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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
51 Nelson Mandela 581k 37.7 46.0% Politician
52 Winston Churchill 579k 42.8 49.3% Politician
53 Franziska Brantner 574k 40.4 38.8% Politician
54 Justin Trudeau 574k 32.1 37.7% Politician
55 Grigori Rasputin 569k 38.6 76.1% Politician
56 Felix Banaszak 556k 44.7 41.8% Politician
57 Abraham Lincoln 553k 37.9 58.5% Politician
58 Manuela Schwesig 547k 45.5 43.9% Politician
59 Mao Zedong 546k 47.0 45.6% Politician
60 Frauke Petry 538k 40.5 34.7% Politician
61 Ilse Aigner 533k 49.0 28.1% Politician
62 Herbert Reul 529k 45.8 33.9% Politician
63 Niccolò Machiavelli 528k 48.3 55.1% Politician
64 Thilo Sarrazin 526k 49.3 28.1% Politician
65 Jan van Aken 525k 44.5 41.7% Politician
66 Ines Schwerdtner 506k 41.3 41.0% Politician
67 Oskar Lafontaine 481k 49.4 29.3% Politician
68 Claudia Roth 477k 49.0 35.7% Politician
69 Alexander Schweitzer 471k 41.9 49.4% Politician
70 Hillary Clinton 457k 33.9 49.1% Politician
71 Red Jacket 455k Politician
72 Sigmar Gabriel 449k 45.5 30.0% Politician
73 Christian Wulff 440k Politician
74 Ronald Reagan 439k 40.5 50.9% Politician
75 Hendrik Streeck 437k 45.9 36.9% 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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