Top 50 Handballs in Germany
This curated ranking covers the 50 largest handballs in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 212 handballs tracked in Germany, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. IHF World Men's Handball Championship, Handball-Bundesliga and SC Magdeburg lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8,556,012 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 393,304, and the largest, IHF World Men's Handball Championship, reaches around 5,890,025 people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each handball, 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 |  IHF World Men's Handball Championship |
5,890,025 | 31.2% | Handball | Sports |
| 2 |  Handball-Bundesliga |
1,612,434 | 53.6% | Handball | Sports |
| 3 |  SC Magdeburg |
1,053,553 | 88.5% | Handball | Sports |
| 4 |  THW Kiel |
964,419 | 85.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 5 |  Juri Knorr |
852,282 | 91.2% | Handball | Sports |
| 6 |  Rhein-Neckar Löwen |
756,343 | 80.2% | Handball | Sports |
| 7 |  SG Flensburg-Handewitt |
585,655 | 82.5% | Handball | Sports |
| 8 |  ThSV Eisenach |
487,848 | 96.0% | Handball | Sports |
| 9 |  HSG Wetzlar |
434,232 | 95.9% | Handball | Sports |
| 10 |  Stefan Kretzschmar |
420,554 | 94.2% | Handball | Sports |
| 11 |  HC Erlangen |
397,677 | 95.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 12 |  Alfred Gislason |
384,648 | 91.9% | Handball | Sports |
| 13 |  Andreas Wolff |
379,543 | 94.8% | Handball | Sports |
| 14 |  MT Melsungen |
359,136 | 89.6% | Handball | Sports |
| 15 |  Julian Köster |
327,801 | 94.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 16 |  EHF Champions League |
293,518 | 26.6% | Handball | Sports |
| 17 |  FRISCH AUF! Göppingen |
282,807 | 93.3% | Handball | Sports |
| 18 |  Bob Hanning |
256,771 | 93.7% | Handball | Sports |
| 19 |  TVB Stuttgart |
248,161 | 94.0% | Handball | Sports |
| 20 |  VfL Gummersbach |
241,423 | 90.5% | Handball | Sports |
| 21 |  HSV Hamburg |
218,698 | 74.9% | Handball | Sports |
| 22 |  DHB-Pokal |
214,196 | 99.6% | Handball | Sports |
| 23 |  Johannes Golla |
201,669 | 90.5% | Handball | Sports |
| 24 |  IHF World Women's Handball Championship |
179,033 | 18.8% | Handball | Sports |
| 25 |  SC DHfK Leipzig |
169,779 | 95.5% | Handball | Sports |
| 26 |  TBV Lemgo |
157,682 | 91.9% | Handball | Sports |
| 27 |  Silvio Heinevetter |
152,248 | 92.5% | Handball | Sports |
| 28 |  David Späth |
151,472 | 95.4% | Handball | Sports |
| 29 |  TSV Hannover-Burgdorf |
143,889 | 87.7% | Handball | Sports |
| 30 |  Pascal Hens |
139,212 | 93.3% | Handball | Sports |
| 31 |  Rune Dahmke |
136,412 | 73.8% | Handball | Sports |
| 32 |  Nils Lichtlein |
122,392 | 93.0% | Handball | Sports |
| 33 |  German Handball Association |
109,253 | 99.7% | Handball | Sports |
| 34 |  European Handball Federation |
108,675 | 37.9% | Handball | Sports |
| 35 |  Domagoj Duvnjak |
106,233 | 97.6% | Handball | Sports |
| 36 |  TBV Lemgo Lippe |
92,160 | 95.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 37 |  Tito Ortiz |
89,710 | 8.3% | Handball | Politics & Society |
| 38 |  Lukas Mertens |
82,623 | 91.6% | Handball | Sports |
| 39 |  Timo Kastening |
82,529 | 93.7% | Handball | Sports |
| 40 |  Scott Steiner |
80,890 | 9.3% | Handball | Sports |
| 41 |  GWD Minden |
79,609 | 92.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 42 |  2. Handball-Bundesliga |
78,258 | 76.0% | Handball | Sports |
| 43 |  Bergischer HC |
75,474 | 86.2% | Handball | Sports |
| 44 |  Dominik Klein |
72,229 | 94.5% | Handball | Sports |
| 45 |  Uwe Gensheimer |
72,057 | 84.6% | Handball | Sports |
| 46 |  Bam Bam Bigelow |
70,531 | 12.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 47 |  Johannes Bitter |
65,780 | 93.9% | Handball | Sports |
| 48 |  Beth Phoenix |
64,710 | 11.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 49 |  Jannik Kohlbacher |
60,141 | 93.0% | Handball | Sports |
| 50 |  Paul Bearer |
58,830 | 9.7% | Handball | Sports |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 50 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each handball 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 handball in Germany?
IHF World Men's Handball Championship currently leads with an estimated audience of 5,890,025 people in Germany.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.