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Top 100 Newspapers in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.3k newspapers tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Bild, Der Spiegel and Focus lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 37M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.3M, and the largest, Bild, reaches around 23M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each newspaper, 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 Hersfelder Zeitung 1.2M 42.5 54.2% Newspaper
27 Werra-Rundschau 1.2M 42.3 53.9% Newspaper
28 Kronen Zeitung 1.1M 37.4 64.0% Newspaper
29 Slobodna Bosna 1.1M 47.8 20.1% Newspaper
30 Neue Zürcher Zeitung 1.1M 47.9 35.7% Newspaper
31 Rheinische Post 1.1M 43.5 55.7% Newspaper
32 Hürriyet 1.1M 43.4 50.2% Newspaper
33 Kieler Nachrichten 1M 42.1 53.6% Newspaper
34 Wetterauer Zeitung 1M 41.8 53.2% Newspaper
35 Financial Times 1M 37.7 41.3% Newspaper
36 Daily News and Analysis 935k 45.7 34.8% Newspaper
37 Rhein-Zeitung 927k 43.2 57.5% Newspaper
38 The Wall Street Journal 925k 40.8 39.5% Newspaper
39 Der Standard 874k 42.2 44.7% Newspaper
40 Tageblatt 863k 41.9 55.4% Newspaper
41 Fakt 808k 36.3 64.2% Newspaper
42 Marca (newspaper) 805k 36.7 32.7% Newspaper
43 Corriere della Sera 776k 37.2 49.2% Newspaper
44 Sportske novosti 766k 41.2 18.1% Newspaper
45 El País 756k 37.0 53.6% Newspaper
46 Le Monde 726k 34.2 50.6% Newspaper
47 Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung 693k 41.2 54.3% Newspaper
48 The Times 670k 39.1 51.5% Newspaper
49 Hamburger Morgenpost 649k 41.0 45.5% Newspaper
50 Oslobođenje 618k 45.2 36.4% Newspaper

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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 newspaper 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 newspaper in Germany?

Bild currently leads with an estimated audience of 23M people in Germany.

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