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
76 Jordan Belfort 229k 34.6 39.9% Author
77 Ernest Hemingway 229k 38.0 55.6% Author
78 Harriet Tubman 225k 45.2 72.0% Author
79 Sarah J. Maas 223k 34.9 77.6% Author
80 Umberto Eco 219k 42.5 64.1% Author
81 Jussi Adler-Olsen 218k 39.8 55.0% Author
82 Thomas Aquinas 218k 46.6 80.9% Author
83 Jojo Moyes 216k 40.5 78.4% Author
84 Brandon Sanderson 214k 38.6 56.2% Author
85 Ian McEwan 213k 50.2 80.5% Author
86 Aleister Crowley 206k 44.2 68.1% Author
87 Viktor Frankl 206k 42.1 44.7% Author
88 Erich Fromm 203k 49.6 80.8% Author
89 Markus Kavka 200k 37.9 61.5% Author
90 Thomas Spitzer 199k 34.0 52.5% Author
91 Karen Blixen 199k 56.5 78.8% Author
92 Diana Gabaldon 196k 43.1 80.2% Author
93 Simone de Beauvoir 191k 38.2 53.0% Author
94 Amerigo Vespucci 184k 47.3 93.7% Author
95 Roald Dahl 184k 39.8 63.2% Author
96 Medical Medium 183k 46.7 100.0% Author
97 Maya Angelou 181k 46.4 54.5% Author
98 Neil Gaiman 179k 34.3 63.7% Author
99 Stieg Larsson 178k 49.2 66.2% Author
100 Walter Benjamin 175k 45.5 50.1% 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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