Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Frankfurter Rundschau Audience Demographics in Germany

Frankfurter Rundschau has an estimated audience of 2.5M people in Germany.

#13among Newspaper in Germany
#90among websites & media in Germany
#34in News

The average Frankfurter Rundschau fan in Germany is 45.8 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Hessen.

By number of fans, Frankfurter Rundschau ranks #13 among the 1314 objects in Newspaper in Germany — 3.3× the group median.

Its fans are 4.5 years older than the group average of 41.3.

Women make up 43.0% of the fan base, 5.1 percentage points fewer than the group average.

Compared with the other 1313 objects in Newspaper, Frankfurter Rundschau fans stand out for their interest in SV Darmstadt 98, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Richard David Precht.

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

Top affinities include SV Darmstadt 98, Der Tagesspiegel, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, with strongest over-indexing on SV Darmstadt 98 (9.75× the country average).

Demographically, the Frankfurter Rundschau audience skews more male with an average age of 45.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Indulgence.

The typical Frankfurter Rundschau fan in Germany is more male, around 45.8 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for SV Darmstadt 98.

Category: News · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Newspaper

Data status: Q3/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
2.5M
in Germany
Gender
43.0%♀
57.0% male
Age
45.8
average years
Country rank
#2808
among all objects in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+8%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Audience demographics of Frankfurter Rundschau

43.0% are female, 57.0% are male, average age 45.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

43.0%
Female
57.0%
Male
Demographic split for Frankfurter Rundschau audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female43.0%
Male57.0%
Average age45.8
Estimated audience size2.5M
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 45.8
average years
Age distribution of the Frankfurter Rundschau audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-246%
25-3414%
35-4422%
45-5430%
55+28%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

81.8%

of the worldwide Frankfurter Rundschau audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Frankfurter Rundschau
CountryShare
Germany81.8%
Austria4.5%
Switzerland3.5%
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

Frankfurter Rundschau fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Hessen~900K4.77×
02Rheinland-Pfalz~200K1.26×
03Baden-Württemberg~300K0.93×
04Hamburg~50K0.90×
05Saarland~30K0.89×
06Berlin~90K0.83×
07Nordrhein-Westfalen~400K0.82×
08Schleswig-Holstein~70K0.82×
09Bremen~20K0.79×
10Niedersachsen~200K0.77×
11Bayern~300K0.73×
12Sachsen~70K0.57×
13Thüringen~30K0.53×
14Brandenburg~40K0.49×
15Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~20K0.49×
16Sachsen-Anhalt~30K0.47×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Frankfurter Rundschau, Germany
0.47×1.00×4.77×
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 Frankfurter Rundschau audience vs. the country average
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01SV Darmstadt 98Sports9.75×
02Der TagesspiegelNews5.95×
03Frank-Walter SteinmeierPolitics & Society4.73×
04Richard David PrechtPolitics & Society4.41×
05Reinhard MeyMusic & Radio4.09×
06Junge FreiheitNews3.30×
07HandelsblattBusiness & Career3.27×
08FC St. PauliSports2.71×
09Udo LindenbergMusic & Radio2.65×
10Markus LanzMovies & TV2.35×
11SportschauSports2.25×
12CommerzbankBusiness & Career2.20×
13ZDFMovies & TV2.14×
14Jürgen KloppSports2.12×
15Barbara SchönebergerMovies & TV2.08×
16Die WeltNews2.03×
17RTL TelevisionMovies & TV2.01×
18Deutsche BankBusiness & Career1.94×
19SV Werder BremenSports1.74×
20Deutsche BahnCars & Mobility1.53×
Section 05
Strongest and weakest personality traits of this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Frankfurter Rundschau audience

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Personality traits of the Frankfurter Rundschau audience vs. the country average · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN1.88×
IndulgenceJOY1.68×
Convenience OrientationPREMIUM1.52×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Personality traits of the Frankfurter Rundschau audience vs. the country average · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Pet OwnershipJOY0.49×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.65×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.71×
0×1.00× baseline2×
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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 Frankfurter Rundschau over the last 12 months. Modelled, not counted; people interested in several website / newspaper / magazines 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/frankfurter-rundschau-36021” · Methodology