Germany
Kim Gottwald is a Germany-based ultra runner and content creator who documents extreme endurance sports across Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.
Total Followers -0.1%
574K
Across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Primary Platform
YouTube
115K followers · 20% of audience
Engagement
5.7%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mid
Est. $5.4K–$13K / IG post
A multi-episode YouTube series documents his preparation and experience at the 2026 Go One More Ultra, produced in partnership with BPN Supps.
Gottwald's own account on rappid.run details reaching 63 rounds before sleep deprivation and injury forced him out of the Last Man Standing format race.
Gottwald completed the Go One More Ultra's Last Man Standing format and became the first non-English-speaking athlete to officially join BPN (Bare Performance Nutrition) as a sponsored athlete.
Runner's World Deutschland covered how his viral Euro 2024 ultra run — over 450 km between host cities — transformed his life and launched his content career.
Co-founded with partner Alex, rappid. dropped its first collection after building audience visibility through the Euro 2024 ultra challenge.
| Window | YouTube | TikTok | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 7 days | +0 +0.0% | -36 -0.0% | +0 +0.0% | -36 |
| Last 30 days | +1K +0.9% | -1307 -0.4% | +0 +0.0% | -295 |
| Last 90 days | +9K +7.5% | -2214 -0.6% | +0 +0.0% | +6K |
| Last 365 days | +9K +7.5% | -2214 -0.6% | +0 +0.0% | +6K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
| Brand | Type | Platform | Date | Performance vs. baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapten & Son US Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jul 2026 | — |
| WHOOP Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jun 2026 | — |
| Huel Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | May 2026 | — |
| Joyn Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Dec 2025 | — |
| Revolut Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Dec 2025 | — |
| BPN Supps (Bare Performance Nutrition) Sports Nutrition / Supplements | Brand ambassador | Long-term | — | |
| RAPPID Running / Sports | Founder / owned brand | Long-term | — |
Kim Gottwald is a Germany-based ultra runner and content creator who documents extreme endurance sports across Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. Based in North Rhine-Westphalia, she competes in events stretching well beyond standard marathon distances and has built a media presence centered on the German-speaking running community. Alongside her athlete work, she co-founded Rappid, a running-focused brand, and holds a sponsored athlete role with BPN Supplements. Her content blends honest race-day and training documentation with lighter, humor-driven formats — gym-crossover skits and 'bodybuilder vs. runner' comparisons — giving her reach that extends comfortably beyond hardcore ultra enthusiasts.
Her audience skews female and young adult, concentrated heavily in the DACH region (Germany, Switzerland, Austria), which makes her a natural fit for German-language wellness and lifestyle brands. Engagement rates across her platforms run well above category medians, signaling a closely invested community rather than a passive following. Her sponsor mix tells a coherent positioning story: performance wearable WHOOP, nutrition brand Huel, and lifestyle label Kapten & Son sit alongside fintech Revolut and German streamer Joyn, pointing collectively to a health-conscious, digitally active audience that spans well beyond running purists. As ultra running continues to grow as a lifestyle and wellness category across Europe, Gottwald is positioned as a credible, community-oriented voice with clear crossover appeal.
Kim.Gottwald reaches an audience concentrated in Germany primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories, TikTok branded content. Their sponsorship history skews toward Sports Nutrition / Supplements, Running / Sports, a clear signal of fit for brands in those categories. Demonstrated partners include Kapten & Son US and WHOOP. Engagement on YouTube runs around 5.7%, pointing to an audience suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel brand campaigns rather than pure-reach buys.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Kim.Gottwald's tier (Mid, 574K combined followers, Germany). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Kim Gottwald is the founder of RAPPID, a running brand she promotes under the handle @rappid.runs. She features it across her Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, and her personal discount code KIM is tied directly to the brand — making RAPPID one of the clearest expressions of her dual identity as both a competitive athlete and an entrepreneur.
Yes — Kim Gottwald has completed a 400 km ultra race, one of the most extreme distances in endurance sport. She later published YouTube content walking through how she rebuilds her training after such an effort, including the physical and mental reset required before returning to full workouts.
The Last Soul Underground, abbreviated LSU, is a well-known underground ultra running event in Germany that pushes athletes to extreme distances and psychological limits. Kim Gottwald has documented involvement with the event, and Last Soul hashtags rank among her most-used, drawing a dedicated audience of hardcore endurance fans.
Kim Gottwald sits at the crossroads of gym culture and ultra running, posting lifting content alongside race coverage and training logs. Her video titled 'Bodybuilder vs. Runner' plays directly on this dual identity and has become a recognisable part of her brand, pulling in both strength-training and endurance audiences.
Yes, Kim Gottwald is listed as a BPN Supps athlete in her Instagram bio, representing the supplement brand across her platforms. The partnership is a natural fit given the high training volumes required for ultra running, and she uses code KIM to connect her audience to the brand.
Kim Gottwald's personal code is KIM, and it applies to both her own running brand RAPPID and her BPN Supps athlete partnership. Both codes are listed directly in her Instagram bio, making it one of the first things new followers look up.
In ultra running, crewing means travelling alongside a runner during a race to manage supplies, provide pacing support, and deliver motivation at designated checkpoints. Kim Gottwald documented her first experience on the crew side in a video titled 'Mein erstes Mal Crewing,' giving fans a behind-the-scenes view of what it takes to support an athlete through a multi-day race.
WHOOP is a confirmed sponsor of Kim Gottwald, featured in her YouTube content in 2026. WHOOP is a wearable fitness tracker that monitors recovery, sleep, and strain — metrics that are especially critical for ultra runners managing recovery across weeks of high-mileage training blocks.
Huel is one of Kim Gottwald's confirmed YouTube sponsors as of 2026. Huel produces nutritionally complete meal replacements and protein products, which align naturally with an ultra runner's fuelling needs — particularly for athletes who require convenient, calorie-dense options during extended training and racing periods.
Kim Gottwald is based in Lüdinghausen, a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, where her business Aliud UG is registered. Her audience is overwhelmingly German-speaking, with strong secondary followings in Switzerland and Austria reflecting the wider DACH running and fitness community.
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