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
76 Yılmaz Güney 80k 45.3 34.7% Director
77 Ingmar Bergman 80k 33.3 43.1% Director
78 Len Wiseman 78k 33.4 44.1% Director
79 Joe Ranft 77k 33.0 38.9% Director
80 Tom Stoppard 75k 54.7 76.4% Director
81 Michael Haneke 75k 37.2 75.5% Director
82 Ivan Reitman 74k 43.4 48.1% Director
83 Eric Kripke 74k 28.6 70.1% Director
84 Marcello Mastroianni 73k 29.0 0.0% Director
85 Park Chan-wook 72k 30.9 46.4% Director
86 Michael Moore 72k 36.6 50.6% Director
87 David Cronenberg 71k 42.3 27.5% Director
88 J. J. Abrams 71k 39.7 43.9% Director
89 James Wan 70k 40.3 51.2% Director
90 John Neumeier 70k Director
91 Andreas Dresen 66k Director
92 Robert Zemeckis 66k 41.0 33.2% Director
93 Jerry Bruckheimer 66k 32.6 39.0% Director
94 Ben Bernschneider 66k 35.7 54.8% Director
95 Sergei Eisenstein 64k 42.2 100.0% Director
96 Leander Haußmann 61k 33.7 64.8% Director
97 John Ford 61k 49.4 77.8% Director
98 Robert Rodriguez 60k 29.1 0.0% Director
99 Martin McDonagh 60k 47.6 64.4% Director
100 Jafar Panahi 59k 48.9 67.7% 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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