Popularity ranking · Germany

The 9 most popular Labor Unions in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 9 largest labor unions in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. IG Metall, Gewerkschaft der Polizei and Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1M people. Across all 9 entries the average audience size is 116k, and the largest, IG Metall, reaches around 579k people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each labor union, 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 9, 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
1 IG Metall 579k 41.2 27.4% Labor union
2 Gewerkschaft der Polizei 332k 40.2 41.0% Labor union
3 Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft 130k Labor union
4 SEIU 2.4k 48.8 60.2% Labor union
5 United Automobile Workers 805 32.2 26.7% Labor union
6 UNITE HERE 474 29.0 34.1% Labor union
7 American Postal Workers Union 218 48.2 61.4% Labor union
8 American Federation of Government Employees 105 30.3 41.3% Labor union
9 United Association 78 25.2 46.3% Labor union

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular labor unions compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each labor union 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 labor union in Germany?

IG Metall currently leads with an estimated audience of 579k people in Germany.

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