Popularity ranking · Germany

The 74 most popular Novelists in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 74 largest novelists in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Benedict Wells, Siri Hustvedt and Christian Kracht lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 514k people. Across all 74 entries the average audience size is 16k, and the largest, Benedict Wells, reaches around 285k people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each novelist, 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 74, 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 Ellen Glasgow 798 54.0 99.7% Novelist
52 Terri Blackstock 654 54.1 91.1% Novelist
53 Seth Grahame-Smith 609 Novelist
54 Christine Dwyer 582 38.3 96.8% Novelist
55 Molly McAdams 545 23.8 10.2% Novelist
56 J. A. Konrath 487 53.2 51.7% Novelist
57 Tracie Peterson 485 24.1 95.8% Novelist
58 J. A. Jance 367 57.6 100.0% Novelist
59 Jillian Hunter 323 Novelist
60 Melissa Schroeder 319 49.6 86.2% Novelist
61 Jay Baer 314 Novelist
62 Randy Wayne White 263 50.2 65.2% Novelist
63 Vicki Lewis Thompson 259 51.2 93.9% Novelist
64 Marie Ferrarella 240 42.6 82.8% Novelist
65 Nguyễn Minh Châu (footballer) 230 35.5 96.3% Novelist
66 Libby Fischer Hellmann 213 Novelist
67 Gilbert Morris 203 Novelist
68 Susan Donovan 199 45.1 64.1% Novelist
69 Kimberla Lawson Roby 196 44.8 100.0% Novelist
70 Claire Cook 179 Novelist
71 Paul Levine 147 Novelist
72 Kathleen Eagle 136 36.8 64.1% Novelist
73 Sumrit Shahi 45 Novelist
74 J.A. Redmerski 44 46.5 100.0% Novelist

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular novelists compiled?

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

Benedict Wells currently leads with an estimated audience of 285k people in Germany.

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