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Top 100 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. Sarah, Duchess of York, Sebastian Fitzek and Caroline Wahl lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 438k, and the largest, Sarah, Duchess of York, reaches around 1.4M 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
51 Charles Darwin 325k 43.3 46.4% Author
52 Oscar Wilde 322k 37.7 55.6% Author
53 William Shakespeare 320k 38.6 53.0% Author
54 Edgar Allan Poe 311k 33.9 55.5% Author
55 Beatrix Potter 304k 41.7 52.7% Author
56 George Orwell 304k 35.9 57.2% Author
57 Elfriede Jelinek 301k 48.6 84.2% Author
58 Thomas Spitzer 299k 35.4 48.9% Author
59 Linus Torvalds 286k 45.4 27.9% Author
60 Eckart Tolle 281k 36.1 85.7% Author
61 Paulo Coelho 280k 43.2 78.8% Author
62 Jussi Adler-Olsen 273k 39.8 55.0% Author
63 Eckhart Tolle 269k 36.2 68.3% Author
64 George R. R. Martin 268k 33.0 53.5% Author
65 Jenna Coleman 267k 25.7 100.0% Author
66 Noam Chomsky 256k 38.9 44.9% Author
67 Jean Paul 254k 45.5 85.6% Author
68 Virginia Woolf 254k 38.9 57.7% Author
69 Jules Verne 247k 35.9 55.3% Author
70 Jordan Belfort 243k 34.6 39.9% Author
71 Andreas Eschbach 238k 54.0 100.0% Author
72 J. R. R. Tolkien 236k 35.2 50.7% Author
73 Buzz Aldrin 236k 45.3 34.2% Author
74 Stieg Larsson 234k 49.2 66.2% Author
75 Sophie Kinsella 233k 42.0 78.2% Author

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list 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?

Sarah, Duchess of York currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.4M people in Germany.

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