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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 | 2.2M | 80.8% | 45.0 | 74.1% | Author |
| 2 | SSarah, Duchess of York | 2M | 17.3% | 52.8 | 97.3% | Author |
| 3 | CCaroline Wahl | 1.3M | 82.1% | 43.9 | 68.6% | Author |
| 4 | RRichard David Precht | 1.3M | 82.2% | 44.2 | 56.2% | Author |
| 5 | SStephen King | 1.3M | 5.7% | 36.8 | 56.5% | Author |
| 6 | JJoachim Meyerhoff | 1.2M | 85.8% | 41.3 | 69.3% | Author |
| 7 | BBastian Bielendorfer | 1.1M | 94.0% | 37.1 | 52.7% | Author |
| 8 | SSandra Navidi | 1.1M | 86.2% | 43.0 | 34.6% | Author |
| 9 | FFerdinand von Schirach | 1.1M | 83.5% | 41.9 | 63.2% | Author |
| 10 | HHannah Arendt | 1.1M | 20.6% | 45.3 | 67.2% | Author |
| 11 | CChris Kyle | 962k | 23.1% | 44.7 | 46.7% | Author |
| 12 | CCaroline Kennedy | 923k | 7.9% | 57.0 | 88.0% | Author |
| 13 | RRoland Trettl | 917k | 85.4% | 41.4 | 57.0% | Author |
| 14 | TThomas Mann | 916k | 40.4% | 36.2 | 60.9% | Author |
| 15 | AAmal Clooney | 883k | 8.8% | 40.8 | 76.8% | Author |
| 16 | JJane Austen | 855k | 8.3% | 37.6 | 75.0% | Author |
| 17 | JJuli Zeh | 847k | 86.5% | 41.1 | 58.7% | Author |
| 18 | BBodo Wartke | 844k | 90.2% | 39.9 | 59.3% | Author |
| 19 | SStefano Zarrella | 832k | 86.9% | 41.7 | 71.7% | Author |
| 20 | Ccolleen hoover | 826k | 9.1% | 34.5 | 72.3% | Author |
| 21 | HHarlan Coben | 810k | 5.8% | 45.7 | 59.4% | Author |
| 22 | NNele Neuhaus | 788k | 84.5% | 52.2 | 83.0% | Author |
| 23 | AAgatha Christie | 735k | 6.9% | 37.8 | 68.8% | Author |
| 24 | AAnne Frank | 717k | 5.5% | 39.1 | 68.4% | Author |
| 25 | EErich von Däniken | 702k | 70.5% | 45.9 | 29.6% | Author |
| 26 | FFranz Kafka | 696k | 10.2% | 37.6 | 62.2% | Author |
| 27 | CCornelia Funke | 655k | 90.3% | 47.3 | 65.2% | Author |
| 28 | FFarah Pahlavi | 625k | 27.7% | 42.8 | 67.2% | Author |
| 29 | Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre | 620k | 88.6% | 42.7 | 56.3% | Author |
| 30 | JJens Söring | 617k | 86.3% | 44.2 | 48.2% | Author |
| 31 | HHelen Keller | 601k | 4.5% | 52.3 | 46.5% | Author |
| 32 | CCharles Dickens | 589k | 11.6% | 42.8 | 80.1% | Author |
| 33 | AAmanda Knox | 511k | 9.0% | — | — | Author |
| 34 | CCharlotte Link | 505k | 77.8% | 49.1 | 74.0% | Author |
| 35 | RRosamunde Pilcher | 505k | 59.3% | 49.4 | 75.2% | Author |
| 36 | HHeather Graham | 499k | 8.6% | 49.8 | 80.8% | Author |
| 37 | SStefan Zweig | 497k | 18.2% | 52.3 | 66.9% | Author |
| 38 | RRainer Maria Rilke | 491k | 36.9% | 44.9 | 69.7% | Author |
| 39 | DDaniele Ganser | 462k | 70.0% | 44.4 | 47.4% | Author |
| 40 | EEckart Tolle | 451k | 21.6% | 36.6 | 85.7% | Author |
| 41 | DDan Brown | 451k | 8.2% | 38.6 | 62.8% | Author |
| 42 | EEckhart Tolle | 448k | 14.3% | 36.9 | 68.3% | Author |
| 43 | FFlorence Nightingale | 447k | 4.8% | 45.2 | 66.6% | Author |
| 44 | CCandace Owens | 445k | 1.6% | 33.9 | 44.2% | Author |
| 45 | LLydia Benecke | 441k | 91.4% | 36.5 | 38.0% | Author |
| 46 | JJean Paul | 438k | 22.0% | 46.1 | 85.6% | Author |
| 47 | KKlaus-Peter Wolf | 420k | 95.9% | 42.1 | 66.7% | Author |
| 48 | PPaulo Coelho | 405k | 6.6% | 43.9 | 78.8% | Author |
| 49 | MMarkus Krall | 403k | 85.0% | 45.6 | 48.8% | Author |
| 50 | KKen Follett | 403k | 15.3% | 47.6 | 67.6% | Author |
