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Top 100 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. Friedrich Merz, Alice Weidel and Annalena Baerbock lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 14M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 981k, and the largest, Friedrich Merz, reaches around 6M 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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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 Friedrich Merz 6M 43.3 35.7% Politician
2 Alice Weidel 4.6M 44.2 41.0% Politician
3 Annalena Baerbock 3.2M 38.4 56.1% Politician
4 Lars Klingbeil 3M 41.0 51.6% Politician
5 Bärbel Bas 2.7M 42.5 45.9% Politician
6 Olaf Scholz 2.4M 49.8 33.4% Politician
7 Jens Spahn 2.4M 44.4 41.5% Politician
8 Ricarda Lang 2.4M 41.6 64.0% Politician
9 Angela Merkel 2.3M 41.6 45.5% Politician
10 Sahra Wagenknecht 2.3M 45.3 38.8% Politician
11 Ali Khamenei 2M 40.7 28.9% Politician
12 Robert Habeck 2M 41.5 49.3% Politician
13 Heidi Reichinnek 2M 34.6 48.7% Politician
14 Helmut Schmidt 2M 44.2 34.3% Politician
15 Ursula von der Leyen 1.9M 49.9 23.3% Politician
16 Philipp Amthor 1.8M 44.3 39.1% Politician
17 Benjamin Netanyahu 1.7M 39.1 44.6% Politician
18 Helmut Kohl 1.6M 49.7 49.6% Politician
19 Cem Özdemir 1.6M 40.4 38.7% Politician
20 Boris Pistorius 1.4M 39.5 38.7% Politician
21 Boris Palmer 1.4M 45.0 45.9% Politician
22 Emmanuel Macron 1.4M 43.0 44.7% Politician
23 Christian Lindner 1.3M 41.0 31.0% Politician
24 Mark Rutte 1.3M 51.6 100.0% Politician
25 Alexander Dobrindt 1.2M 49.8 24.4% Politician

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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 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?

Friedrich Merz currently leads with an estimated audience of 6M people in Germany.

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