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
76 Lalo Schifrin 31k Composer
77 Bear McCreary 29k 34.7 55.3% Composer
78 John Bull (composer) 29k 41.4 53.7% Composer
79 Aaron Copland 29k 48.6 64.8% Composer
80 Count of St. Germain 28k 48.4 81.5% Composer
81 Kaytranada 28k 26.3 26.0% Composer
82 Aram Khachaturian 27k 42.5 100.0% Composer
83 Alondra de la Parra 27k 50.7 42.6% Composer
84 Howard Shore 27k 26.8 26.9% Composer
85 Caetano Veloso 26k 34.7 67.1% Composer
86 Angelo Badalamenti 25k 44.9 62.9% Composer
87 Charles Gounod 24k 41.6 45.2% Composer
88 Daniel Harding 24k Composer
89 Alan Silvestri 24k 33.4 30.6% Composer
90 Ray Conniff 24k 57.2 69.3% Composer
91 Francis Poulenc 24k 52.4 80.3% Composer
92 Gustavo Santaolalla 23k 43.4 53.1% Composer
93 Friedrich Gulda 23k Composer
94 Samuel Barber 23k 44.3 59.6% Composer
95 Alex Lifeson 23k 49.3 5.7% Composer
96 George Gurdjieff 23k 49.9 71.5% Composer
97 Wolfgang Rihm 23k 39.8 54.7% Composer
98 Lustmord 22k 32.3 0.0% Composer
99 Helmut Lachenmann 22k Composer
100 Vincenzo Bellini 22k 43.6 56.8% 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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