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Top 100 Directors in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest directors in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 529 directors tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Bertrand Blier, Rob Reiner and Quentin Tarantino lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 259k, and the largest, Bertrand Blier, reaches around 2.2M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each director, 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 Ridley Scott 256k 40.6 56.5% Director
27 Roman Polanski 246k 27.6 71.4% Director
28 Justin Baldoni 242k 26.9 46.5% Director
29 Fatih Akin 240k Director
30 Nicolette Krebitz 217k 40.7 64.1% Director
31 Jim Jarmusch 216k 41.8 52.5% Director
32 Matthew Vaughn 191k 33.5 33.5% Director
33 Zack Snyder 188k 42.8 21.1% Director
34 Francis Ford Coppola 187k 38.2 28.9% Director
35 Detlev Buck 176k 33.6 70.0% Director
36 Robert Wilson (director) 172k 49.5 54.8% Director
37 Ryan Coogler 170k 44.6 47.2% Director
38 Sam Mendes 164k 40.4 12.4% Director
39 Paul Verhoeven 162k 42.0 10.7% Director
40 Spike Lee 156k 33.8 62.8% Director
41 Denis Villeneuve 155k 34.0 57.9% Director
42 Hayao Miyazaki 155k 31.0 58.9% Director
43 Thomas Hayo 147k 26.6 91.1% Director
44 Roberto Rossellini 145k 43.9 80.2% Director
45 Bill Duke 144k 45.9 45.5% Director
46 Paul Auster 140k 36.1 100.0% Director
47 Kurt Sutter 136k 38.5 43.5% Director
48 Tony Scott 131k 42.6 51.0% Director
49 Lars von Trier 131k 35.8 46.4% Director
50 M. Night Shyamalan 130k 37.9 50.1% Director

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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 director 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 director in Germany?

Bertrand Blier currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.2M people in Germany.

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