Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Authors in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest authors in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.6k authors tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Caroline Wahl, Sarah, Duchess of York and Sebastian Fitzek lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 452k, and the largest, Caroline Wahl, reaches around 1.5M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each author, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, 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 Caroline Wahl 1.5M 43.2 68.6% Author
2 Sarah, Duchess of York 1.4M 52.0 97.3% Author
3 Sebastian Fitzek 1.4M 44.4 74.1% Author
4 Ferdinand von Schirach 1.2M 41.3 63.2% Author
5 Stephen King 1.1M 36.2 56.5% Author
6 Joachim Meyerhoff 1.1M 40.7 69.3% Author
7 Richard David Precht 1M 43.6 56.2% Author
8 Sandra Navidi 993k 42.3 34.6% Author
9 Hannah Arendt 954k 44.7 67.2% Author
10 Anne Frank 933k 38.4 68.4% Author
11 Chris Kyle 893k 44.1 46.7% Author
12 Jane Austen 885k 36.8 75.0% Author
13 Caroline Kennedy 862k 56.1 88.0% Author
14 Roland Trettl 820k 40.8 57.0% Author
15 Amal Clooney 801k 40.1 76.8% Author
16 Bastian Bielendorfer 745k 36.4 52.7% Author
17 Juli Zeh 712k 40.4 58.7% Author
18 Thomas Mann 707k 35.5 60.9% Author
19 Agatha Christie 655k 37.1 68.8% Author
20 Franz Kafka 655k 36.8 62.2% Author
21 Bodo Wartke 623k 39.3 59.3% Author
22 Charlotte Link 599k 48.3 74.0% Author
23 Charles Dickens 588k 42.2 80.1% Author
24 Harlan Coben 581k 45.0 59.4% Author
25 Erich von Däniken 573k 45.2 29.6% Author

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular authors compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each author 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 author in Germany?

Caroline Wahl currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.5M people in Germany.

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