Popularity ranking · Germany

The 39 most popular Social Medias in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 39 largest social medias in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Instagram, TikTok and X lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 71M people. Across all 39 entries the average audience size is 3.8M, and the largest, Instagram, reaches around 29M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each social media, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are updated quarterly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 39, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.

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
1 Instagram 29M 37.9 53.6% Social media
2 TikTok 26M 21.6 61.8% Social media
3 X 16M 38.3 50.8% Social media
4 WhatsApp 13M 39.6 52.3% Social media
5 Pinterest 13M 38.5 63.5% Social media
6 Facebook 13M 40.6 51.3% Social media
7 Instant messaging 11M 38.6 50.5% Social media
8 Reddit 8.2M 32.3 46.0% Social media
9 XING 6.2M 41.6 51.8% Social media
10 Snapchat 3.3M 34.7 52.6% Social media
11 LinkedIn 2M 41.6 49.4% Social media
12 Bluesky 1.6M 37.0 52.3% Social media
13 Letterboxd 969k 37.3 58.4% Social media
14 Flickr 895k 38.5 44.4% Social media
15 Tumblr 827k 30.7 60.5% Social media
16 VK (social network) 656k 28.0 59.0% Social media
17 Emoticon 623k 47.0 65.1% Social media
18 Tagged 498k 33.3 68.1% Social media
19 Smiley 471k 38.1 57.9% Social media
20 Truth Social 456k 37.8 46.4% Social media
21 Slither.io 324k 25.0 28.5% Social media
22 WeChat 246k 34.3 54.7% Social media
23 Untappd 239k 38.1 58.4% Social media
24 Myspace 238k 41.2 64.0% Social media
25 Facebook Messenger 224k 38.1 48.4% Social media
26 The Sims Resource 179k 38.6 63.1% Social media
27 Clubhouse 80k 33.1 56.6% Social media
28 E-card 52k 39.7 59.2% Social media
29 classmates 51k 55.7 68.5% Social media
30 musical.ly 43k 31.3 59.7% Social media
31 Hi5 40k 33.0 40.9% Social media
32 Picasa 37k 33.2 37.7% Social media
33 Meta Platforms 28k 36.5 51.5% Social media
34 Threads 22k 36.3 54.6% Social media
35 Personal message 12k 37.6 78.0% Social media
36 skyrock 10k 26.1 29.5% Social media
37 Gaia Online 4.8k 24.9 71.7% Social media
38 Mafia Wars Recruitment Center (MWRC) 496 26.2 29.3% Social media
39 Minecraft Social 78 20.9 26.9% Social media

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular social medias compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each social media by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest social media in Germany?

Instagram currently leads with an estimated audience of 29M people in Germany.

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