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Thomas Gottschalk

1950 - Today

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Thomas Johannes Gottschalk (born 18 May 1950) is a German radio and television host and entertainer. He is best known for hosting Wetten, dass..?, for many years Europe's biggest television show, which he steered to huge success in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol between 1987 and 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Gottschalk has received more than 435,458 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Thomas Gottschalk is the 22nd most popular presenter, the 2,969th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,082nd in 2019) and the most popular German Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Thomas Gottschalk ranks 22 out of 143. Before him are Bear Grylls, Fred Rogers, Johnny Carson, Nick Vujicic, Michael Buffer, and Walter Cronkite. After him are Rudi Carrell, Bob Barker, Sharon Osbourne, Mike Bongiorno, Barbara Walters, and Howard Stern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Thomas Gottschalk ranks 174. Before him are Otto Pérez Molina, Bertrand Delanoë, Bruce McGill, Álvaro Noboa, Charles, Prince Napoléon, and Richard Galliano. After him are Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, Kathy Baker, Kurt Koch, Alan Tam, Seiichi Sakiya, and Angelo Branduardi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas Gottschalk ranks 2,969 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Schäfer (1910), Christian Cannabich (1731), Robert Hausmann (1852), Karl Friedrich Burdach (1776), Mats Hummels (1988), and Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (1676). After him are Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1644), Caspar Netscher (1639), Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1865), Angela Voigt (1951), Paul Carell (1911), and Margarete Steiff (1847).

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Among PRESENTERS In Germany

Among presenters born in Germany, Thomas Gottschalk ranks 1. After him are Stefan Raab (1966), Sabine Schmitz (1969), and Judith Rakers (1976).

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