Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Newspapers in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.3k newspapers tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Bild, Der Tagesspiegel and Der Spiegel lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 47M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.6M, and the largest, Bild, reaches around 29M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each newspaper, 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 Bild 29M 41.5 48.6% Newspaper
2 Der Tagesspiegel 8.9M 45.9 50.3% Newspaper
3 Der Spiegel 8.6M 38.9 51.8% Newspaper
4 Die Welt 8.3M 41.9 51.9% Newspaper
5 Focus 8M — — Newspaper
6 Jüdische Allgemeine 5.5M 45.7 52.9% Newspaper
7 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 5M 37.6 54.8% Newspaper
8 B.Z. (newspaper) 4.6M 42.6 42.8% Newspaper
9 The Epoch Times 3M 44.3 54.8% Newspaper
10 The New York Times 2.7M 42.0 55.6% Newspaper
11 Süddeutsche Zeitung 2.7M 38.1 56.9% Newspaper
12 Berliner Morgenpost 2.7M 43.0 52.4% Newspaper
13 Frankfurter Rundschau 2.5M 45.8 43.0% Newspaper
14 Volksstimme 2.2M 43.1 49.7% Newspaper
15 Sächsische Zeitung 2.1M 37.4 54.7% Newspaper
16 Daily Mail 2.1M 40.4 42.6% Newspaper
17 Berliner Zeitung 2M 44.0 48.7% Newspaper
18 Dnevni avaz 1.9M 42.7 43.6% Newspaper
19 Slobodna Dalmacija 1.8M 43.9 44.0% Newspaper
20 Passauer Neue Presse 1.6M 41.1 59.0% Newspaper
21 Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 1.6M 45.0 53.7% Newspaper
22 Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung 1.6M 43.2 49.3% Newspaper
23 Algemeen Dagblad 1.6M 41.0 76.7% Newspaper
24 The Guardian 1.5M 37.4 49.8% Newspaper
25 Večernji list 1.5M 43.5 46.2% Newspaper
26 El País (Uruguay) 1.4M 39.9 48.4% Newspaper
27 El Mundo (Colombia) 1.4M 35.8 44.9% Newspaper
28 Abendzeitung 1.4M 44.0 49.8% Newspaper
29 Hersfelder Zeitung 1.3M 42.4 51.6% Newspaper
30 Werra-Rundschau 1.3M 42.3 53.0% Newspaper
31 Rheinische Post 1.3M 44.2 55.7% Newspaper
32 Wetterauer Zeitung 1.2M 42.9 52.5% Newspaper
33 Kieler Nachrichten 1.2M 42.7 53.6% Newspaper
34 Milliyet 1.1M 43.5 47.3% Newspaper
35 Slobodna Bosna 1.1M 48.5 20.1% Newspaper
36 Hürriyet 1.1M 44.0 50.2% Newspaper
37 Neue Zürcher Zeitung 1.1M 48.6 35.7% Newspaper
38 VG 1.1M 42.9 52.4% Newspaper
39 Rhein-Zeitung 1M 43.9 57.5% Newspaper
40 Financial Times 997k 38.4 41.3% Newspaper
41 Marca (newspaper) 972k 37.4 32.7% Newspaper
42 Daily News and Analysis 940k 46.5 34.8% Newspaper
43 Tageblatt 931k 42.6 55.4% Newspaper
44 Kronen Zeitung 922k 38.1 64.0% Newspaper
45 The Wall Street Journal 886k 41.5 39.5% Newspaper
46 Sportske novosti 871k 41.8 18.1% Newspaper
47 Der Standard 853k 42.8 44.7% Newspaper
48 Hamburger Morgenpost 814k 41.6 45.5% Newspaper
49 El País 798k 37.7 53.6% Newspaper
50 Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung 755k 41.0 53.9% Newspaper
51 türkiye gazetesi 740k 38.7 38.6% Newspaper
52 Corriere della Sera 706k 37.9 49.2% Newspaper
53 taz. die tageszeitung 697k 41.5 52.6% Newspaper
54 Fuldaer Zeitung 689k 40.9 57.5% Newspaper
55 Pforzheimer Zeitung 663k 41.7 53.2% Newspaper
56 Gießener Anzeiger 655k 43.0 51.2% Newspaper
57 Oslobođenje 632k 45.8 36.4% Newspaper
58 24 sata (Serbia) 616k 42.4 53.8% Newspaper
59 Wiesbadener Kurier 609k 41.8 52.3% Newspaper
60 Fakt 606k 37.0 64.2% Newspaper
61 The Times 603k 39.8 51.5% Newspaper
62 Ostdeutsche Allgemeine 598k 42.2 40.9% Newspaper
63 Ruhr Nachrichten 594k 42.4 46.7% Newspaper
64 Vijesti 589k 40.2 42.7% Newspaper
65 tagesanzeiger 586k 31.4 28.6% Newspaper
66 La Repubblica 554k 34.4 55.5% Newspaper
67 ADN (newspaper) 554k 37.6 0.0% Newspaper
68 USA Today 551k 36.6 56.7% Newspaper
69 La Gazzetta dello Sport 550k 31.6 27.4% Newspaper
70 Le Monde 544k 34.9 50.6% Newspaper
71 Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger 532k 44.0 57.9% Newspaper
72 The Stranger (newspaper) 519k 26.5 0.0% Newspaper
73 The Washington Post 515k 38.7 45.4% Newspaper
74 Blick 512k 42.3 53.4% Newspaper
75 Neues Deutschland 481k 42.1 45.6% Newspaper
76 RedEye 461k 42.8 25.6% Newspaper
77 Hamburger Abendblatt 448k 43.5 49.7% Newspaper
78 Automotive news 446k 42.4 28.4% Newspaper
79 Ostfriesen-Zeitung 444k 46.0 65.5% Newspaper
80 Le Figaro 440k 33.7 53.4% Newspaper
81 Jyllands-Posten 439k 46.6 53.0% Newspaper
82 DV (newspaper) 431k 36.4 78.1% Newspaper
83 Nürnberger Nachrichten 429k 40.9 53.9% Newspaper
84 Večernje novosti 420k 42.1 56.2% Newspaper
85 Grafschafter Nachrichten 418k 41.8 53.9% Newspaper
86 Schwäbische Zeitung 411k 43.2 51.6% Newspaper
87 Der Freitag 411k 43.5 58.5% Newspaper
88 Adevărul 396k 41.2 46.9% Newspaper
89 Weekender 393k 43.6 70.0% Newspaper
90 The Times of India 379k 33.2 42.0% Newspaper
91 7days 366k 36.5 33.5% Newspaper
92 Oberhessische Presse 366k 41.4 52.2% Newspaper
93 Darmstädter Echo 346k 41.7 51.5% Newspaper
94 BirGün 336k 46.0 34.3% Newspaper
95 Manorama Online 331k 40.0 35.5% Newspaper
96 Braunschweiger Zeitung 331k 42.3 47.0% Newspaper
97 The Economic Times 324k 49.5 66.9% Newspaper
98 Gazeta Wyborcza 322k 43.1 62.7% Newspaper
99 Kleine Zeitung 320k 46.4 42.8% Newspaper
100 Il Fatto Quotidiano 314k 46.0 45.6% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular newspapers compiled?

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

Bild currently leads with an estimated audience of 29M people in Germany.

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