Sunday, April 6, 2025

Top Ten German Newspapers: Ranked Left to Right

 1.  Die Tageszeitung (taz).  I consider it a small newspaper....but probably sells in circulation around 50k daily.  Influential for the left-wing....pro-Green Party, hypes social justice and covers a good bit on environmental issues.

2.  Neues Deutschland (ND).  Mostly read in eastern Germany....maybe around 15k in readership.  Left-wing paper....pro-Linke Party.  If you wanted a bit of anti-capitalism....I'd start here.  

3.  Frankfurter Rundschau (FR).  Readership up around 80k. I'd identify it as a intellectual news source....leaning left.  Hypes a good bit on civil rights.

4.  Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ).  Readership around 350k to 400k.  Bavarian center-left newspaper.  Does a lot of cultural stories and investigative journalism.

5.  Berliner Zeitung.  Readership in the 80k to 90k range. Center-left.   Covers a lot of Berlin cultural items/trend.  I should note....this started out decades ago....as a DDR or East German newspaper.

6.  Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) .  News-news type of paper....not a lot of politics.  Center-slant if you find anything mentioned.  Serves NW Germany.  Readership up around 400k. 

7. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) .  Major paper of Frankfurt region....mostly center-right.  Readership up around 250k.  If you were looking for a pro-CDU paper....this probably fits your mindset. I should add....lot of commerce/business coverage daily.

8.  Bild.  Considered most read daily newspaper in the country....near 1.2-million readers.  Tabloid type paper....leans right.  Pro-CDU.  I'd consider it to be anti-establishment in reading.  Typically....if you live around Frankfurt....you find a copy in your office/shop....reading the front-page only, and you know everything of importance going on (in 3 minutes).  I should also note.....no self-respecting intellectual would dare to be seen reading it.

9.  Die Welt.  Readership in the 180k-to-200k.   Definite right-wing slant.  Read  by a lot of pro-business, capitalist folks. More or less....Bild-like....without the sensationalism or murder-coverage on the front-page. 

10. Finally,  Junge Freiheit.  I should note....it's NOT a daily paper....just a weekly.  Has around 30k readers.  Of all newspapers....ranking on right-wing things....it is to the far right, and mostly pro-AfD. 

Each has a 'class' that they sell news to.  From working-class, intellectual, political stance....to culture, sensationalism, and pro-EU or anti-EU slant.

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