Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Rot-Weiss Essen Fan Demographics in Germany

Rot-Weiss Essen has an estimated audience of 1.9M people in Germany.

#110among Soccer in Germany
#58among teams in Germany
#321in Sports

The average Rot-Weiss Essen fan in Germany is 29.3 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Its fans are 5.7 years younger than the group average of 35.0.

Women make up 16.3% of the fan base, 16.4 percentage points fewer than the group average.

Compared with the other 13576 objects in Soccer, Rot-Weiss Essen fans stand out for their interest in Eintracht Trier, 1. FC Lok Leipzig and FC Würzburger Kickers.

Interest is seasonal: April, May and August account for 38% of the year's searches, December is the quietest month.

Most fans live in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Niedersachsen, Bayern.

Top affinities include 3. Liga, Eintracht Trier, 1. FC Lok Leipzig, with strongest over-indexing on 3. Liga (33.33× the country average).

Demographically, the Rot-Weiss Essen audience skews more male with an average age of 29.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Family Orientation, Patriotism.

The typical Rot-Weiss Essen fan in Germany is more male, around 29.3 years old, with strong Family Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for 3. Liga.

Category: Sports · Type: Team · Subtype: Soccer

Data status: Q3/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
1.9M
in Germany
Gender
16.3%♀
83.7% male
Age
29.3
average years
Country rank
#3629
among all objects in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+15%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Demographics of Rot-Weiss Essen fans

16.3% are female, 83.7% are male, average age 29.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

16.3%
Female
83.7%
Male
Demographic split for Rot-Weiss Essen audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female16.3%
Male83.7%
Average age29.3
Estimated audience size1.9M
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 29.3
average years
Age distribution of the Rot-Weiss Essen audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-2458%
25-3414%
35-4411%
45-5411%
55+6%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

92.2%

of the worldwide Rot-Weiss Essen audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Rot-Weiss Essen
CountryShare
Germany92.2%
Netherlands1.2%
Italy0.5%
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

Rot-Weiss Essen fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Nordrhein-Westfalen~1.5M5.11×
02Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~100K2.91×
03Brandenburg~100K1.61×
04Saarland~20K0.83×
05Niedersachsen~100K0.75×
06Sachsen~60K0.58×
07Hamburg~20K0.52×
08Berlin~40K0.50×
09Schleswig-Holstein~40K0.50×
10Rheinland-Pfalz~40K0.46×
11Thüringen~20K0.42×
12Hessen~60K0.41×
13Sachsen-Anhalt~20K0.41×
14Bayern~100K0.40×
15Bremen~7K0.39×
16Baden-Württemberg~80K0.32×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Rot-Weiss Essen, Germany
0.32×1.00×5.11×
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 Rot-Weiss Essen audience vs. the country average
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
013. LigaSports33.33×
02Eintracht TrierSports33.33×
031. FC Lok LeipzigSports28.73×
04FC Würzburger KickersSports28.73×
05BSG Chemie LeipzigSports28.73×
06SV ElversbergSports24.12×
07Chemnitzer FCSports22.21×
08Frauen-BundesligaSports17.06×
09F.C. Hansa RostockSports16.60×
10Norway national football teamSports16.41×
11TransfermarktSports13.92×
12DFB-PokalSports9.52×
13Dynamo DresdenSports9.17×
142. BundesligaSports9.07×
15RB LeipzigSports7.19×
16SportschauSports4.40×
17BundesligaSports4.14×
18Borussia DortmundSports2.93×
19FIFA World CupSports2.75×
20FC Bayern MunichSports2.74×
Section 05
Strongest and weakest personality traits of this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Rot-Weiss Essen audience

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Personality traits of the Rot-Weiss Essen audience vs. the country average · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.30×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.17×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.04×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Personality traits of the Rot-Weiss Essen audience vs. the country average · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.44×
IndividualismJOY0.49×
IndulgenceJOY0.51×
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 Rot-Weiss Essen over the last 12 months. Modelled, not counted; people interested in several teams 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/rot-weiss-essen-15302” · Methodology