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Top 100 Film festivals in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest film festivals in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 185 film festivals tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Venice Biennale, BFI London Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 297k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 10k, and the largest, Venice Biennale, reaches around 179k people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each film festival, 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
1 Venice Biennale 179k 33.8 55.9% Film festival
2 BFI London Film Festival 62k 41.0 52.2% Film festival
3 Berlin International Film Festival 57k 37.3 56.5% Film festival
4 Cannes Film Festival 56k 35.8 56.5% Film festival
5 Busan International Film Festival 47k 41.0 50.4% Film festival
6 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 46k 42.7 67.6% Film festival
7 International Film Festival Rotterdam 45k 43.0 45.3% Film festival
8 Venice Film Festival 40k 36.0 57.1% Film festival
9 New Horizons Film Festival 35k 30.5 57.1% Film festival
10 Sundance Film Festival 31k 35.9 57.2% Film festival
11 Telluride Film Festival 30k 36.0 47.8% Film festival
12 Tokyo International Film Festival 29k 41.3 51.7% Film festival
13 Raindance Film Festival 29k 44.2 34.1% Film festival
14 Banff Mountain Film Festival 26k 32.9 44.0% Film festival
15 Kraków Film Festival 24k 41.7 58.4% Film festival
16 Toronto International Film Festival 21k 36.3 56.9% Film festival
17 New York Film Festival 21k 39.7 47.0% Film festival
18 Sitges Film Festival 18k 38.6 52.2% Film festival
19 Giffoni Film Festival 18k 42.4 15.8% Film festival
20 San Francisco International Film Festival 17k 29.0 61.2% Film festival
21 Palm Springs International Film Festival 15k 34.3 82.6% Film festival
22 Sydney Film Festival 15k 37.2 41.2% Film festival
23 Tribeca Film Festival 14k 36.7 55.3% Film festival
24 Filmfest Hamburg 14k 34.3 100.0% Film festival
25 Vancouver International Film Festival 13k 30.8 47.6% Film festival

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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 film festival 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 film festival in Germany?

Venice Biennale currently leads with an estimated audience of 179k people in Germany.

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