Top 50 Composers in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest composers in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 548 composers tracked in Germany, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Hans Zimmer, Katja Riemann and John Williams lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3,802,166 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 230,347, and the largest, Hans Zimmer, reaches around 2,051,545 people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each composer, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Hans Zimmer	2,051,545	15.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
2	Katja Riemann	952,160	98.0%	Composer	Movies & TV
3	John Williams	798,461	6.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
4	Max Raabe	755,122	83.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
5	Albert Schweitzer	689,947	52.3%	Composer	Health
6	Tom Gaebel	479,875	95.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
7	Louis Philippson	436,560	92.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
8	Pep's	414,345	6.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
9	Björk	393,477	18.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
10	Henry VIII of England	333,296	4.8%	Composer	Politics & Society
11	Drafi Deutscher	306,790	98.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
12	Jean-Michel Jarre	294,536	12.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
13	Ennio Morricone	289,853	8.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
14	Carl Orff	226,117	63.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
15	Daniel Barenboim	223,570	31.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
16	Arvo Pärt	190,758	89.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
17	Kevin Murphy	166,436	10.9%	Composer	Beauty & Wellness
18	Kristina Bach	142,123	85.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
19	Edvard Grieg	134,124	16.5%	Composer	Literature
20	Max Richter	111,546	12.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
21	Giorgio Moroder	108,056	9.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
22	Kurt Weill	106,455	52.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
23	Danny Elfman	103,038	2.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
24	Scatman John	97,240	25.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
25	Mikis Theodorakis	97,024	77.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
26	Johann Pachelbel	83,820	34.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
27	Mike Patton	80,703	8.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
28	Scott McKenzie	80,630	44.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
29	Rudolf Schenker	80,630	51.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
30	John Barry (composer)	77,829	17.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
31	Vanessa-Mae	73,875	18.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
32	Erich Wolfgang Korngold	73,792	62.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
33	Philip Glass	72,285	8.4%	Composer	Music & Radio
34	Laurie Anderson	70,107	21.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
35	John Cage	67,964	12.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
36	Astor Piazzolla	67,650	22.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
37	Karlheinz Stockhausen	62,150	55.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
38	Cole Porter	61,226	12.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
39	Georges Moustaki	61,148	15.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
40	Burt Bacharach	60,699	7.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
41	Vince Clarke	59,620	42.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
42	Benjamin Britten	59,115	19.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
43	Yann Tiersen	58,035	8.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
44	Andris Nelsons	57,182	77.0%	Composer	Music & Radio
45	Loreena McKennitt	53,689	10.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
46	Erroll Garner	53,365	38.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
47	Ziad Rahbani	51,618	9.4%	Composer	Music & Radio
48	Charles Trenet	50,791	7.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
49	Jon Lord	49,529	17.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
50	Scott Joplin	47,470	11.8%	Composer	Music & Radio