×
04Electronic (band)Music & Radio3.89×
05Flea marketHome & Garden2.89×
06NiceTravel & Leisure2.32×
07BonprixShopping2.03×
08DeichmannShopping1.98×
09TchiboShopping1.95×
10BreuningerFashion & Accessoires1.90×
11Ernsting's familyShopping1.86×
12C&AShopping1.85×
13RossmannShopping1.83×
14HermèsFashion & Accessoires1.77×
15DesignerHome & Garden1.73×
16RitualsBeauty & Wellness1.58×
17DressesFashion & Accessoires1.57×
18Shopping mallsShopping1.56×
19ImmoweltHome & Garden1.56×
20BoutiquesFashion & Accessoires1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Second-hand shop 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 Second-hand shop audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN2.54×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.34×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.29×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Second-hand shop audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.77×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.89×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.91×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Second-hand shop have in Germany?

Second-hand shop has an estimated audience of 1,905,280 people in Germany, concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen and Bayern.

02

What is the gender split and age of Second-hand shop fans?

69.5% of Second-hand shop fans are female, 30.5% are male, with an average age of 39.2 years.

03

Which brands do Second-hand shop fans like most?

Second-hand shop fans show strongest brand affinity for Charity shop (6.93×), Used good (6.11×), and Deichmann (1.98×) over the country average.

04

Where do Second-hand shop fans live in Germany?

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

05

What other brands do Second-hand shop fans also like?

Beyond Second-hand shop itself, the audience over-indexes on Used good (6.11×), Deichmann (1.98×), Rossmann (1.83×), and Hermès (1.77×) 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 Second-hand shop. 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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