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
51 Don Quixote (ballet) 86k 39.9 51.0%
52 West Side Story 82k 40.9 59.7%
53 Kinky boots 78k 37.3 72.5%
54 The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) 78k 38.6 76.0%
55 You and Me (Peking opera) 72k 26.3 53.9%
56 We Will Rock You (musical) 71k 40.8 56.0%
57 The Magic Flute 68k 40.8 68.4%
58 Legally Blonde (musical) 68k 38.6 61.3%
59 The Mousetrap 67k 46.4 63.6%
60 Shrek The Musical 66k 37.7 51.6% Musical
61 In the Heights 60k 33.7 64.9%
62 Requiem (Mozart) 57k 50.3 58.3%
63 Porgy and Bess 56k 50.1 71.2%
64 Pippin (musical) 54k 46.7 72.2%
65 Miss Saigon 54k 40.7 62.6%
66 Lucia di Lammermoor 54k 50.0 56.1%
67 La traviata 53k 44.0 47.7%
68 Twelfth Night 53k 35.2 54.6%
69 Mystère (Cirque du Soleil) 52k 40.7 68.9%
70 We Will Rock You 52k 43.1 61.1%
71 Rock of Ages (musical) 52k 46.1 62.1%
72 Anything Goes 51k 44.5 84.5%
73 Der Freischütz 51k 45.5 51.5%
74 Gypsy (musical) 49k 33.2 92.2%
75 Un ballo in maschera 48k 34.5 68.3%

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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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