Popularity ranking · Germany

The 17 biggest 3. Liga fan bases in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 17 largest 3. liga teams in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. F.C. Hansa Rostock, Fortuna Düsseldorf and FC Erzgebirge Aue lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 11M people. Across all 17 entries the average audience size is 1.3M, and the largest, F.C. Hansa Rostock, reaches around 4.6M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each 3. liga team, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 17, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Germany. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Germany, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Germany. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 F.C. Hansa Rostock 4.6M 38.7 31.1% Soccer
2 Fortuna Düsseldorf 4M 35.5 27.6% Soccer
3 FC Erzgebirge Aue 2.3M 38.9 25.8% Soccer
4 SC Preußen Münster 2M 34.3 14.6% Soccer
5 Rot-Weiss Essen 2M 28.5 16.3% Soccer
6 TSV 1860 München 1.6M 38.1 20.6% Soccer
7 Alemannia Aachen 1.5M 28.7 18.5% Soccer
8 SSV Jahn Regensburg 1M 37.9 30.3% Soccer
9 SV Waldhof Mannheim 897k 29.7 20.1% Soccer
10 1. FC Saarbrücken 643k 37.2 38.6% Soccer
11 FC Viktoria Köln 544k 44.4 13.0% Soccer
12 SV Sandhausen 460k 43.4 34.2% Soccer
13 FC Ingolstadt 04 290k 36.2 20.5% Soccer
14 SC Verl 288k 38.0 25.4% Soccer
15 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 232k 38.2 35.3% Soccer
16 SpVgg Unterhaching 198k 31.5 35.1% Soccer
17 SSV Ulm 1846 13k 24.3 14.0% Soccer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular 3. liga teams compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each 3. liga team by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest 3. liga team in Germany?

F.C. Hansa Rostock currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.6M people in Germany.

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