Top list · Germany

Top 20 Business news in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 20 largest business news in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. The Economist, Wirtschaftswoche and Business Insider lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.8M people. Across all 20 entries the average audience size is 361k, and the largest, The Economist, reaches around 1.4M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each business news, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

Last updated:

How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 20, 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 The Economist 1.4M 41.5 40.2% Business news
2 Wirtschaftswoche 1.4M 40.1 35.3% Business news
3 Business Insider 1M 38.4 38.6% Business news
4 Forbes 984k 35.2 41.9% Business news
5 Yahoo! Finance 774k 35.1 34.7% Business news
6 manager magazin 688k 38.1 27.8% Business news
7 Business Punk 311k 35.5 46.9% Business news
8 Harvard Business Review 303k 38.5 44.3% Business news
9 Fast Company (magazine) 81k 29.7 32.1% Business news
10 Harvard Business Manager 67k 36.1 43.0% Business news
11 FinanzNachrichten.de 52k Business news
12 Business Day (South Africa) 41k 36.9 28.5% Business news
13 Academic journal 25k 43.0 51.5% Business news
14 finanztreff.de 25k Business news
15 Werben & Verkaufen 18k 46.5 38.3% Business news
16 Bloomberg Businessweek 14k 36.3 34.5% Business news
17 Gründerszene 13k 35.2 34.1% Business news
18 VentureBeat 9k 40.5 22.3% Business news
19 deutsche-startups.de 3.6k 34.0 40.8% Business news
20 Capital (German magazine) 1.2k 38.9 27.1% Business news

Want the full picture for any of these audiences?

Open any profile to see psychographics, top regions, peer affinities and demographic splits — all derived from the same anonymized signals.

Explore the full directory →

Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 20 list compiled?

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

The Economist currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.4M people in Germany.

Same category in other countries

Other top lists in Germany