⚡ Ebooks in Germany

Ebook (also spelled e-book or eBook) platforms are digital services that distribute, sell, or lend electronic books through online stores and mobile or desktop apps.

Germany is a Central European country with a population of around 84 million people.

According to our data, ebook technologies are used on 0.08% of websites from Germany.

Statistics based on 230K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top ebook technologies in Germany in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Amazon eBooks with an impressive share of 46.4%, followed by Thalia with 36.2% and Apple Books with 7.1%.

Amazon eBooks 46.4%
Thalia 36.2%
Apple Books 7.1%
Scribd 6.1%
Google Play Books 5.6%
Wattpad 3.1%
Project Gutenberg 2.6%
Litres 1%
Kobo 0.5%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top technologies that are more popular in Germany than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. Thalia ^(-9)
6. Wattpad ^(-4)
7. Project Gutenberg ^(-2)

✨ Best Ebook Technologies

Below is a more detailed list of 9 ebook technologies used on sites from Germany, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Amazon eBooks Seattle, Washington, United States The Kindle ebook ecosystem, where users can purchase, download, and read digital books via Amazons Kindle Store. $$$	46.4%
2	Thalia Hagen, Germany A leading bookstore chain in German-speaking countries, operating a large network of physical stores and a major online shop. $$$	36.2%
3	Apple Books Cupertino, California, United States Apple's integrated ebook and audiobook app and digital storefront where users can find, buy, and download ebooks and audiobooks. Free	7.1%
4	Scribd San Francisco, California, United States A digital document library and reading subscription service that provides access to millions of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and user-uploaded documents. Free$9.99/month	6.1%
5	Google Play Books Mountain View, California, United States A digital storefront and app from Google that offers a large library of ebooks, comics, manga, and audiobooks for purchase. Free	5.6%
6	Wattpad A social platform for people who love to read and write. Free$7.49/month	3.1%
7	Project Gutenberg Montclair, New Jersey, United States The oldest digital library created to digitize and archive public-domain cultural works. Free	2.6%
8	Litres Moscow, Russia A Russian digital content retailer and subscription service for ebooks and audiobooks. $$$	1%
9	Kobo Tokyo, Japan A subsidiary of Rakuten that operates a digital bookstore, a subscription service, and a line of E Ink e-reader devices. $7.99+/month	0.5%

👉 See Also

🌎 Ebooks in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 230,908 websites from Germany.
We currently track the presence of 12 ebook technologies across the web.
Of these, 9 were detected on websites from Germany.
Statistics were last calculated on May 6, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.