Apple Podcast Rankings - Germany - Documentary

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Germany

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Germany. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 02 May 2026

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05/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 114

Frequency: every 41 days

Duration: 00:39:26

Top 5 authors

1. ARD (9 shows)

2. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (7 shows)

3. Bayerischer Rundfunk (4 shows)

4. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (3 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (15 shows)

2. Unknown (11 shows)

3. Bayerischer Rundfunk (11 shows)

4. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	This Is America: Free Luigi	WDR & Undone für die ARD	Society & Culture	6	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
2	Banksy – Rebellion oder Kitsch?	ARD	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
3	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
4	Die Lieblingsschülerin	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	7	Deutschlandradio	59
5	Werner Herzog – zu groß für Deutschland	Klaus Uhrig, Johannes Munzinger, Judith Goetsch, Max Osenstätter	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	38
6	Mensch - Geschichten aus dem echten Leben unserer Lieblingspromis	Heiko Behr, Mira Dönges, Acast Creative Studios Germany	Society & Culture	176	Acast	69
7	Reclaim: Tic Tac Toe	ARD	Society & Culture	6	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
8	Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	57	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
9	Deep Doku	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Society & Culture	130	Unknown	48
10	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	51	Unknown	43
11	Der Koch von Gaza	DIE ZEIT	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
12	CHEATS – Wer zerstört Counter-Strike?	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	8	NDR Info	38
13	Hateland	ARD	Society & Culture	15	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
14	Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord?	Studio Bummens & Undone	Society & Culture	19	Podigee	53
15	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
16	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	35	Bayerischer Rundfunk	73
17	Die Elon Musk Story	1LIVE für die ARD	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
18	Der Doku Dämon	DDD	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	53
19	Wild Crimes	ARD	Society & Culture	20	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
20	Ab in den Urlaub – Der Crash des Internet-Imperiums Unister	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
21	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
22	Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet	ARD	Society & Culture	44	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
23	WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5	Society & Culture	244	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	32
24	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
25	Das Lederhosen Kartell	Studio Bummens	Society & Culture	12	Podigee	53
26	MeddlCast	Rainero Winklero	Society & Culture	483	Unknown	38
27	Tschüss Kohle, hallo Zukunft!	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	32	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
28	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
29	Teurer Fahren	Podcast-Radio detektor.fm	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
30	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
31	Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort	Max & Hans	Society & Culture	89	Acast	53
32	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
33	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	59
34	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
35	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
36	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
37	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
38	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
39	Der Germanwings-Absturz – Zehn Jahre ohne euch \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
40	Wolf of Cannabis	1LIVE	Society & Culture	10	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
41	Nicht Mehr Mein Land - In der Manosphere	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
42	Enden: Die Rückkehr	Undone & Futurium	Society & Culture	16	Podigee	79
43	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
44	SELLING TECHNO // warum Orte gehen an denen du feierst	[audiokombinat]	Society & Culture	4	Acast	73
45	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
46	einbiszwei	UBSKM	Society & Culture	148	Feedpress	69
47	Mord ist sein Hobby	Micha Hawich	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
48	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
49	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
50	ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	111	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
51	Based on a true Story – Die Könige von Malle	SWR, Jakob Baumer	Society & Culture	12	Unknown	59
52	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
53	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
54	Scambit: Schach, Hype und Millionen	funk – von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
55	Zeitkapsel - Achim, wie hast du Menschen aus der DDR geschmuggelt?	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	History	20	NDR Info	38
56	Gabalier - Hinter der Lederhose	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	42
57	Erlebnis Erde – Eure Tierdoku zum Hören	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
58	WELT Doku – Geschichten und Reportagen Details temporarily unavailable	WELT	Society & Culture	49	Podigee	53
59	Boys Club – Macht & Missbrauch bei Axel Springer	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
60	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
61	Ungebremst – Der Anschlag auf den Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	42
62	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
63	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
64	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
65	Input	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Society & Culture	100	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	49
66	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
67	Von Bohne zu Bohne	Sania & Charlotte	Society & Culture	108	Podigee	53
68	Rammstein – Row Zero	NDR, SZ	Society & Culture	5	NDR Info	53
69	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
70	ARD Popecast	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Religion & Spirituality	9	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
71	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
72	Unheimliche Heimat – Gruselgeschichten auf der Spur	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	15	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
73	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
74	Azizam - Die Revolution meiner Mama	funk - von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	43
75	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
76	Die Goldspur – Über die dunkle Welt des Goldhandels \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
77	Mittelweg 36	© Hannah Schmidt-Ott & Jens Bisky \| PODCAST EINS	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
78	Das Hamburger Hafenkonzert	NDR	Society & Culture	75	NDR Info	32
79	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
80	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
81	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
82	Grenzgänger – The Pioneer Spezial	The Pioneer	Society & Culture	11	Acast	79
83	CUT – Das Virus, das uns trennt	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
84	WOLLcast Pauerland	Hermann Hoffe	Society & Culture	71	LetsCast.fm	59
85	7 metrów pod ziemią	Rafał Gębura	Society & Culture	266	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	NS-CLIQUEN Von Menschen und Mördern	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	23	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
87	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
88	I Will Survive - Der Kampf gegen die AIDS-Krise	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
89	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
90	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
91	You are fucked – Deutschlands erste Cyberkatastrophe	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
93	Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed	Lynn Studio	Society & Culture	122	Acast	43
94	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
95	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
96	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
97	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
98	Saal 101 - Dokumentarhörspiel zum NSU-Prozess	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	26	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
99	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
100	Kontrafunk: Tondokument	Kontrafunk	Society & Culture	194	Spreaker	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Germany

The podcast landscape in Germany is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in Germany.
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