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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
26 John F. Kennedy 1.2M 41.7 46.9% Politician
27 Konrad Adenauer 1.2M 41.6 60.3% Politician
28 Kristi Noem 1.1M 45.8 59.3% Politician
29 Kevin Kühnert 1.1M 43.4 44.5% Politician
30 Saskia Esken 1.1M 42.6 44.5% Politician
31 Horst Köhler 1M Politician
32 Frank-Walter Steinmeier 1M 43.9 36.9% Politician
33 Che Guevara 956k 43.2 38.3% Politician
34 Karl Lauterbach 953k 44.8 41.2% Politician
35 Bill Clinton 952k 36.2 53.7% Politician
36 Xi Jinping 945k 41.3 38.7% Politician
37 Gregor Gysi 752k 41.4 34.8% Politician
38 Marco Rubio 735k 39.7 44.3% Politician
39 Donald Tusk 731k 49.6 47.8% Politician
40 Franz Josef Strauss 714k 50.0 13.0% Politician
41 Fidel Castro 713k 48.5 39.8% Politician
42 Sergey Lavrov 691k 50.1 22.4% Politician
43 Ulrich Siegmund 664k 37.1 43.7% Politician
44 Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg 643k 41.8 34.0% Politician
45 Tino Chrupalla 636k 42.6 47.6% Politician
46 Rosa Luxemburg 629k 45.2 42.3% Politician
47 Armin Laschet 617k 44.7 45.4% Politician
48 Hermann Göring 615k Politician
49 Nancy Faeser 599k 42.0 46.7% Politician
50 Beatrix von Storch 598k 44.7 41.8% 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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