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Top 100 TV personalities in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv personalities in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.2k tv personalities tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Thomas Gottschalk, Markus Lanz and Simone Thomalla lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 18M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.5M, and the largest, Thomas Gottschalk, reaches around 7.4M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each tv personality, 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
1 Thomas Gottschalk 7.4M 48.7 47.6% TV personality
2 Markus Lanz 7.1M 46.5 38.2% TV personality
3 Simone Thomalla 3.9M 44.5 73.5% TV personality
4 Esther Sedlaczek 3.4M 39.2 25.5% TV personality
5 Simone Ballack 3.3M 43.4 81.7% TV personality
6 Sophia Thomalla 3M 37.4 67.1% TV personality
7 Andrea Sawatzki 2.8M 44.2 57.9% TV personality
8 Nadja abd el Farrag 2.8M 39.7 65.3% TV personality
9 Desiree Nick 2.8M 35.6 57.7% TV personality
10 Sarah Engels 2.7M 40.7 72.0% TV personality
11 Laura Wontorra 2.7M 38.0 54.1% TV personality
12 Jörg Pilawa 2.6M 42.2 55.2% TV personality
13 Claudia Obert 2.6M 45.4 83.4% TV personality
14 Verona Pooth 2.6M 39.1 43.9% TV personality
15 Andrea Kiewel 2.6M 43.3 65.7% TV personality
16 Ehrlich Brothers 2.5M 43.6 61.3% TV personality
17 Judith Rakers 2.5M 41.2 60.6% TV personality
18 Stefan Raab 2.5M 39.0 33.6% TV personality
19 Michelle Hunziker 2.3M 38.7 68.2% TV personality
20 Kim Kardashian 2.3M 30.6 64.0% TV personality
21 Dunja Hayali 2.2M 42.4 53.7% TV personality
22 Kylie Jenner 2.1M 28.7 68.9% TV personality
23 Carmen Geiss 2M 36.8 71.8% TV personality
24 Constantin Schreiber 2M 40.3 57.6% TV personality
25 Lola Weippert 1.9M 42.8 80.2% TV personality

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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 tv personality 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 tv personality in Germany?

Thomas Gottschalk currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.4M people in Germany.

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