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Top 100 Journalists in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest journalists in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 374 journalists tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Caren Miosga, Anne Will and Ildikó von Kürthy lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 148k, and the largest, Caren Miosga, reaches around 1.6M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each journalist, 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
26 Theodor Herzl 142k 45.2 57.8% Journalist
27 Vassili Golod 121k 40.6 56.6% Journalist
28 Ursula Poznanski 108k 39.0 64.1% Journalist
29 Carol Vorderman 102k 48.0 7.3% Journalist
30 Jo Nesbø 100k 48.4 69.8% Journalist
31 Boris Johnson 98k 35.9 46.1% Journalist
32 Max Mannhart 96k 44.7 41.7% Journalist
33 Beatrice Borromeo 93k Journalist
34 Jan Weiler 90k Journalist
35 Hunter S. Thompson 89k 35.1 34.7% Journalist
36 Benito Mussolini 88k 21.4 0.0% Journalist
37 Gordon Repinski 79k 43.7 46.1% Journalist
38 Joan Didion 69k 36.8 57.7% Journalist
39 Heiko Wasser 64k 38.4 42.7% Journalist
40 Diana Nyad 62k 51.8 86.1% Journalist
41 Yiğit Bulut 59k 43.6 18.3% Journalist
42 Mehdi Hasan 55k 33.7 54.5% Journalist
43 Alexander Kissler 54k 39.6 40.3% Journalist
44 Udo Ulfkotte 52k 54.9 68.5% Journalist
45 Christopher Hitchens 50k 38.6 53.0% Journalist
46 Deniz Yücel 48k 41.0 51.5% Journalist
47 Julian Röpcke 42k 40.9 49.5% Journalist
48 Guy de Maupassant 42k 44.8 54.2% Journalist
49 Amos Oz 39k 53.2 67.8% Journalist
50 L. Frank Baum 38k 37.5 21.6% Journalist

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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 journalist 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 journalist in Germany?

Caren Miosga currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.6M people in Germany.

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