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While Donald's cartoons enjoy vast popularity in the United States and around the world, his weekly and monthly comic books enjoy their greatest popularity in many European countries, especially Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland, but also Germany, the Netherlands, and Greece.
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Donald became the most popular of the Disney characters in Scandinavia, and Scandinavians recognise him better than Mickey Mouse.[

His fame is almost at the level of Mickey Mouse, in places even exceeding it. In Scandinavia, the Donald Duck & Co comic has been released every week for over 50 years and still remains the most popular comic book in stores. Donald's fame is in fact so huge and vital in Scandinavia that a real scientific term has been created to describe the fans and hardcore followers of his mischief - "Donaldism".

Mickey Mouse may be Disney's top star in most parts of the world, but in Germany Donald Duck reigns. More than 50 years after the cartoon featuring the hot-tempered duck arrived in the land of Goethe, it remains one of the bestselling comic titles at the newsstands.

Generations of children grew up with the so-called Lustiges Taschenbuch (which translates as Funny Paperback) featuring the cantankerous Donald and family - including his rich but miserly uncle, Scrooge McDuck, who swims in gold coins, and his three mischievous nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie.

"It's not a question of marketing but perhaps a question of a particular kind of mentality in Germany. That should be investigated," he said.
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"In contrast to Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck is the forever unlucky ducky. He's a loser, but also someone who never gives up," said Dolle-Weinkauff.

"People are keen to see how he always manages to solve his problems, and what crazy ideas he comes up with."

In fact, Donald is "exactly the opposite" of the "foreign conceptions of the German mentality - of these Prussian officials, soldiers, disciplined people who are always orderly," noted the professor.

"So this stereotype of Germany stands corrected here. I think that needs to be acknowledged. Because he (Donald) won't be so well-liked. In any case, Germans view themselves differently," he said.

Over the years his short fuse and quick temper have garnered Donald a reputation as "The Original Angry Bird."