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 04 Jul 2025

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07/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 139

Frequency: every 47 days

Duration: 00:40:08

Top 5 authors

1. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (6 shows)

2. ARD (5 shows)

3. Bayerischer Rundfunk (4 shows)

4. NDR Info (3 shows)

5. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (14 shows)

2. Unknown (10 shows)

3. Bayerischer Rundfunk (9 shows)

4. Megaphone (9 shows)

5. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Based on a true Story – Die Könige von Malle	SWR, Jakob Baumer	Society & Culture	12	Unknown	59
2	Die Elon Musk Story	1LIVE für die ARD	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
3	Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet	ARD	Society & Culture	44	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
4	Cashing Feelings – KI-Chatbots und das Geschäft mit Gefühlen	Business Insider	Society & Culture	6	Acast	63
5	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	59
6	Chaos & Glory - Oasis: Aufstieg, Fall und Reunion einer Legende	Bold.audio	Society & Culture	11	Podigee	48
7	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
8	Mensch - Geschichten aus dem echten Leben unserer Lieblingspromis	Heiko Behr, Mira Dönges, Acast Creative Studios Germany	Society & Culture	176	Acast	69
9	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
10	Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	57	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
11	Teurer Fahren	Podcast-Radio detektor.fm	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
12	CHEATS – Wer zerstört Counter-Strike?	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	8	NDR Info	38
13	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	51	Unknown	43
14	Deep Doku	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Society & Culture	130	Unknown	48
15	Gabalier - Hinter der Lederhose	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	42
16	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	35	Bayerischer Rundfunk	73
17	Die Goldspur – Über die dunkle Welt des Goldhandels \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
18	Der Germanwings-Absturz – Zehn Jahre ohne euch \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
19	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
20	Wild Crimes	ARD	Society & Culture	20	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
21	WELT Doku – Geschichten und Reportagen Details temporarily unavailable	WELT	Society & Culture	49	Podigee	53
22	WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5	Society & Culture	244	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	32
23	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
24	CUT – Das Virus, das uns trennt	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
25	Boys Club – Macht & Missbrauch bei Axel Springer	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
26	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
27	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
28	Der Doku Dämon	DDD	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	53
29	ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	111	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
30	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
31	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
32	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
33	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
34	You are fucked – Deutschlands erste Cyberkatastrophe	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
36	Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord?	Studio Bummens & Undone	Society & Culture	21	Podigee	53
37	ARD Popecast	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Religion & Spirituality	9	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
38	Die Flut – Warum musste Johanna sterben?	SWR, WDR	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
39	MeddlCast	Rainero Winklero	Society & Culture	483	Unknown	38
40	Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort	Max & Hans	Society & Culture	89	Acast	53
41	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
42	Das Lederhosen Kartell	Studio Bummens	Society & Culture	14	Podigee	48
43	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
44	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
45	180 Grad: Geschichten gegen den Hass	NDR Info	Society & Culture	8	NDR Info	38
46	einbiszwei	UBSKM	Society & Culture	148	Feedpress	69
47	Die Akte Tengelmann - Ein Milliardär verschwindet	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
48	I Will Survive - Der Kampf gegen die AIDS-Krise	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
49	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
50	Rammstein – Row Zero	NDR, SZ	Society & Culture	5	NDR Info	53
51	Geisterjäger	Verena Fiebiger, Jasmin Körber und Klaus Uhrig	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
52	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
53	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
54	World Wide Web	Web Barr	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
55	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
56	Toxic Church - Die Hillsong-Story	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
57	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
58	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
59	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
60	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
61	Diagnose: Unangepasst - Der Albtraum Tripperburg	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
62	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
63	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
64	Der Therapeut von nebenan	Wondery	Society & Culture	7	ART19	53
65	Fahrt mal erstmal gucken	Andreas , Danny	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	NS-CLIQUEN Von Menschen und Mördern	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	23	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
67	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
68	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
69	Erlebnis Erde – Eure Tierdoku zum Hören	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
70	Organisiertes Verbrechen - Recherchen im Verborgenen	NDR Info	Society & Culture	29	NDR Info	32
71	Stolpertexte	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	8	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	54
72	Input	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Society & Culture	100	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	49
73	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
74	Unheimliche Heimat – Gruselgeschichten auf der Spur	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	15	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
75	Trauma Loveparade - 10 Jahre nach der Katastrophe	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
76	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
77	Slahi – 14 Jahre Guantanamo	NDR Info	Society & Culture	8	NDR Info	38
78	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
79	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
80	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
81	Het Verhaal van de Schaal	NPO Luister / NTR	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	53
82	Zeitkapsel - Achim, wie hast du Menschen aus der DDR geschmuggelt?	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	History	20	NDR Info	38
83	(De eso no se habla)	(De eso no se habla)	Society & Culture	41	PRX	69
84	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
85	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
86	The Nasty	Mark Healy	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	33
87	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
88	Az élet meg minden	Tóth Szabolcs Töhötöm	Society & Culture	84	Simplecast	63
89	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
90	In 5 Tagen Mord - Die Krimi-Challenge mit KI	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	43
91	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
92	Escafandro	Rádio Escafandro	Society & Culture	205	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed	Lynn Studio	Society & Culture	122	Acast	43
94	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
95	Systemeinstellungen – ein Podcast von netzpolitik.org	netzpolitik.org	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	58
96	Eisernes Schweigen. Über das Attentat meines Vaters \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	9	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	53
97	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
98	Forum Aktuell (die Radio-Sendung des Münchner Forums)	Münchner Forum e.V.	Society & Culture	73	Unknown	48
99	Das Paranormale Archiv	Ruinentaucher	Society & Culture	81	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	Verschlusssache	Polizei Berlin	Society & Culture	58	Podigee	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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