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Top 100 Literary genres in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literary genres in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 119 literary genres tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Humour, Fiction books and Fairy tale lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 28M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.1M, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 12M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each literary genre, 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
76 English poetry 59k 28.3 76.1% Literary genre
77 Japanese mythology 59k 31.7 38.5% Literary genre
78 American literature 56k 44.2 54.2% Literary genre
79 Contemporary fantasy 45k 43.0 83.2% Literary genre
80 Tamil literature 42k 36.4 56.9% Literary genre
81 Chinese philosophy 38k 43.4 65.1% Literary genre
82 Continental philosophy 36k 40.2 41.3% Literary genre
83 Sufi poetry 34k 32.0 60.5% Literary genre
84 Nautical fiction 33k 43.0 0.0% Literary genre
85 Ancient Greek philosophy 33k 41.5 46.0% Literary genre
86 Dōjinshi 29k 32.9 53.9% Literary genre
87 Chinese literature 27k 40.0 57.7% Literary genre
88 World literature 27k 45.5 65.1% Literary genre
89 Heroic fantasy 26k 39.9 27.9% Literary genre
90 Autobiographical novel 23k 37.2 59.6% Literary genre
91 Christian literature 23k 48.6 63.4% Literary genre
92 Scandinavian noir 18k 47.0 47.1% Literary genre
93 Hindi literature 15k 31.3 65.0% Literary genre
94 Academic writing 15k 42.4 77.8% Literary genre
95 Personalized books 12k 26.5 82.0% Literary genre
96 Erotic thriller 11k — — Literary genre
97 Comic fantasy 11k 45.1 45.0% Literary genre
98 American poetry 11k 28.5 86.0% Literary genre
99 Utopian and dystopian fiction 10k 42.4 64.0% Literary genre
100 Creative nonfiction 6.3k 28.0 74.6% Literary genre

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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 literary genre 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 literary genre in Germany?

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 12M people in Germany.

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