Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Cities in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest cities in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 4.1k cities tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Munich, Cologne and Düsseldorf lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 35M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.8M, and the largest, Munich, reaches around 14M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each city, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are updated quarterly.

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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 Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Munich 14M 41.3 51.2% City
2 Cologne 11M 40.1 54.5% City
3 Düsseldorf 9.8M 42.6 53.3% City
4 Bar, Montenegro 9.7M 41.6 61.2% City
5 Berlin 8.4M 41.3 53.6% City
6 Stuttgart 8.3M 41.4 45.2% City
7 Frankfurt 7.4M 41.2 48.3% City
8 Istanbul 7.2M 39.1 55.6% City
9 Bremen 6.2M 43.6 51.0% City
10 Nice 5.9M 43.0 59.9% City
11 Essen 5.3M 42.4 60.3% City
12 Hamburg 5M 41.5 54.9% City
13 Hanover 4.9M 41.9 49.6% City
14 New York City 4.7M 38.3 54.5% City
15 Leeds 4.7M 46.4 73.8% City
16 Paris 4.5M 38.4 67.5% City
17 London 4.5M 38.1 53.7% City
18 Amsterdam 4.3M 41.2 54.3% City
19 Crans-Montana 4.1M 45.1 50.0% City
20 Dortmund 4.1M 41.2 48.0% City
21 Seoul 4M 38.1 48.5% City
22 Milan 3.9M 37.9 53.3% City
23 Zürich 3.7M 42.1 43.0% City
24 Bonn 3.6M 40.4 48.6% City
25 Dresden 3.5M 42.7 52.6% City
26 Ankara 3.3M 41.2 48.9% City
27 Antalya 3.3M 41.0 56.6% City
28 Mannheim 3.1M 41.9 54.5% City
29 Los Angeles 3M 35.6 56.0% City
30 Leipzig 3M 40.9 50.2% City
31 Bodrum 3M 40.3 56.7% City
32 Zadar 2.8M 36.5 65.0% City
33 Nuremberg 2.6M 41.7 49.4% City
34 Bern 2.6M 43.4 45.3% City
35 Vienna 2.4M 37.4 49.2% City
36 Mainz 2.4M 40.6 49.0% City
37 Beirut 2.3M 35.3 48.2% City
38 Duisburg 2.2M 40.1 50.0% City
39 Aleppo 2.2M 36.8 39.4% City
40 Münster 2.2M 42.6 54.4% City
41 Salzburg 2.1M 44.4 53.5% City
42 Homs 2M 35.1 39.2% City
43 Moscow 2M 37.9 39.8% City
44 Karlsruhe 1.9M 38.6 48.7% City
45 Barcelona 1.9M 38.5 48.6% City
46 Eindhoven 1.9M 46.5 49.5% City
47 Braunschweig 1.9M 39.5 34.0% City
48 Kiel 1.8M 42.6 51.4% City
49 Bochum 1.8M 38.2 50.5% City
50 Wolfsburg 1.8M 40.9 35.6% City
51 Rome 1.8M 40.7 52.6% City
52 Wuppertal 1.8M 39.1 55.7% City
53 Wiesbaden 1.7M 39.1 55.3% City
54 Bratislava 1.7M 40.6 51.7% City
55 Naples 1.7M 38.1 46.5% City
56 Sydney 1.7M 40.0 47.3% City
57 Las Vegas 1.6M 37.0 38.4% City
58 Ingolstadt 1.6M 37.2 40.1% City
59 Copenhagen 1.6M 40.1 59.3% City
60 Nassau, Bahamas 1.6M 44.4 51.2% City
61 Aachen 1.6M 39.7 51.4% City
62 Augsburg 1.6M 41.4 49.7% City
63 İzmir 1.6M 40.1 61.9% City
64 Oberhausen 1.5M 38.9 54.0% City
65 Rostock 1.5M 40.6 47.4% City
66 Heidelberg 1.5M 38.8 53.3% City
67 Lübeck 1.5M 42.0 56.7% City
68 Bangkok 1.5M 37.4 59.3% City
69 Athens 1.5M 40.9 52.9% City
70 Erfurt 1.5M 41.6 44.3% City
71 Bielefeld 1.5M 38.2 49.2% City
72 Hong Kong 1.5M 42.8 53.5% City
73 Kassel 1.5M 40.1 49.8% City
74 Freiburg im Breisgau 1.4M 39.4 49.4% City
75 Belgrade 1.4M 38.2 50.1% City
76 Este, Veneto 1.4M — — City
77 Kiev 1.4M 34.5 52.6% City
78 Koblenz 1.4M 41.4 54.6% City
79 Darmstadt 1.4M 38.6 50.9% City
80 Melbourne 1.4M 40.6 49.0% City
81 Mönchengladbach 1.3M 40.4 49.7% City
82 Potsdam 1.3M 40.8 50.5% City
83 Tirana 1.3M 33.2 54.9% City
84 Magdeburg 1.3M 40.2 41.5% City
85 Regensburg 1.3M 38.7 49.6% City
86 Coburg 1.3M 42.0 44.7% City
87 Tokyo 1.3M 34.6 49.0% City
88 Alanya 1.3M 42.6 57.7% City
89 Madrid 1.2M 39.9 44.0% City
90 Strasbourg 1.2M 44.3 49.6% City
91 Heilbronn 1.2M 39.1 48.7% City
92 Santorini 1.2M 42.3 60.2% City
93 La Haine 1.2M 42.5 64.8% City
94 Canberra 1.2M 43.2 51.7% City
95 San Jose, California 1.2M 45.0 40.5% City
96 Ulm 1.2M 37.8 46.8% City
97 Bursa 1.2M 40.3 56.1% City
98 Split, Croatia 1.2M 43.5 57.6% City
99 Stockholm 1.1M 41.9 57.6% City
100 Krefeld 1.1M 37.6 46.8% City

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular cities compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each city 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 city in Germany?

Munich currently leads with an estimated audience of 14M people in Germany.

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