Popularity ranking · Germany

The 36 most popular Social Medias in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 36 largest social medias in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Instagram, TikTok and WhatsApp lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 67M people. Across all 36 entries the average audience size is 4.3M, and the largest, Instagram, reaches around 26M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each social media, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are updated quarterly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 36, 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 Instagram 26M 37.9 53.6% Social media
2 TikTok 23M 21.6 61.8% Social media
3 WhatsApp 18M 39.6 52.3% Social media
4 Pinterest 16M 38.5 63.5% Social media
5 X 14M 38.3 50.8% Social media
6 Facebook 14M 40.6 51.3% Social media
7 Instant messaging 11M 38.6 50.5% Social media
8 Reddit 10M 32.3 46.0% Social media
9 XING 4.6M 41.6 51.8% Social media
10 Snapchat 4.4M 34.7 52.6% Social media
11 LinkedIn 3M 41.6 49.4% Social media
12 Bluesky 2.1M 37.0 52.3% Social media
13 Tumblr 1.3M 30.7 60.5% Social media
14 Flickr 1.2M 38.5 44.4% Social media
15 Letterboxd 770k 37.3 58.4% Social media
16 Emoticon 623k 47.0 65.1% Social media
17 VK (social network) 558k 28.0 59.0% Social media
18 Smiley 471k 38.1 57.9% Social media
19 Tagged 418k 33.3 68.1% Social media
20 Truth Social 406k 37.8 46.4% Social media
21 Slither.io 279k 25.0 28.5% Social media
22 Facebook Messenger 236k 38.1 48.4% Social media
23 WeChat 217k 34.3 54.7% Social media
24 Myspace 202k 41.2 64.0% Social media
25 Clubhouse 80k 33.1 56.6% Social media
26 E-card 52k 39.7 59.2% Social media
27 classmates 44k 55.7 68.5% Social media
28 Hi5 37k 33.0 40.9% Social media
29 musical.ly 37k 31.3 59.7% Social media
30 Picasa 34k 33.2 37.7% Social media
31 Meta Platforms 24k 36.5 51.5% Social media
32 Threads 17k 36.3 54.6% Social media
33 Personal message 12k 37.6 78.0% Social media
34 Untappd 8.7k 38.1 58.4% Social media
35 skyrock 6.8k 26.1 29.5% Social media
36 Gaia Online 4.5k 24.9 71.7% Social media

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular social medias compiled?

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

Instagram currently leads with an estimated audience of 26M people in Germany.

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