Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular TV Channels in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv channels in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.5k tv channels tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. ZDF, Sport1 (Netherlands) and Netflix lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 33M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.1M, and the largest, ZDF, reaches around 13M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each tv channel, 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 Sky Sport 1.9M 44.9 21.8%
27 Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk 1.9M 40.4 54.4%
28 Tele 5 1.9M 41.2 21.2%
29 VOX (TV channel) 1.9M 37.6 68.3%
30 Magenta TV 1.8M 36.1 35.5%
31 Sky Deutschland 1.8M 40.9 31.0% Pay TV
32 Südwestrundfunk 1.7M 40.9 47.5%
33 DirecTV 1.7M 34.4 47.4%
34 Nickelodeon 1.6M 31.1 56.4%
35 Waipu.tv 1.5M 38.6 43.9% TV / music streaming
36 ProSieben Maxx 1.5M 34.1 37.2%
37 Show TV 1.5M 39.6 56.6%
38 RT (TV network) 1.5M 43.1 36.2%
39 Hessischer Rundfunk 1.4M 43.2 55.2%
40 Kanal D 1.4M 39.2 60.4%
41 TRT 1 1.3M 39.7 61.4%
42 Star TV (Turkey) 1.3M 42.2 60.3%
43 Sky Sport News HD 1.2M 37.6 18.1%
44 RT Deutsch 1.2M 44.3 30.6%
45 Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen 1.2M 41.3 33.6%
46 Disney Channel 1.1M 33.5 72.0%
47 TNT (Sweden) 1.1M 49.5 52.7%
48 TLC (TV network) 1M 33.6 65.1%
49 Comedy Central 1M 31.4 47.0%
50 GIGA Television 1M 37.1 20.9% TV series

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular tv channels compiled?

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

ZDF currently leads with an estimated audience of 13M people in Germany.

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