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Rank
Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.
Audience size
Estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.
Country share
Share of the global audience that is active in Germany. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.
Avg age
Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Germany, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.
Female share
Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Germany. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.
Ranking
| Rank | Audience | Audience size | Country share | Avg age | Female share | Subtype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SSebastian Fitzek | 1.5M | 80.4% | 45.0 | 74.1% | Author |
| 2 | SSarah, Duchess of York | 1.4M | 15.8% | 52.8 | 97.3% | Author |
| 3 | CCaroline Wahl | 1M | 81.2% | 43.9 | 68.6% | Author |
| 4 | JJoachim Meyerhoff | 993k | 85.8% | 41.3 | 69.3% | Author |
| 5 | SStephen King | 972k | 5.4% | 36.8 | 56.5% | Author |
| 6 | FFerdinand von Schirach | 962k | 83.4% | 41.9 | 63.2% | Author |
| 7 | RRichard David Precht | 960k | 81.4% | 44.2 | 56.2% | Author |
| 8 | HHannah Arendt | 945k | 20.4% | 45.3 | 67.2% | Author |
| 9 | AAnne Frank | 932k | 5.5% | 39.1 | 68.4% | Author |
| 10 | SSandra Navidi | 897k | 85.0% | 43.0 | 34.6% | Author |
| 11 | CChris Kyle | 893k | 16.1% | 44.7 | 46.7% | Author |
| 12 | CCaroline Kennedy | 862k | 7.8% | 57.0 | 88.0% | Author |
| 13 | RRoland Trettl | 810k | 85.0% | 41.4 | 57.0% | Author |
| 14 | AAmal Clooney | 764k | 7.0% | 40.8 | 76.8% | Author |
| 15 | JJane Austen | 750k | 7.7% | 37.6 | 75.0% | Author |
| 16 | TThomas Mann | 746k | 36.8% | 36.2 | 60.9% | Author |
| 17 | HHarlan Coben | 741k | 6.2% | 45.7 | 59.4% | Author |
| 18 | JJuli Zeh | 730k | 86.4% | 41.1 | 58.7% | Author |
| 19 | NNele Neuhaus | 712k | 82.9% | 52.2 | 83.0% | Author |
| 20 | BBastian Bielendorfer | 677k | 93.1% | 37.1 | 52.7% | Author |
| 21 | AAgatha Christie | 661k | 6.7% | 37.8 | 68.8% | Author |
| 22 | BBodo Wartke | 610k | 87.9% | 39.9 | 59.3% | Author |
| 23 | FFranz Kafka | 601k | 9.6% | 37.6 | 62.2% | Author |
| 24 | CCharlotte Link | 599k | 77.0% | 49.1 | 74.0% | Author |
| 25 | EErich von Däniken | 597k | 69.9% | 45.9 | 29.6% | Author |
| 26 | CCharles Dickens | 586k | 11.7% | 42.8 | 80.1% | Author |
| 27 | Ccolleen hoover | 557k | 8.1% | 34.5 | 72.3% | Author |
| 28 | CCornelia Funke | 528k | 89.0% | 47.3 | 65.2% | Author |
| 29 | AAmanda Knox | 516k | 7.5% | — | — | Author |
| 30 | HHelen Keller | 511k | 4.0% | 52.3 | 46.5% | Author |
| 31 | HHeather Graham | 510k | 8.2% | 49.8 | 80.8% | Author |
| 32 | JJens Söring | 482k | 85.0% | 44.2 | 48.2% | Author |
| 33 | DDaniele Ganser | 481k | 69.6% | 44.4 | 47.4% | Author |
| 34 | Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre | 472k | 87.8% | 42.7 | 56.3% | Author |
| 35 | SStefano Zarrella | 456k | 86.1% | 41.7 | 71.7% | Author |
| 36 | RRainer Maria Rilke | 433k | 35.9% | 44.9 | 69.7% | Author |
| 37 | RRosamunde Pilcher | 430k | 62.3% | 49.4 | 75.2% | Author |
| 38 | SStefan Zweig | 402k | 17.4% | 52.3 | 66.9% | Author |
| 39 | FFlorence Nightingale | 400k | 4.5% | 45.2 | 66.6% | Author |
| 40 | KKen Follett | 390k | 14.7% | 47.6 | 67.6% | Author |
| 41 | DDan Brown | 382k | 8.0% | 38.6 | 62.8% | Author |
| 42 | KKlaus-Peter Wolf | 356k | 94.9% | 42.1 | 66.7% | Author |
| 43 | MMarkus Krall | 350k | 84.9% | 45.6 | 48.8% | Author |
| 44 | FFarah Pahlavi | 350k | 25.3% | 42.8 | 67.2% | Author |
| 45 | NNostradamus | 343k | 7.3% | 43.7 | 71.2% | Author |
| 46 | HHermann Hesse | 341k | 17.6% | 33.7 | 57.4% | Author |
| 47 | JJohann Wolfgang von Goethe | 341k | 33.0% | 42.8 | 59.7% | Author |
| 48 | BBeatrix Potter | 314k | 13.1% | 42.4 | 52.7% | Author |
