Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular 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 264k, 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
51 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 131k 28.5 22.8% Director
52 Sergio Leone 125k 45.2 38.7% Director
53 Tom Tykwer 124k 31.3 63.5% Director
54 Kathryn Bigelow 120k 42.7 40.4% Director
55 Ryan Coogler 116k 44.6 47.2% Director
56 Nicolette Krebitz 114k 38.6 63.4% Director
57 Billy Wilder 113k 43.7 62.8% Director
58 Tinto Brass 110k 52.9 45.7% Director
59 Roger Vadim 109k Director
60 Terry Gilliam 109k 38.9 60.4% Director
61 Chuck Lorre 109k 31.8 43.6% Director
62 Spike Lee 109k 33.8 62.8% Director
63 Michael Bay 107k 35.1 26.5% Director
64 Eli Roth 105k 31.5 36.0% Director
65 Wong Kar-wai 99k 39.5 19.9% Director
66 Dasha 97k 32.2 54.6% Director
67 Danny Boyle 97k 39.4 47.1% Director
68 Wolfgang Petersen 96k 36.4 46.0% Director
69 Kevin Smith 91k 35.9 43.6% Director
70 Gene Roddenberry 88k 41.3 27.3% Director
71 Sönke Wortmann 87k Director
72 Luca Guadagnino 87k 46.9 55.4% Director
73 Sanji (director) 85k 26.6 13.1% Director
74 Sam Raimi 84k 33.9 36.8% Director
75 Akira Kurosawa 81k 41.0 58.7% Director

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular directors 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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