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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 372 journalists tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Caren Miosga, Anne Will and Willy Brandt lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 141k, 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 Vassili Golod 121k 40.6 56.6% Journalist
27 Ursula Poznanski 108k 39.0 64.1% Journalist
28 Carol Vorderman 102k 48.0 7.3% Journalist
29 Boris Johnson 98k 35.9 46.1% Journalist
30 Max Mannhart 96k 44.7 41.7% Journalist
31 Beatrice Borromeo 93k Journalist
32 Jan Weiler 90k Journalist
33 Hunter S. Thompson 89k 35.1 34.7% Journalist
34 Benito Mussolini 88k 21.4 0.0% Journalist
35 Gordon Repinski 79k 43.7 46.1% Journalist
36 Émile Zola 71k 38.5 51.1% Journalist
37 Joan Didion 69k 36.8 57.7% Journalist
38 Diana Nyad 62k 51.8 86.1% Journalist
39 Julian Röpcke 60k 40.9 49.5% Journalist
40 Mehdi Hasan 55k 33.7 54.5% Journalist
41 Alexander Kissler 54k 39.6 40.3% Journalist
42 Udo Ulfkotte 52k 54.9 68.5% Journalist
43 Christopher Hitchens 50k 38.6 53.0% Journalist
44 Yiğit Bulut 49k 43.6 18.3% Journalist
45 Guy de Maupassant 42k 44.8 54.2% Journalist
46 Amos Oz 39k 53.2 67.8% Journalist
47 L. Frank Baum 38k 37.5 21.6% Journalist
48 Graham Hancock 38k 40.5 78.2% Journalist
49 Emma Goldman 38k 45.2 58.9% Journalist
50 Pearl S. Buck 37k 46.9 86.8% 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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