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Top 100 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, Katja Riemann and John Williams lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 115k, and the largest, Hans Zimmer, reaches around 1.9M 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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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 Scott McKenzie 81k Composer
27 John Barry (composer) 78k 51.4 13.1% Composer
28 Philip Glass 76k 38.9 44.9% Composer
29 Erich Wolfgang Korngold 74k 59.0 58.9% Composer
30 Vanessa-Mae 73k 42.0 0.0% Composer
31 Laurie Anderson 70k 47.9 53.6% Composer
32 John Cage 65k 39.1 40.3% Composer
33 Andris Nelsons 63k 51.9 47.5% Composer
34 Karlheinz Stockhausen 61k 38.9 80.3% Composer
35 Cole Porter 61k 49.5 62.8% Composer
36 Georges Moustaki 61k 53.2 67.6% Composer
37 Burt Bacharach 61k 52.7 57.2% Composer
38 Vince Clarke 60k Composer
39 Benjamin Britten 59k 47.4 65.4% Composer
40 Yann Tiersen 58k 35.7 55.4% Composer
41 Ziad Rahbani 56k 37.0 63.9% Composer
42 Erroll Garner 53k 57.4 26.5% Composer
43 Loreena McKennitt 53k 37.3 61.6% Composer
44 Charles Trenet 51k 59.0 70.8% Composer
45 Scott Joplin 47k 57.1 57.5% Composer
46 Jon Lord 47k 39.6 43.3% Composer
47 Ralph Vaughan Williams 46k 54.0 62.0% Composer
48 Nick Rhodes 45k 49.6 75.2% Composer
49 A. R. Rahman 45k 35.4 58.0% Composer
50 Samuel Barber 43k 44.3 59.6% Composer

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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 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 1.9M people in Germany.

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