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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
51 Michael Mann (director) 129k Director
52 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 127k 28.5 22.8% Director
53 Vince Gilligan 127k 31.3 20.1% Director
54 Tom Tykwer 122k 31.3 63.5% Director
55 Michael Bay 122k 35.1 26.5% Director
56 Danny Boyle 117k 39.4 47.1% Director
57 Sönke Wortmann 116k Director
58 Kathryn Bigelow 116k 42.7 40.4% Director
59 Sergio Leone 114k 45.2 38.7% Director
60 Dasha 112k 30.0 53.6% Director
61 Terry Gilliam 110k 38.9 60.4% Director
62 Chuck Lorre 110k 31.8 43.6% Director
63 Tinto Brass 108k 52.9 45.7% Director
64 Roger Vadim 107k Director
65 Billy Wilder 104k 43.7 62.8% Director
66 Eli Roth 104k 31.5 36.0% Director
67 Wong Kar-wai 99k 39.5 19.9% Director
68 Kevin Smith 93k 35.9 43.6% Director
69 Gene Roddenberry 91k 41.3 27.3% Director
70 Luca Guadagnino 90k 46.9 55.4% Director
71 Sanji (director) 83k 26.6 13.1% Director
72 Akira Kurosawa 83k 41.0 58.7% Director
73 Wolfgang Petersen 78k 39.2 49.4% Director
74 Ingmar Bergman 76k 33.3 43.1% Director
75 Len Wiseman 76k 33.4 44.1% 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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