The Washington Post Audience in Germany

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The Washington Post has an estimated audience of 397,231 people in Germany. 45.4% are female, 54.6% are male, average age 38.0. Top regions: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bayern, Baden-Württemberg. Top brand affinities: Wikipedia, Germany, The Guardian, Ben Shapiro, Tagesschau.

The average The Washington Post fan in Germany is 38.0 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Nordrhein-Westfalen. The audience is concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bayern, Baden-Württemberg. Top brand affinities include Wikipedia, Germany, The Guardian, with strongest over-indexing on Wikipedia (5.37× the country average). Demographically, the The Washington Post audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sustainability, Pet Ownership. Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 16 regions tracked by Rascasse.

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

Demographics of The Washington Post fans

Demographic split for The Washington Post audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female45.4%
Male54.6%
Average age38.0
Estimated audience size397,231

Audience persona

The typical The Washington Post fan in Germany is balanced, around 38.0 years old, with strong Sustainability tendencies and a notable affinity for Wikipedia.

Top regions in Germany

Top regions ranked by reach for The Washington Post in Germany
RegionReachAffinity
Nordrhein-Westfalen111,4801.28×
Bayern84,5031.32×
Baden-Württemberg58,4231.08×
Berlin48,7912.75×
Hessen45,1841.49×
Rheinland-Pfalz30,5791.54×
Niedersachsen27,4520.71×
Schleswig-Holstein12,2570.86×
Sachsen9,4970.49×
Hamburg8,936
Brandenburg6,7830.55×
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern4,5430.6×
Thüringen4,4320.44×
Sachsen-Anhalt3,8740.38×
Bremen3,1390.92×
Saarland2,9170.6×

Top brand affinities

Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for The Washington Post audience
BrandAffinityCategory
Wikipedia5.37×Internet & Social Media
GermanyTravel & Leisure
The Guardian12.66×News
Ben Shapiro29.66×Movies & TV
Tagesschau2.7×Movies & TV
Euphoria3.17×Movies & TV
TikTok2.41×Internet & Social Media
Kino (band)5.71×Music & Radio
Reading2.09×Literature
The Hill (newspaper)36.67×News
Harry Potter2.15×Movies & TV
Racial equality28.85×Politics & Society
Matt Damon10.9×Movies & TV
Online newspaper3.62×News
Stranger Things3.61×Movies & TV
Candace Owens16.28×Literature
Ronald Reagan15.64×Politics & Society
CNN7.1×Movies & TV
Stil in Berlin8.73×Fashion & Accessoires
Thomson Reuters21.79×Business & Career

Psychographic profile

Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Top personality traits over-indexed by The Washington Post audience
TraitClusterScore
SustainabilityBALANCE1.74
Pet OwnershipJOY1.62
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.59
Sports ActivityPOWER1.48
Career OrientationPOWER1.48
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.42

Worldwide distribution

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for The Washington Post
CountryShare
United States71.3%
Canada2.9%
United Kingdom2.8%

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Frequently asked questions

How many fans does The Washington Post have in Germany?

The Washington Post has an estimated audience of 397,231 people in Germany, concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen and Bayern.

What is the gender split and age of The Washington Post fans?

45.4% of The Washington Post fans are female, 54.6% are male, with an average age of 38.0 years.

Which brands do The Washington Post fans like most?

The Washington Post fans show strongest brand affinity for Wikipedia (5.37×), Germany (3×), and The Guardian (12.66×) over the country average.

Where do The Washington Post fans live in Germany?

The Washington Post fans in Germany are most concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen (reach 111,480), Bayern (reach 84,503), and Baden-Württemberg (reach 58,423). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

What other brands do The Washington Post fans also like?

Beyond The Washington Post itself, the audience over-indexes on Germany (3×), The Guardian (12.66×), Ben Shapiro (29.66×), and Tagesschau (2.7×) compared to the Germany average.

How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Germany who actively search for The Washington Post. 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.