Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Public Transports in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest public transports in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 103 public transports tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Deutsche Bahn, FlixBus and Bremer Straßenbahn AG lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 24M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 329k, and the largest, Deutsche Bahn, reaches around 16M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each public transport, 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 Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund 27k 36.7 44.9% Public transport
52 Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft 26k 40.2 38.3% Public transport
53 TEC 26k 20.0 9.4% Public transport
54 Eurolines 25k 30.9 32.9% Public transport
55 Gruppo Torinese Trasporti 23k 38.7 50.7% Public transport
56 Hamburg-Köln-Express 21k Public transport
57 Istanbul Metro 20k 29.0 32.2% Public transport
58 Lisbon Metro 20k 43.9 64.9% Public transport
59 TGV Lyria 18k 40.3 55.7% Public transport
60 Abellio Greater Anglia 18k 49.6 55.2% Public transport
61 National Railway Museum 17k 46.6 42.0% Public transport
62 Southern Railway (U.S.) 17k 37.0 32.1% Public transport
63 Ride On (bus) 16k 34.3 100.0% Public transport
64 Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund 14k 38.9 45.5% Public transport
65 Translink (Northern Ireland) 9.9k 41.9 70.5% Public transport
66 Kusttram 8.7k 40.4 56.8% Public transport
67 South West Trains 7.8k 45.3 0.0% Public transport
68 Alvia 7.3k 46.2 61.4% Public transport
69 Chiltern Railways 6k 45.4 46.5% Public transport
70 Hankyu 5.8k 32.5 41.1% Public transport
71 Keolis 5.6k 37.8 71.3% Public transport
72 Cercanías 5.2k 41.0 64.5% Public transport
73 Washington Metro 5.2k 43.9 0.0% Public transport
74 Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar 4.9k 41.2 44.2% Public transport
75 Luas 4.7k 36.2 41.5% Public transport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular public transports compiled?

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

Deutsche Bahn currently leads with an estimated audience of 16M people in Germany.

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