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 07 Nov 2025

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11/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 118

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:39:19

Top 5 authors

1. ARD (7 shows)

2. Bayerischer Rundfunk (5 shows)

3. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (4 shows)

4. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (3 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (12 shows)

2. Unknown (12 shows)

3. Bayerischer Rundfunk (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (11 shows)

5. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hateland	ARD	Society & Culture	15	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
2	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	35	Bayerischer Rundfunk	73
3	Wolf of Cannabis	1LIVE	Society & Culture	10	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
4	Mensch - Geschichten aus dem echten Leben unserer Lieblingspromis	Heiko Behr, Mira Dönges, Acast Creative Studios Germany	Society & Culture	176	Acast	69
5	Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	57	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
6	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
7	Nicht Mehr Mein Land - In der Manosphere	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
8	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	51	Unknown	43
9	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
10	Deep Doku	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Society & Culture	130	Unknown	48
11	Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet	ARD	Society & Culture	44	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
12	Die Elon Musk Story	1LIVE für die ARD	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	59
15	Im Sprechzimmer. Der Podcast aus dem Praxenland.	Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung (KBV)	Society & Culture	6	Podigee	48
16	Teurer Fahren	Podcast-Radio detektor.fm	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
17	Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord?	Studio Bummens & Undone	Society & Culture	19	Podigee	53
18	Based on a true Story – Die Könige von Malle	SWR, Jakob Baumer	Society & Culture	12	Unknown	59
19	Messner - ein extremes Leben	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	5	Bayerischer Rundfunk	38
20	Grenzgänger – The Pioneer Spezial	The Pioneer	Society & Culture	11	Acast	79
21	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
22	WELT Doku – Geschichten und Reportagen Details temporarily unavailable	WELT	Society & Culture	49	Podigee	53
23	Cashing Feelings – KI-Chatbots und das Geschäft mit Gefühlen	Business Insider	Society & Culture	6	Acast	63
24	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
25	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
26	Gabalier - Hinter der Lederhose	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	42
27	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
28	Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort	Max & Hans	Society & Culture	89	Acast	53
29	Was bleibt	Andreas Izquierdo	Society & Culture	10	podcaster.de	74
30	MeddlCast	Rainero Winklero	Society & Culture	483	Unknown	38
31	Die Goldspur – Über die dunkle Welt des Goldhandels \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
32	Für immer Kult? Die Roy Bianco Story	Augsburger Allgemeine	Society & Culture	4	Unknown	63
33	Der Germanwings-Absturz – Zehn Jahre ohne euch \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
34	Boys Club – Macht & Missbrauch bei Axel Springer	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
35	Der Doku Dämon	DDD	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	53
36	Das Lederhosen Kartell	Studio Bummens	Society & Culture	12	Podigee	53
37	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
38	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
39	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
40	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
41	WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5	Society & Culture	244	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	32
42	einbiszwei	UBSKM	Society & Culture	148	Feedpress	69
43	Wild Crimes	ARD	Society & Culture	20	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
44	ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	111	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
45	Klang der Macht	ARD Kultur	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	48
46	Von Bohne zu Bohne	Sania & Charlotte	Society & Culture	108	Podigee	53
47	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
48	Erlebnis Erde – Eure Tierdoku zum Hören	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
49	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
50	Saal 101 - Dokumentarhörspiel zum NSU-Prozess	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	26	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
51	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
52	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
53	CUT – Das Virus, das uns trennt	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
54	Der Landarzt vom Murgtal \| Podcast	Johanna Fricke	Health & Fitness	11	Unknown	38
55	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
56	Rammstein – Row Zero	NDR, SZ	Society & Culture	5	NDR Info	53
57	Heweliusz. Prawdziwa historia	Polskie Radio S.A.	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	43
58	CHEATS – Wer zerstört Counter-Strike?	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	8	NDR Info	38
59	I Will Survive - Der Kampf gegen die AIDS-Krise	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
60	Die Flut – Warum musste Johanna sterben?	SWR, WDR	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
61	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
62	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
63	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
64	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
65	Unheimliche Heimat – Gruselgeschichten auf der Spur	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	15	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
66	Azizam - Die Revolution meiner Mama	funk - von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	43
67	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
68	Geisterjäger	Verena Fiebiger, Jasmin Körber und Klaus Uhrig	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
69	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
70	You are fucked – Deutschlands erste Cyberkatastrophe	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
71	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
72	NS-CLIQUEN Von Menschen und Mördern	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	23	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
73	Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
74	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
75	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
76	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
77	Scambit: Schach, Hype und Millionen	funk – von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
78	ARD Popecast	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Religion & Spirituality	9	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
79	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
80	Input	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Society & Culture	100	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	49
81	Otze – Stasi, Punk & Mord	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
82	Zeitkapsel - Achim, wie hast du Menschen aus der DDR geschmuggelt?	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	History	20	NDR Info	38
83	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
84	Mouhamed Dramé – Wenn die Polizei tötet \| WDR Lokalzeit	WDR Lokalzeit	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
85	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
86	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
87	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
88	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
89	Avestruz Master	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	53
90	Steven Bartlett - Biography Flash Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	1	Spreaker	69
91	Grimms Brüder - Der Eichsfeld-Podcast	Volker Lamprecht, Heiko Lendeckel	Society & Culture	37	Podigee	42
92	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
93	Slahi – 14 Jahre Guantanamo	NDR Info	Society & Culture	8	NDR Info	38
94	180 Grad: Geschichten gegen den Hass	NDR Info	Society & Culture	8	NDR Info	38
95	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
96	Das Megafon - ein Podcast der Seebrücke Köln	Seebrücke Köln	Society & Culture	12	Podigee	32
97	Тюремный подкаст	Поехавший	Society & Culture	134	mave	73
98	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
99	Überlebenstanz	Anja	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	53
100	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68

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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