Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Musicals in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musicals in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 177 musicals tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Cats (musical), The Nutcracker and Wicked (musical) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 176k, and the largest, Cats (musical), reaches around 1.7M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each musical, 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 Blue Man Group 227k 40.6 50.9% Musical
27 The Aristocats 218k 34.0 83.2% Musical
28 Chicago (musical) 203k 43.5 43.4% Musical
29 Peter and the Wolf 196k 39.1 100.0%
30 A Chorus Line 195k 33.2 61.4% Musical
31 Jesus Christ Superstar 159k 36.7 80.1% Musical
32 The Rocky Horror Show 153k 47.7 62.8% Musical
33 Mary Poppins (musical) 153k 39.1 72.1% Musical
34 Beauty and the Beast 151k 32.1 67.9%
35 Swan Lake 147k 42.3 73.0% Musical
36 Das Rheingold 135k 46.7 25.9%
37 As You Like It 133k 43.6 56.0%
38 The Addams Family (musical) 131k 32.0 100.0% Musical
39 Grease (lubricant) 116k 46.3 59.6% Musical
40 Footloose (musical) 116k 46.5 61.9% Musical
41 Little Shop of Horrors (musical) 116k 39.9 85.2% Musical
42 Notre-Dame de Paris (musical) 115k 47.4 81.1%
43 Sixx Paxx 110k 43.0 59.2%
44 Riverdance 109k 47.3 53.2% Musical
45 The Book of Mormon (musical) 108k 36.9 60.4%
46 War Horse (play) 104k 46.2 74.3%
47 Cavalleria rusticana 100k 50.7 60.3%
48 Cabaret (musical) 100k 37.6 47.6%
49 Evita (musical) 99k 46.8 62.1% Musical
50 9 to 5 (musical) 95k 40.0 59.2% Musical

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular musicals compiled?

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

Cats (musical) currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.7M people in Germany.

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