Tahsim Durgun
Tahsim Durgun, a social media creator, author, and presenter, has made a name for himself with his humorous and insightful posts on TikTok and Instagram. He takes a critical look at topics such as German society, migration, and heritage.
As a graduate in German studies, Durgun repeatedly addresses the German language and language acquisition in the context of people with a migration background. In doing so, he often focuses on his own family, especially his mother. The German-Kurdish Yazidi, who lives and grew up in Oldenburg, has been commenting on everyday experiences, places, and current political events in a humorous and questioning manner from a migrant perspective for two to three years.
Since 2024, Tahsim Durgun has been appearing on Funk in a new format called “Tahsim's Interview Format.” In this video interview format, he interviews celebrities, politicians, musicians, and other content creators on topics such as migration, everyday experiences, and identity. He is known for his dry, cynical style and his open approach to controversial issues.
In addition to his work as a presenter, he published his autobiographical book “Mama, bitte lern Deutsch” (Mom, please learn German) in 2025. In it, he recounts his Kurdish-German family history and highlights the difficult aspects of integration and bureaucratic hurdles. In his clips, he uses satire and everyday stories, such as posts about deportation policy, to make a political impact—not through polarizing attacks, but through personal stories and ironic perspectives.
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| Platform | User Name | User Handle | Followers | Following | Likes | Views |
 | Tahsim Durgun | @tahdurr | 598 | 582 | ||
 | tahsim bro | @tahdur | 519,600 | |||
| Tahsims Interview-Format | @tahsims_interviewformat | 147,500 | 33 | 6,400,000 | |
| Data Publicly Available | ownership data is easily available from other sources, e. g. public registries etc. |
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| Language | German |
| Founding Year | 2020 Tahsim Durgun began posting more videos during the coronavirus pandemic and, starting in 2022, expanded his initially private profile into a stronger online presence. |
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Facts
| Topics Covered / Focus Areas | Durgun addresses migration, everyday racism, and aspects of daily life and the living environment of people with a migration background in Germany. He also addresses his own life context as a German with Yazidi-Kurdish roots and humorously shows the culinary and culturally specific aspects of his German-migrant life in Germany and his hometown of Oldenburg through videos in which he eats or drinks tea. In his Funk format, he described his theme as the desire to portray the complexity of “foreigners” in Germany, who are too often pigeonholed and described in uniform discourses. His mother's migration history, her problems with the German language, and her experiences and frustrations with integrating into German society play a significant role in this. These aspects and themes are also central to his book “Mama, lern bitte Deutsch” (Mama, please learn German), which topped the Spiegel bestseller list for weeks in 2025. |
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| Views / Values / Political Stances | His format is humorous, but sharply criticizes everyday racism and inequalities in German society—from a German-migrant perspective. He advocates tolerance and openness and denounces injustices, but at the same time highlights the diverse normality (as well as the absurdity and comedy) of his family's everyday life and, by extension, the lives of young migrants in Germany. Through these topics, he positions himself on the left-wing migrant side of the political spectrum in Germany and interviewed Gregor Gysi, for example, as one of his first guests on Tahsim's interview show. He openly criticizes the AfD and addressed the secret meeting in Potsdam in 2023, as well as the classification of the AfD as “confirmed right-wing extremist” by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. In addition, he also comments critically on conservative tendencies in the CDU/CSU, which, for example, advocate an upper limit on migrants in schools. |
| Mode of Delivery | The form and presentation of his content and his online persona are deliberately humorous and dry. He ironically references topics such as discrimination, but also prejudices within migrant communities in Germany, thereby highlighting their absurdity. His humor often has a personal connection—to himself, his mother, and her difficulties with the German language—and is therefore inviting and sometimes self-deprecating. |
| Reputation | His content is popular among young German-immigrant segments of society, but is increasingly being recognized by middle-class segments as well. Above all, his book and the success that accompanied it brought him prestige and appearances on talk shows. |
| Target Audience | The audience is a relatively young and migrant-German segment of society. Its formats are available exclusively on TikTok (and partly on the Funk website) – a platform used by an above-average proportion of young people in Germany. |
| Part of Network or Campaign | Tahsim Durgun has been part of the Funk network since 2024 and has his own show that airs there every two weeks. He is also part of the agnt1 creator agency, which handles and designs artist management, video production, and marketing for young content creators. |
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| Cross-Posting & Friends | Through Tahsim's interview format, Tahsim Durgun is in contact with various people from the content creator scene, as well as other public figures. They appear on his show as invited guests, who then also share his content. These include German rapper Nura and comedian Felix Lobrecht, as well as Joyyy and Left Party politician Gregor Gysi. |
| Endorsements & Recognitions | Over the past few years, Tahsim Durgun has gained recognition beyond his immediate community of followers. His book was number one on the Spiegel bestseller list for over 11 weeks, making it one of the most successful books of 2025. The book tour for 2025 in Germany and Switzerland is sold out, and further tours are planned for 2026. He has won numerous awards, including the Grimme Online Award, and excerpts from his video on Correctiv's investigation into the secret meeting in Potsdam in 2023 were recited in the German Bundestag. |
| Business Model | His business model is mainly based on remuneration from his TikTok and Instagram reach. In addition, Tahsim Durgun was part of an advertising campaign for the supermarket chain Aldi Süd. His videos are also under contract with Funk. As an author, he receives additional income from book sales and ticket sales for his book tours. |
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