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Top 28 Philosophers in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 28 largest philosophers in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud and Plato lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.3M people. Across all 28 entries the average audience size is 212k, and the largest, Karl Marx, reaches around 917k people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each philosopher, 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 28, 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 William Lane Craig 7.5k 43.5 32.6% Philosopher
27 Herbert Spencer 6.6k 27.1 100.0% Philosopher
28 Francisco Suárez 647 40.5 53.2% Philosopher

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 28 list compiled?

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

Karl Marx currently leads with an estimated audience of 917k people in Germany.

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