Germany media guide (2024)

FAQs

What is Germany's equivalent of the BBC? ›

Total daily media consumption in Germany across all media genres in 2023 amounted to 11 hours and 9 minutes, showing a decline of 11 minutes over the previous year (2022: 11 hours and 20 minutes).

Radio, books and newspapers still remain the types of media which attract the broadest user group with at least occasional usage in Germany. During a survey conducted in 2022, 90 percent of German media users listened to the radio and 86 percent read books.

Süddeutsche Zeitung – Germany's largest quality daily newspaper.

Das Erste is Germany's first public channel. As well as news, some of its most popular shows are Tatort, a crime series, Sandmännchen, a children's programme, soap operas including Marienhof and Lindenstraße and some sports events.

Deutsche Welle (DW) is Germany's international broadcaster. It has a substantial number of German TV programs available to watch. Most shows will have subtitles, just click on the UT.

Hamburg can rightfully be called Germany's media capital.

A national press exists on one level in the form of Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich), Die Welt (Berlin), and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, together with regional newspapers (e.g., the Stuttgarter Zeitung, the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (Essen), and the Frankfurter Rundschau), which also command international ...

Facebook is the undisputed leader of German social media, with a market share of over 90% and more than 27 million users, 41% of whom use the site weekly. This platform is particularly useful for its advertising potential. Without an active presence on Facebook, you'll limit your online reach from the start.

Deutsche Welle (DW) is Germany's international broadcaster and one of the most successful and relevant international media outlets, providing journalistic content in several languages worldwide.

What is the national newspaper of Germany? ›

Die Welt ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE.

Berliner Morgenpost is a German newspaper, based and mainly read in Berlin, where it is one of the most read daily newspapers.

It is also called by many different names by other European nations, including, La Manche in French, Engelse Kanaal in Dutch, Armelkanal in German, El canal de la mancha in Spanish and Mor Udd in Welsh.

With the free courses from DW (Deutsche Welle), a German media outlet, students can learn German at their own pace through videos, audio clips and podcasts, or using traditional methods with worksheets they can print out. The site includes German language courses for beginners and advanced levels.