Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Politicians in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest politicians in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2k politicians tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Julia Klöckner, Friedrich Merz and Alice Weidel lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 15M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.1M, and the largest, Julia Klöckner, reaches around 6.2M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each politician, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

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
1 Julia Klöckner 6.2M 47.9 47.4% Politician
2 Friedrich Merz 4.9M 43.4 36.3% Politician
3 Alice Weidel 3.9M 41.5 40.6% Politician
4 Bärbel Bas 2.9M 42.2 46.1% Politician
5 Ricarda Lang 2.7M 41.6 55.3% Politician
6 Annalena Baerbock 2.5M 40.1 47.8% Politician
7 Lars Klingbeil 2.5M 40.0 43.2% Politician
8 Angela Merkel 2.5M 41.6 45.5% Politician
9 Markus Söder 2.3M 41.8 44.2% Politician
10 Sahra Wagenknecht 2.1M 45.3 38.8% Politician
11 Jens Spahn 2.1M 44.1 45.6% Politician
12 Olaf Scholz 1.9M 49.8 33.4% Politician
13 Heidi Reichinnek 1.9M 35.3 50.8% Politician
14 Helmut Schmidt 1.9M 44.2 34.3% Politician
15 Robert Habeck 1.8M 41.7 45.4% Politician
16 Ali Khamenei 1.8M 40.7 28.9% Politician
17 Ursula von der Leyen 1.8M 49.9 23.3% Politician
18 Cem Özdemir 1.8M 40.4 38.7% Politician
19 Philipp Amthor 1.7M 44.5 39.7% Politician
20 Benjamin Netanyahu 1.7M 39.1 44.6% Politician
21 Viktor Orbán 1.7M 46.0 35.9% Politician
22 Helmut Kohl 1.6M 49.7 49.6% Politician
23 Dorothee Bär 1.6M 46.7 5.0% Politician
24 Gerhard Schröder 1.5M 47.2 45.7% Politician
25 Mark Rutte 1.5M 51.6 100.0% Politician

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular politicians compiled?

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

Julia Klöckner currently leads with an estimated audience of 6.2M people in Germany.

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