Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Composers in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest composers in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 531 composers tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Hans Zimmer, John Williams and Katja Riemann lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 125k, and the largest, Hans Zimmer, reaches around 2M 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.

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How to read this list

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
26 Rudolf Schenker 83k Composer
27 Mike Patton 83k 42.9 21.9% Composer
28 John Barry (composer) 80k 51.4 13.1% Composer
29 Erich Wolfgang Korngold 76k 59.0 58.9% Composer
30 Vanessa-Mae 74k 42.0 0.0% Composer
31 Philip Glass 74k 38.9 44.9% Composer
32 Laurie Anderson 72k 47.9 53.6% Composer
33 Andris Nelsons 66k 51.9 47.5% Composer
34 Loreena McKennitt 64k 37.3 61.6% Composer
35 Georges Moustaki 63k 53.2 67.6% Composer
36 Cole Porter 63k 49.5 62.8% Composer
37 Burt Bacharach 62k 52.7 57.2% Composer
38 Vince Clarke 61k Composer
39 John Cage 61k 39.1 40.3% Composer
40 Benjamin Britten 60k 47.4 65.4% Composer
41 Karlheinz Stockhausen 60k 38.9 80.3% Composer
42 Ziad Rahbani 59k 37.0 63.9% Composer
43 Erroll Garner 54k 57.4 26.5% Composer
44 Yann Tiersen 54k 35.7 55.4% Composer
45 Charles Trenet 52k 59.0 70.8% Composer
46 Jon Lord 49k 39.6 43.3% Composer
47 André Previn 49k Composer
48 Scott Joplin 49k 57.1 57.5% Composer
49 Ralph Vaughan Williams 48k 54.0 62.0% Composer
50 Nick Rhodes 46k 49.6 75.2% Composer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular composers compiled?

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

Hans Zimmer currently leads with an estimated audience of 2M people in Germany.

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