| 51 | HHermann Hesse | 401k | 17.9% | 33.7 | 57.4% | Author |
| 52 | HHeinz Strunk | 398k | 90.0% | 37.1 | 46.0% | Author |
| 53 | NNostradamus | 398k | 7.8% | 43.7 | 71.2% | Author |
| 54 | JJohann Wolfgang von Goethe | 391k | 32.6% | 42.8 | 59.7% | Author |
| 55 | RRita Falk | 380k | 85.0% | 39.4 | 66.1% | Author |
| 56 | BBeatrix Potter | 374k | 13.6% | 42.4 | 52.7% | Author |
| 57 | JJordan Belfort | 369k | 3.3% | 35.3 | 39.9% | Author |
| 58 | WWilliam Shakespeare | 360k | 2.7% | 39.3 | 53.0% | Author |
| 59 | OOscar Wilde | 353k | 3.9% | 38.4 | 55.6% | Author |
| 60 | MMalala Yousafzai | 343k | 5.1% | 35.0 | 56.6% | Author |
| 61 | EEdgar Allan Poe | 340k | 3.7% | 34.6 | 55.5% | Author |
| 62 | GGeorge R. R. Martin | 332k | 6.6% | 33.7 | 53.5% | Author |
| 63 | GGeorge Orwell | 331k | 4.5% | 36.6 | 57.2% | Author |
| 64 | LLinus Torvalds | 330k | 13.2% | 46.0 | 27.9% | Author |
| 65 | MMedical Medium | 320k | 26.4% | 47.4 | 100.0% | Author |
| 66 | CConfucius | 314k | 13.1% | 44.5 | 52.3% | Author |
| 67 | SSarah J. Maas | 304k | 6.1% | 35.6 | 77.6% | Author |
| 68 | KKarin Slaughter | 304k | 13.0% | 45.7 | 72.2% | Author |
| 69 | BBuzz Aldrin | 299k | 7.6% | 45.9 | 34.2% | Author |
| 70 | CCharles Darwin | 296k | 4.7% | 44.0 | 46.4% | Author |
| 71 | FFrank Schätzing | 296k | 85.2% | 37.7 | 57.8% | Author |
| 72 | JJules Verne | 292k | 7.8% | 36.6 | 55.3% | Author |
| 73 | NNoam Chomsky | 277k | 5.2% | 39.5 | 44.9% | Author |
| 74 | VVirginia Woolf | 272k | 5.6% | 39.7 | 57.7% | Author |
| 75 | BBrandon Sanderson | 265k | 5.1% | 39.3 | 56.2% | Author |
| 76 | TThomas Spitzer | 259k | 69.9% | 34.7 | 52.5% | Author |
| 77 | JJ. R. R. Tolkien | 250k | 5.7% | 35.9 | 50.7% | Author |
| 78 | AAndreas Eschbach | 248k | 82.1% | 54.7 | 100.0% | Author |
| 79 | EErnest Hemingway | 246k | 4.6% | 38.7 | 55.6% | Author |
| 80 | TThomas Aquinas | 245k | 6.7% | 47.3 | 80.9% | Author |
| 81 | JJojo Moyes | 243k | 14.6% | 41.2 | 78.4% | Author |
| 82 | UUmberto Eco | 236k | 8.4% | 43.1 | 64.1% | Author |
| 83 | SSophie Kinsella | 232k | 6.7% | 42.8 | 78.2% | Author |
| 84 | VViktor Frankl | 230k | 8.8% | 42.8 | 44.7% | Author |
| 85 | EErich Fromm | 226k | 30.6% | 50.4 | 80.8% | Author |
| 86 | SSimone de Beauvoir | 222k | 5.2% | 39.0 | 53.0% | Author |
| 87 | DDeepak Chopra | 222k | 4.1% | 34.1 | 68.4% | Author |
| 88 | AAleister Crowley | 220k | 8.6% | 44.9 | 68.1% | Author |
| 89 | JJenna Coleman | 216k | 4.8% | 26.4 | 100.0% | Author |
| 90 | KKaren Blixen | 213k | 20.6% | 57.3 | 78.8% | Author |
| 91 | DDiana Gabaldon | 211k | 13.0% | 43.8 | 80.2% | Author |
| 92 | JJussi Adler-Olsen | 210k | 29.9% | 40.5 | 55.0% | Author |
| 93 | WWladimir Kaminer | 198k | 91.3% | 48.0 | 60.9% | Author |
| 94 | AAmerigo Vespucci | 197k | 12.4% | 48.0 | 93.7% | Author |
| 95 | IIan McEwan | 196k | 17.4% | 51.1 | 80.5% | Author |
| 96 | CCharles Bukowski | 194k | 7.3% | 39.4 | 58.4% | Author |
| 97 | AArthur Schopenhauer | 194k | 14.8% | 44.3 | 41.1% | Author |
| 98 | SStieg Larsson | 190k | 17.6% | 50.0 | 66.2% | Author |
| 99 | GGünter Grass | 189k | 85.8% | 21.4 | 76.2% | Author |
| 100 | EElif Şafak | 188k | 32.6% | 41.6 | 36.8% | 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 2.2M people in Germany.