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Top 100 Scientists in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest scientists in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 228 scientists tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Stephen Hawking, Nikola Tesla and Marie Curie lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 79k, and the largest, Stephen Hawking, reaches around 1.2M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each scientists, 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 Nicéphore Niépce 73k 39.7 47.7% Scientists
27 Andreas Stihl 66k 43.4 11.4% Scientists
28 Albertus Magnus 64k 44.7 73.7% Scientists
29 Leonhard Euler 63k 47.3 61.1% Scientists
30 Erwin Schrödinger 63k 41.7 38.2% Scientists
31 Albert Hofmann 62k 39.2 0.0% Scientists
32 John von Neumann 57k 41.4 22.8% Scientists
33 Grace Hopper 55k 42.3 47.5% Scientists
34 Carl Friedrich Gauss 54k 46.4 38.9% Scientists
35 Paul Dirac 54k 59.0 67.4% Scientists
36 Johannes Kepler 53k 22.5 43.2% Scientists
37 Roger Penrose 49k 43.6 71.7% Scientists
38 Cesare Borgia 46k 32.5 37.5% Scientists
39 Anna Pavlova 41k 34.6 88.3% Scientists
40 Viktor Yanukovych 41k 50.5 58.3% Scientists
41 George Stephanopoulos 39k 41.4 37.8% Scientists
42 Kurt Gödel 38k 36.6 53.5% Scientists
43 Wilhelm Röntgen 35k Scientists
44 Alessandro Volta 35k 36.2 35.8% Scientists
45 Samuel Hahnemann 31k 47.0 100.0% Scientists
46 Luke Harper 30k 35.0 9.5% Scientists
47 Lawrence M. Krauss 29k 44.6 58.8% Scientists
48 Shahid Khan 28k 39.2 32.4% Scientists
49 Enrico Fermi 26k 37.0 58.0% Scientists
50 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 26k 49.5 85.3% Scientists

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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 scientists 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 scientists in Germany?

Stephen Hawking currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.2M people in Germany.

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