Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Folks in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest folks in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 231 folks tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Reinhard Mey, Bob Dylan and Ceca (singer) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 126k, and the largest, Reinhard Mey, reaches around 3M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each folk, 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 Reinhard Mey 3M 51.1 47.6% Folk
2 Bob Dylan 1.5M 44.2 47.1% Folk
3 Ceca (singer) 914k 35.5 54.3% Folk
4 Kathy Kelly 848k 44.5 72.3% Folk
5 Cat Stevens 409k 42.6 56.3% Folk
6 Michael Hirte 394k 54.8 80.7% Folk
7 Fredl Fesl 301k 45.6 52.9% Folk
8 Michl Müller 286k 45.6 49.3% Folk
9 Paul Simon 259k 40.5 58.5% Folk
10 Ahmet Kaya 240k 40.9 54.0% Folk
11 Heilung 232k 36.7 39.3% Folk
12 Ferdi Tayfur 207k 44.5 36.9% Folk
13 Gilbert Bécaud 203k 56.3 59.6% Folk
14 Tiny Tim (musician) 195k 27.3 49.7% Folk
15 Mark Schultz (musician) 172k 48.4 79.6% Folk
16 Clannad 158k 42.9 58.0% Folk
17 Nino D'Angelo 150k 44.0 48.4% Folk
18 Emilia (Bulgarian singer) 149k 36.0 55.1% Folk
19 John Phillips (musician) 135k 49.9 63.8% Folk
20 Hector (musician) 124k 39.9 59.9% Folk
21 Aca Lukas 118k 35.9 53.2% Folk
22 Corvus Corax 104k 40.4 47.2% Folk
23 Halid Bešlić 99k 41.6 51.9% Folk
24 Dragana Mirković 86k 40.3 52.2% Folk
25 Dara Bubamara 86k 38.2 55.1% Folk

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular folks compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each folk 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 folk in Germany?

Reinhard Mey currently leads with an estimated audience of 3M people in Germany.

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