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
51 Mercedes Sosa 35k 42.1 67.7% Folk
52 Mari Boine 35k 55.7 63.2% Folk
53 Fela Kuti 35k 35.8 48.9% Folk
54 Hakim (Egyptian singer) 34k 35.3 26.7% Folk
55 Haris Alexiou 32k 50.6 64.9% Folk
56 Neşet Ertaş 30k 40.9 51.8% Folk
57 Mr. Irish Bastard 30k 39.9 10.9% Folk
58 Jesse Welles 30k 32.3 39.1% Folk
59 Ney Matogrosso 28k 45.9 71.6% Folk
60 Vasilis Karras 27k 49.1 33.5% Folk
61 Aşık Mahzuni Şerif 27k 50.1 32.3% Folk
62 Haris Džinović 27k Folk
63 Ronnie Drew 24k 56.7 50.3% Folk
64 Julion Alvarez 23k 31.9 73.2% Folk
65 Mate Bulić 22k 32.4 56.0% Folk
66 Sandra Afrika 20k 24.8 32.0% Folk
67 George Wassouf 20k 31.3 50.4% Folk
68 Christy Moore 20k 46.3 46.3% Folk
69 Šako Polumenta 20k 37.3 56.4% Folk
70 Chuck Ragan (Official) 20k 35.1 43.3% Folk
71 Galena (singer) 20k 29.1 52.5% Folk
72 Rapalje 20k 44.6 63.3% Folk
73 Selma Bajrami 19k 37.5 59.6% Folk
74 Cocco 19k 41.6 64.2% Folk
75 Stoja 19k 30.4 51.8% 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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