Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Traditional heavy metal Audience in Germany

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Traditional heavy metal in Germany — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Traditional heavy metal has an estimated audience of 617,269 people 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: Metalcore, Power metal, Heavysaurus, Black metal, Tagesschau.

Top brand affinities include Metalcore, Power metal, Heavysaurus, with strongest over-indexing on Metalcore (14.32× 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, Extroversion.

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 Metalcore.

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

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Traditional heavy metal profile in Germany.

Audience size
617K
in Germany
Gender
36.7%
63.3% male
Age
42.2
average years
Country rank
#9863
Topic in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+0%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Traditional heavy metal fans

36.7% are female, 63.3% are male, average age 42.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

36.7%
Female
63.3%
Male
Demographic split for Traditional heavy metal audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female36.7%
Male63.3%
Average age42.2
Estimated audience size617,269
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.2
average years
Age distribution of the Traditional heavy metal audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-1911%
20-2915%
30-3924%
40-4930%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

31.6%

of the worldwide Traditional heavy metal audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Traditional heavy metal
CountryShare
Germany31.6%
United States26.1%
United Kingdom6.6%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Traditional heavy metal audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Traditional heavy metal audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Black Veil BridesMusic & Radio20.00×
02MonumentsMusic & Radio20.00×
03Power metalMusic & Radio19.13×
04Patti SmithMusic & Radio18.91×
05HeavysaurusMusic & Radio14.48×
06MetalcoreMusic & Radio14.32×
07PowerwolfMusic & Radio13.93×
08Metal HammerMusic & Radio11.57×
09Sam NeillMovies & TV11.29×
10Alice Cooper (band)Music & Radio9.23×
11BeckMusic & Radio9.21×
12Black metalMusic & Radio8.83×
13Kate BushMusic & Radio8.71×
14Wacken Open AirMusic & Radio7.22×
15Classic rockMusic & Radio7.11×
16AC/DCMusic & Radio6.62×
17Scorpions (band)Music & Radio5.84×
18ThomannShopping4.90×
19TransfermarktSports2.47×
20TagesschauMovies & TV2.27×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Traditional heavy metal audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Traditional heavy metal audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.61×
ExtroversionTHRILL1.51×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.49×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Traditional heavy metal audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.62×
Sports ActivityPOWER0.63×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.65×
1.00× baseline
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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.

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