Top 50 Guitarists in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest guitarists in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 184 guitarists tracked in Germany, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ritchie Blackmore, Bertrand Cantat and Tony Iommi lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 797,307 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 69,898, and the largest, Ritchie Blackmore, reaches around 300,710 people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each guitarist, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Ritchie Blackmore	300,710	21.0%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
2	Bertrand Cantat	271,495	7.8%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
3	Tony Iommi	225,102	9.9%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
4	Vinnie Vincent	173,807	11.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
5	Richard Z. Kruspe	171,643	32.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
6	Lita Ford	168,499	9.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
7	Zakk Wylde	153,866	4.8%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
8	Paul Landers	106,885	35.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
9	Sly Stone	100,848	3.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
10	Steve Stevens	96,557	23.7%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
11	Mike Rutherford	88,962	24.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
12	Izzy Stradlin	88,814	10.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
13	Rick Parfitt	82,517	19.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
14	Steve Cropper	72,113	8.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
15	Alvin Lee	61,405	19.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
16	Ry Cooder	60,745	26.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
17	Uli Jon Roth	58,960	45.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
18	Warren Haynes	50,857	10.8%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
19	Mick Thomson	50,384	12.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
20	Buckethead	49,726	2.7%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
21	Rick Derringer	48,299	3.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
22	Vincent Gallo	47,740	5.9%	Guitarist	Movies & TV
23	Steve Miller	45,636	4.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
24	Dave Davies	45,509	16.7%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
25	Mick Mars	44,895	3.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
26	Jake E. Lee	42,072	9.9%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
27	Yngwie Malmsteen	41,532	4.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
28	Tommy Emmanuel	40,620	5.7%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
29	Ralph McTell	39,687	14.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
30	Eric Carmen	38,060	8.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
31	Brian "Head" Welch	37,007	18.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
32	Neal Schon	36,790	7.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
33	Kerry King	35,276	10.7%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
34	Tommy Bolin	34,842	19.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
35	Guthrie Govan	33,910	11.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
36	Ricky King	33,770	89.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
37	Walter Trout	33,169	15.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
38	Brad Delson	32,780	26.9%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
39	Richie Kotzen	32,701	13.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
40	Robin Trower	32,037	7.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
41	Gene Vincent	31,954	15.9%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
42	Paul Gilbert	31,601	7.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
43	Robert Fripp	31,192	13.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
44	Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein	30,029	13.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
45	Hank Marvin	29,975	5.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
46	Bob Mould	26,600	10.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
47	Larry Carlton	26,274	11.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
48	Doug Aldrich	25,871	26.7%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
49	Robbie Robertson	25,734	3.8%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
50	Robben Ford	25,471	24.0%	Guitarist	Music & Radio