Popularity ranking · Germany

The 75 most popular Volksfests in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 75 largest volksfests in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Oktoberfest, Plärrer Augsburg and Cranger Kirmes lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.3M people. Across all 75 entries the average audience size is 315k, and the largest, Oktoberfest, reaches around 2.5M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each volksfest, 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 75, 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 Frankfurter Dippemess 314k 40.7 54.7% Volksfest
27 Cannstatter Wasen 303k 35.7 50.1% Volksfest
28 Schützenfest Hannover 282k 42.0 51.0% Volksfest
29 Karneval der Kulturen 281k 38.7 55.5% Volksfest
30 Rosenheimer Herbstfest 279k 38.9 60.7% Volksfest
31 Send Münster 278k 41.4 55.0% Volksfest
32 Weimarer Zwiebelmarkt 235k 40.9 55.5% Volksfest
33 Biberacher Schützenfest 223k 42.0 50.8% Volksfest
34 Travemünder Woche 214k 40.5 57.9% Volksfest
35 Chemnitzer Weihnachtsmarkt 200k 38.3 55.6% Volksfest
36 Stoppelmarkt 198k 40.7 53.7% Volksfest
37 Rheinkirmes 180k 40.6 56.3% Volksfest
38 Leipziger Kleinmesse 174k 40.2 55.3% Volksfest
39 Weihnachtsmarkt Fürth 170k 37.9 55.4% Volksfest
40 Hanse Sail 163k 39.7 49.7% Volksfest
41 Karpfhamer Fest 160k 39.7 53.8% Volksfest
42 Wormser Backfischfest 156k 40.2 52.2% Volksfest
43 Ulmer Volksfest 151k 39.1 54.1% Volksfest
44 Konstanzer Seenachtfest 151k 39.1 57.5% Volksfest
45 Frühlingsfest Hannover 149k 40.5 55.1% Volksfest
46 Cannstatter Volksfest 147k 41.2 49.4% Volksfest
47 Kieler Weihnachtsmarkt 147k 39.4 57.5% Volksfest
48 Oktoberfest Hannover 146k 39.8 51.2% Volksfest
49 Hochheimer Markt 146k 40.5 54.8% Volksfest
50 Havelberger Pferdemarkt 144k 38.2 56.8% Volksfest

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular volksfests compiled?

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

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

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