Traditional heavy metal Audience in Germany

Traditional heavy metal has an estimated audience of 617,269 people in Germany. 36.7% are female, 63.3% are male, average age 42.2. Top brand affinities: Satire, German television comedy, Power metal, Linkin Park, Alice Cooper (band).

Top brand affinities include Satire, German television comedy, Power metal, with strongest over-indexing on Satire (8.81× the country average). Demographically, the Traditional heavy metal audience skews more male with an average age of 42.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Tradition, Patriotism.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical genre

Demographics of Traditional heavy metal fans

Demographic split for Traditional heavy metal audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female36.7%
Male63.3%
Average age42.2
Estimated audience size617,269

Audience persona

The typical Traditional heavy metal fan in Germany is more male, around 42.2 years old, with strong Tradition tendencies and a notable affinity for Satire.

Top brand affinities

Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Traditional heavy metal audience
BrandAffinityCategory
Satire8.81×Literature
German television comedy9.66×Movies & TV
Power metal17.45×Music & Radio
Linkin Park9.28×Music & Radio
Alice Cooper (band)12.98×Music & Radio
Judas Priest16.52×Music & Radio
Heavysaurus14.42×Music & Radio
Allgäu7.24×Travel & Leisure
Nightwish20×Music & Radio
Western Union4.74×Business & Career
Black Veil Brides20×Music & Radio
Chester Bennington11.52×Music & Radio
Death metal7.2×Music & Radio
Jethro Tull (band)15.62×Music & Radio
Sam Neill10.51×Movies & TV
Jon Bon Jovi10.58×Music & Radio
Pets1.81×Pets & Animals
Deep Purple10.48×Music & Radio
Babymetal20×Music & Radio
Scorpions (band)5.53×Music & Radio

Psychographic profile

Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Top personality traits over-indexed by Traditional heavy metal audience
TraitClusterScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.41
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.39
Pet OwnershipJOY1.25
ExtroversionTHRILL1.13
DIY MentalityTHRILL1.07
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.06

Worldwide distribution

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Traditional heavy metal
CountryShare
Germany31.6%
United States26.1%
United Kingdom6.6%

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Germany who actively search for Traditional heavy metal. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.