Rascasse Audience Intelligence

WDR 2 Kabarett Audience in Germany

WDR 2 Kabarett has an estimated audience of 1.6M people in Germany.

#6among Comedy in Germany
#14among podcasts in Germany#474in Movies & TV

The average WDR 2 Kabarett fan in Germany is 43.2 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

By number of fans, WDR 2 Kabarett ranks #6 among the 465 objects in Comedy in Germany — 6.5× the group median.

Its fans are 4.7 years older than the group average of 38.5.

Compared with the other 464 objects in Comedy, WDR 2 Kabarett fans stand out for their interest in Melanie Lynskey, Dieter Nuhr and Alicia Silverstone.

Interest is seasonal: February, August and November account for 41% of the year's searches, July is the quietest month.

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

Top affinities include Melanie Lynskey, Dieter Nuhr, Alicia Silverstone, with strongest over-indexing on Melanie Lynskey (20× the country average).

Demographically, the WDR 2 Kabarett audience skews balanced with an average age of 43.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Patriotism.

The typical WDR 2 Kabarett fan in Germany is balanced, around 43.2 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Melanie Lynskey.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: Podcast · Subtype: Comedy

Data status: Q3/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
1.6M
in Germany
Gender
49.1%♀
50.9% male
Age
43.2
average years
Country rank
#4349
among all objects in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-78%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Demographics of WDR 2 Kabarett fans

49.1% are female, 50.9% are male, average age 43.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

49.1%
Female
50.9%
Male
Demographic split for WDR 2 Kabarett audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female49.1%
Male50.9%
Average age43.2
Estimated audience size1.6M
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.2
average years
Age distribution of the WDR 2 Kabarett audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-2412%
25-3416%
35-4421%
45-5427%
55+24%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

94.5%

of the worldwide WDR 2 Kabarett audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for WDR 2 Kabarett
CountryShare
Germany94.5%
Austria1.5%
Switzerland0.5%
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

WDR 2 Kabarett fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Nordrhein-Westfalen~600K1.73×
02Thüringen~50K1.30×
03Sachsen~100K1.29×
04Brandenburg~60K1.18×
05Rheinland-Pfalz~90K1.05×
06Niedersachsen~200K1.01×
07Sachsen-Anhalt~40K1.00×
08Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~30K1.00×
09Schleswig-Holstein~60K0.99×
10Bremen~10K0.93×
11Berlin~70K0.91×
12Hessen~100K0.86×
13Saarland~20K0.78×
14Hamburg~30K0.74×
15Bayern~200K0.72×
16Baden-Württemberg~100K0.67×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — WDR 2 Kabarett, Germany
0.67×1.00×1.73×
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 WDR 2 Kabarett audience vs. the country average
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Melanie LynskeyMovies & TV20.00×
02Dieter NuhrMovies & TV18.96×
03Alicia SilverstoneMovies & TV18.51×
04Amanda SeyfriedMovies & TV9.54×
05Charlie SheenMovies & TV6.45×
06German television comedyMovies & TV6.06×
07Scooby-DooMovies & TV4.92×
08Christoph Maria HerbstMovies & TV4.24×
09Dieter BohlenMusic & Radio4.21×
10SatireLiterature3.20×
11TagesschauMovies & TV2.94×
12TransfermarktSports2.80×
13Udo LindenbergMusic & Radio2.48×
14PodcastMusic & Radio2.09×
15NatureHome & Garden1.81×
16ZDFMovies & TV1.81×
17SportschauSports1.75×
18Jürgen KloppSports1.65×
19PoliticsPolitics & Society1.63×
20Müller (company)Food & Beverages1.59×
Section 05
Strongest and weakest personality traits of this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the WDR 2 Kabarett audience

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Personality traits of the WDR 2 Kabarett audience vs. the country average · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN1.55×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.49×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.41×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Personality traits of the WDR 2 Kabarett audience vs. the country average · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.72×
Sports ActivityPOWER0.75×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.80×
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 WDR 2 Kabarett 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/wdr-2-kabarett-10000519” · Methodology