The best influencers from Berlin

Katja Krasavice raps, and she means the provocation — four of her albums have gone to number one in the German charts. “Die Bitch Bibel”, her advice book in the same register, reached number two on the Spiegel bestseller list. In 2023 she sat on the DSDS jury, and in 2025 she was the first woman on the cover of German GQ.

Comedian, three-time Grimme Award winner, years of late-night television on rbb and ARD: Kurt Krömer helped shape the German TV interview. He ended his podcast “Feelings” after 150 episodes. Since the winter of 2025 he has volunteered on the Berliner Stadtmission's Kältebus, reaching people who sleep outside at night.

She became known to millions as Chantal in “Fack ju Göhte”, and as a former East German spy she carries the Netflix series “Kleo”. In 2026 Marie Kreutzer's “Gentle Monster” screened in competition at Cannes with Jella Haase alongside Léa Seydoux and Catherine Deneuve. “Chantal im Märchenland” won her the Bavarian Film Prize for best actress.

Sido has been rapping for more than twenty years. “Mein Block” made him one of the most-heard voices in German rap in 2004. “Frieden”, his first solo album since “Paul”, is announced for November 2026. Every December he plays his Christmas run at the Columbiahalle, which sold out for the fiftieth time in 2025.

“Gemischtes Hack”, which he has recorded with Tommi Schmitt since 2017, was the country's most-listened podcast five years running. The film of his novel “Sonne und Beton” drew more than 1.2 million people into cinemas. Above all, though, Felix Lobrecht is a stand-up comedian: in 2024 he opened his own club, the Downstairs, in Berlin-Mitte.

Nico Stank shoots short everyday sketches almost daily and plays every character himself, from the lifeguard to the vet. He learned it in the theatre, in the ensemble at the Schauspielhaus Bochum and in the title role of the musical “Yakari”. In 2022 he won the German Comedy Award as best newcomer, and in 2026 his tour “Akte Ex” ended at the Uber Arena after 63 dates.

Linella sharpens Berlin daily life into short videos — the over-precise mother from Prenzlauer Berg, the tradesman with a mouth on him, the running kebab series. Since spring 2026 she has also hosted the podcast “halb so wild”. In autumn 2026 she takes her first stage show on tour through fifteen cities.

Alexa Grassmann is an author. Her book “sie lieben. Weil Selbstfindung keine Phase ist” came out with Ullstein in 2023 and tells the story of her own coming out. What the book covers she carries on online: queer life, friendship, feminism. In March 2026 she campaigned for a petition to reform sexual-offence law.

For “Famous Paintings as Outfits” Jette assembles a look to match a painting and has herself photographed in front of it in the museum, Klimt's “The Kiss” at the Belvedere or Segantini at the Städel. She paints too. In her “Trash Life” series she puts rubbish on canvas in oils, up to 35 hours a picture.

Lara Spengler takes her audience through her own year: trips, friends, and in March 2026 the move into a new flat after more than a year of searching. Once a month she pulls it together into a numbered list, small things next to turning points. Her TikTok audience is now almost twice the size of her Instagram one.

Burak Caniperk has worked as a street worker for the Berlin organisation Outreach since 2017, currently in Schöneberg's Steinmetz quarter. Out of that work came “Auf Augenhöhe”, a book written with the journalist Alke Wierth, and a podcast of the same name in which he talks to guests. On Friday nights he runs midnight sports sessions for teenagers in the neighbourhood.

Frieda Lewin's material is family life. She shoots short videos about motherhood, marriage and her own exhaustion, often remaking international originals. “Mom Life Balance” is her book on the subject, and she hosts a parenting podcast for Rossmann. Her stage show “Millennial Muddi” plays eleven cities from October 2026, with Berlin and Cologne sold out in advance.

In “vorgesetzt” Peachy plays an entire office by herself: the intern Hazel, the boss Claudia Stahl, the boomer Ute. She writes, shoots and edits it all. Before comedy she was a Berlin champion in mixed martial arts and, after a master's at the London School of Economics, advised companies in Kyiv.

Dr. Emi Arpa is a consultant dermatologist and has run her own practice in Charlottenburg since 2021. Out of twelve years of consulting hours she explains the early signs of skin cancer, clears up sun-protection myths and tests drugstore products. Alongside that she writes a column for German Vogue and runs her own skincare line.

“What I See VS What I Take” sets the wide view from the street beside the finished, tightly cropped frame — Berlin architecture mostly, the Museumsinsel, the TV tower, underground stations. Marcel Wiest has photographed the city for more than eight years, teaches workshops for Canon, and was let into the Pergamonmuseum by the Staatliche Museen during its restoration.