Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Mordlust Audience in Germany

Mordlust has an estimated audience of 1.8M people in Germany.

#3among True crime in Germany
#12among podcasts in Germany#422in Movies & TV

The average Mordlust fan in Germany is 40.3 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

By number of fans, Mordlust ranks #3 among the 92 objects in True crime in Germany — 466.0× the group median.

Women make up 57.2% of the fan base, 4.8 percentage points more than the group average.

Compared with the other 91 objects in True crime, Mordlust fans stand out for their interest in Dan Stevens, David Lynch and american psycho.

Most fans live in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bayern, Baden-Württemberg.

Top affinities include True crime, True Detective, Dan Stevens, with strongest over-indexing on True crime (143× the country average).

Demographically, the Mordlust audience skews more female with an average age of 40.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Community Orientation.

The typical Mordlust fan in Germany is more female, around 40.3 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for True crime.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: Podcast · Subtype: True crime

Data status: Q3/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
1.8M
in Germany
Gender
57.2%♀
42.8% male
Age
40.3
average years
Country rank
#4032
among all objects in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+6%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Demographics of Mordlust fans

57.2% are female, 42.8% are male, average age 40.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

57.2%
Female
42.8%
Male
Demographic split for Mordlust audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female57.2%
Male42.8%
Average age40.3
Estimated audience size1.8M
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.3
average years
Age distribution of the Mordlust audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-2418%
25-3419%
35-4422%
45-5423%
55+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

87.7%

of the worldwide Mordlust audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Mordlust
CountryShare
Germany87.7%
Austria3.9%
Switzerland3.6%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Germany average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Mordlust fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Hamburg~60K1.51×
02Schleswig-Holstein~80K1.25×
03Nordrhein-Westfalen~400K1.12×
04Niedersachsen~200K1.11×
05Berlin~90K1.11×
06Bremen~20K1.10×
07Hessen~100K0.99×
08Bayern~300K0.98×
09Brandenburg~50K0.93×
10Baden-Württemberg~200K0.92×
11Sachsen~80K0.92×
12Rheinland-Pfalz~80K0.91×
13Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~30K0.91×
14Saarland~20K0.82×
15Sachsen-Anhalt~40K0.80×
16Thüringen~40K0.78×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Mordlust, Germany
0.78×1.00×1.51×
Section 04
Brands and objects ranked by affinity with this audience. Values above 1.0× mean over-representation compared with the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Affinities of the Mordlust audience vs. the country average
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01True crimeMovies & TV143.00×
02True DetectiveMovies & TV18.74×
03Dan StevensMovies & TV13.04×
04Sebastian FitzekLiterature12.10×
05HugendubelShopping11.85×
06Crime fictionLiterature11.44×
07David LynchMovies & TV8.92×
08american psychoMovies & TV8.38×
09GoodreadsLiterature6.71×
10Young-adult fictionLiterature5.72×
11Detective fictionLiterature5.47×
12BooksellingLiterature4.96×
13The MentalistMovies & TV4.55×
14Non-fiction booksLiterature4.37×
15Millie Bobby BrownMovies & TV3.50×
16RedditInternet & Social Media3.35×
17DuolingoBusiness & Career3.19×
18PodcastMusic & Radio2.17×
19Stranger ThingsMovies & TV2.15×
20TagesschauMovies & TV1.69×
Section 05
Strongest and weakest personality traits of this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Mordlust audience

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Personality traits of the Mordlust audience vs. the country average · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.48×
Community OrientationOPEN1.47×
SustainabilityBALANCE1.42×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Personality traits of the Mordlust audience vs. the country average · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.91×
Sports ActivityPOWER0.92×
DIY MentalityTHRILL0.93×
0×1.00× baseline2×
Appendix

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Source & method

Source
Rascasse Solution, own modelling
What “fans” means here
Estimated number of people in Germany with measurable interest in Mordlust over the last 12 months. Modelled, not counted; people interested in several podcasts count for each of them.
Data basis
Anonymised behavioural signals: search demand, social media signals, sponsorship and event data. Not a survey.
Period
10/2025 – 09/2026 · updated quarterly · data status Q3/2026
Confidence
high gender and age data available and an audience of at least 100,000 people

Cite as: “Rascasse Solution, Q3/2026, rascasse.com/explore/de/mordlust-10000467” · Methodology