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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
51 Daniel Defoe 35k Journalist
52 Rose Wilder Lane 33k 46.5 0.0% Journalist
53 Masih Alinejad 31k 41.5 42.5% Journalist
54 Walter Isaacson 30k 59.0 45.9% Journalist
55 Gloria Steinem 23k 32.1 65.1% Journalist
56 Tiziano Terzani 22k 46.3 67.5% Journalist
57 Ahmet HAKAN 22k 44.9 37.0% Journalist
58 Tomasz Lis 20k 46.2 60.3% Journalist
59 Marcelo Rubens Paiva 20k 44.0 60.6% Journalist
60 Kate Atkinson 20k 47.2 62.7% Journalist
61 Mick Knauff 18k 40.3 49.8% Journalist
62 José Saramago 18k 33.2 80.5% Journalist
63 Glenn Greenwald 17k 32.0 53.0% Journalist
64 Jilly Cooper 16k 33.4 64.0% Journalist
65 Uğur Mumcu 15k 46.8 43.8% Journalist
66 Florian Klenk 15k 44.1 50.3% Journalist
67 Michael Parkinson 15k 54.6 48.5% Journalist
68 Jim Cornette 14k 45.4 0.0% Journalist
69 Kara Swisher 14k 35.9 58.3% Journalist
70 Anna Gavalda 14k Journalist
71 Steven Crowder 13k 25.2 29.6% Journalist
72 Don DeLillo 13k Journalist
73 Dave Meltzer 13k 38.7 41.6% Journalist
74 Linwood Barclay 13k 54.4 70.4% Journalist
75 G. K. Chesterton 12k 48.5 51.8% 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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