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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
76 Ernest Hemingway 229k 38.0 55.6% Author
77 Malala Yousafzai 223k 34.3 56.6% Author
78 Jojo Moyes 221k 40.5 78.4% Author
79 Sarah J. Maas 219k 34.9 77.6% Author
80 Umberto Eco 218k 42.5 64.1% Author
81 Markus Kavka 216k 39.6 70.7% Author
82 Harriet Tubman 213k 45.2 72.0% Author
83 Brandon Sanderson 212k 38.6 56.2% Author
84 Thomas Aquinas 212k 46.6 80.9% Author
85 Medical Medium 208k 46.7 100.0% Author
86 Diana Gabaldon 205k 43.1 80.2% Author
87 Ian McEwan 204k 50.2 80.5% Author
88 Viktor Frankl 202k 42.1 44.7% Author
89 Aleister Crowley 201k 44.2 68.1% Author
90 Erich Fromm 199k 49.6 80.8% Author
91 Karen Blixen 195k 56.5 78.8% Author
92 Rita Falk 194k 39.2 64.7% Author
93 Neil Gaiman 190k 34.3 63.7% Author
94 Maya Angelou 182k 46.4 54.5% Author
95 Roald Dahl 182k 39.8 63.2% Author
96 Mario Vargas Llosa 182k 44.6 43.0% Author
97 Simone de Beauvoir 180k 38.2 53.0% Author
98 Walter Benjamin 171k 45.5 50.1% Author
99 Wladimir Kaminer 170k 47.3 60.9% Author
100 Nora Roberts 170k 40.2 77.5% 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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