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Top 100 Publishings in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest publishings in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 234 publishings tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. DC Comics, Boyens Medien and Taschen lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 123k, and the largest, DC Comics, reaches around 2.5M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each publishing, 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 Suhrkamp Verlag 125k 45.4 74.9% Publishing
27 Mildenberger Verlag 108k 40.2 52.3% Publishing
28 Confederation of German Trade Unions 108k 42.8 44.0% Publishing
29 C.H. Beck 106k 40.0 53.7% Publishing
30 Diogenes Verlag 104k 46.7 78.3% Publishing
31 Droemer Knaur 103k 47.2 87.6% Publishing
32 Hachette (publisher) 96k 39.1 58.5% Publishing
33 Kiepenheuer & Witsch 87k 46.5 65.6% Publishing
34 Shueisha 85k 25.7 35.7% Publishing
35 Friedrich Verlag 83k 41.2 56.3% Publishing
36 Official Charts Company 71k 44.3 7.5% Publishing
37 Polityka 66k 47.7 59.6% Publishing
38 Association for Computing Machinery 60k 35.7 61.3% Publishing
39 Dark Horse Comics 58k 32.8 36.6% Publishing
40 Hay House 54k 31.4 73.7% Publishing
41 Transworld Publishers 53k 27.9 70.3% Publishing
42 Brill Publishers 50k 43.0 31.1% Publishing
43 Institution of Civil Engineers 46k 40.6 39.8% Publishing
44 BMJ 43k 47.2 53.5% Publishing
45 Black Library 37k 41.0 12.6% Publishing
46 Harper (publisher) 37k 46.8 75.8% Publishing
47 Panini Comics 34k 32.7 23.3% Publishing
48 Long Man 32k 34.3 86.2% Publishing
49 Kodansha 29k 34.7 51.3% Publishing
50 American Psychological Association 28k 39.8 74.9% Publishing

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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 publishing 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 publishing in Germany?

DC Comics currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.5M people in Germany.

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