| 49 | WWilliam Shakespeare | 312k | 2.6% | 39.3 | 53.0% | Author |
| 50 | LLydia Benecke | 309k | 89.8% | 36.5 | 38.0% | Author |
| 51 | HHeinz Strunk | 308k | 88.0% | 37.1 | 46.0% | Author |
| 52 | CCharles Darwin | 305k | 4.3% | 44.0 | 46.4% | Author |
| 53 | OOscar Wilde | 303k | 3.7% | 38.4 | 55.6% | Author |
| 54 | EEdgar Allan Poe | 295k | 3.3% | 34.6 | 55.5% | Author |
| 55 | GGeorge R. R. Martin | 292k | 6.3% | 33.7 | 53.5% | Author |
| 56 | CCandace Owens | 289k | 1.5% | 33.9 | 44.2% | Author |
| 57 | LLinus Torvalds | 286k | 12.7% | 46.0 | 27.9% | Author |
| 58 | GGeorge Orwell | 284k | 4.3% | 36.6 | 57.2% | Author |
| 59 | KKarin Slaughter | 276k | 12.0% | 45.7 | 72.2% | Author |
| 60 | CConfucius | 268k | 11.6% | 44.5 | 52.3% | Author |
| 61 | JJean Paul | 260k | 22.1% | 46.1 | 85.6% | Author |
| 62 | BBuzz Aldrin | 256k | 7.1% | 45.9 | 34.2% | Author |
| 63 | PPaulo Coelho | 255k | 6.2% | 43.9 | 78.8% | Author |
| 64 | JJules Verne | 248k | 7.1% | 36.6 | 55.3% | Author |
| 65 | EEckart Tolle | 244k | 20.1% | 36.6 | 85.7% | Author |
| 66 | FFrank Schätzing | 243k | 85.1% | 37.7 | 57.8% | Author |
| 67 | NNoam Chomsky | 238k | 4.8% | 39.5 | 44.9% | Author |
| 68 | SSophie Kinsella | 238k | 6.8% | 42.8 | 78.2% | Author |
| 69 | EEckhart Tolle | 237k | 13.8% | 36.9 | 68.3% | Author |
| 70 | SSarah J. Maas | 235k | 5.8% | 35.6 | 77.6% | Author |
| 71 | VVirginia Woolf | 233k | 5.3% | 39.7 | 57.7% | Author |
| 72 | JJ. R. R. Tolkien | 230k | 5.6% | 35.9 | 50.7% | Author |
| 73 | RRita Falk | 228k | 84.0% | 39.4 | 66.1% | Author |
| 74 | MMalala Yousafzai | 224k | 4.7% | 35.0 | 56.6% | Author |
| 75 | UUmberto Eco | 213k | 8.5% | 43.1 | 64.1% | Author |
| 76 | JJordan Belfort | 213k | 3.3% | 35.3 | 39.9% | Author |
| 77 | AAndreas Eschbach | 213k | 80.9% | 54.7 | 100.0% | Author |
| 78 | EErnest Hemingway | 212k | 4.2% | 38.7 | 55.6% | Author |
| 79 | TThomas Aquinas | 211k | 5.7% | 47.3 | 80.9% | Author |
| 80 | AAleister Crowley | 206k | 8.7% | 44.9 | 68.1% | Author |
| 81 | BBrandon Sanderson | 205k | 5.0% | 39.3 | 56.2% | Author |
| 82 | KKaren Blixen | 199k | 20.9% | 57.3 | 78.8% | Author |
| 83 | VViktor Frankl | 196k | 8.5% | 42.8 | 44.7% | Author |
| 84 | JJojo Moyes | 195k | 13.4% | 41.2 | 78.4% | Author |
| 85 | EErich Fromm | 192k | 29.3% | 50.4 | 80.8% | Author |
| 86 | SSimone de Beauvoir | 190k | 5.0% | 39.0 | 53.0% | Author |
| 87 | TThomas Spitzer | 190k | 66.9% | 34.7 | 52.5% | Author |
| 88 | DDiana Gabaldon | 185k | 13.0% | 43.8 | 80.2% | Author |
| 89 | AAmerigo Vespucci | 184k | 13.0% | 48.0 | 93.7% | Author |
| 90 | JJussi Adler-Olsen | 184k | 29.1% | 40.5 | 55.0% | Author |
| 91 | RRoald Dahl | 179k | 2.8% | 40.5 | 63.2% | Author |
| 92 | MMarkus Kavka | 179k | 88.3% | 38.6 | 61.5% | Author |
| 93 | WWalter Benjamin | 175k | 22.6% | 46.2 | 50.1% | Author |
| 94 | MMaya Angelou | 173k | 3.4% | 47.2 | 54.5% | Author |
| 95 | IIan McEwan | 172k | 17.2% | 51.1 | 80.5% | Author |
| 96 | HHarriet Tubman | 171k | 2.4% | 45.8 | 72.0% | Author |
| 97 | WWladimir Kaminer | 171k | 90.8% | 48.0 | 60.9% | Author |
| 98 | MMedical Medium | 168k | 25.1% | 47.4 | 100.0% | Author |
| 99 | MMaximilian Kolbe | 168k | 19.4% | 52.5 | 86.6% | Author |
| 100 | AArthur Schopenhauer | 165k | 14.2% | 44.3 | 41.1% | Author |
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Frequently asked questions
How is this list of the most popular authors compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each author by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.
How often is the list updated?
The ranking is updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.
What is the largest author in Germany?
Sebastian Fitzek currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.5M people in Germany.