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 08 Apr 2026

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04/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 106

Frequency: every 43 days

Duration: 00:38:25

Top 5 authors

1. ARD (8 shows)

2. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (6 shows)

3. Bayerischer Rundfunk (5 shows)

4. WDR (3 shows)

5. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (16 shows)

2. Bayerischer Rundfunk (11 shows)

3. Unknown (11 shows)

4. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Die Lieblingsschülerin	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	7	Deutschlandradio	59
2	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
3	Der Koch von Gaza	DIE ZEIT	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
4	Ab in den Urlaub – Der Crash des Internet-Imperiums Unister	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
5	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	51	Unknown	43
6	Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	57	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
7	Banksy – Rebellion oder Kitsch?	ARD	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
8	Wild Crimes	ARD	Society & Culture	20	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
9	Deep Doku	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Society & Culture	130	Unknown	48
10	Hateland	ARD	Society & Culture	15	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
11	Mensch - Geschichten aus dem echten Leben unserer Lieblingspromis	Heiko Behr, Mira Dönges, Acast Creative Studios Germany	Society & Culture	176	Acast	69
12	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
13	Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet	ARD	Society & Culture	44	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
14	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	35	Bayerischer Rundfunk	73
15	Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort	Max & Hans	Society & Culture	89	Acast	53
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	Tschüss Kohle, hallo Zukunft!	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	32	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
18	SELLING TECHNO // warum Orte gehen an denen du feierst	[audiokombinat]	Society & Culture	4	Acast	73
19	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
20	WELT Doku – Geschichten und Reportagen Details temporarily unavailable	WELT	Society & Culture	49	Podigee	53
21	ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	111	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
22	WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5	Society & Culture	244	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	32
23	Die Elon Musk Story	1LIVE für die ARD	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
24	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
25	Der Doku Dämon	DDD	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	53
26	Teurer Fahren	Podcast-Radio detektor.fm	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
27	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
28	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	59
29	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
30	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
31	Mord ist sein Hobby	Micha Hawich	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
32	Wolf of Cannabis	1LIVE	Society & Culture	10	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
33	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
34	Scambit: Schach, Hype und Millionen	funk – von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
35	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
36	Ungebremst – Der Anschlag auf den Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	42
37	Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord?	Studio Bummens & Undone	Society & Culture	21	Podigee	53
38	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
39	Nicht Mehr Mein Land - In der Manosphere	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
40	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
41	Die Goldspur – Über die dunkle Welt des Goldhandels \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
42	MeddlCast	Rainero Winklero	Society & Culture	483	Unknown	38
43	Enden: Die Rückkehr	Undone & Futurium	Society & Culture	16	Podigee	79
44	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
45	Von Bohne zu Bohne	Sania & Charlotte	Society & Culture	108	Podigee	53
46	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
47	Das Lederhosen Kartell	Studio Bummens	Society & Culture	14	Podigee	48
48	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
49	Messner - ein extremes Leben	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	5	Bayerischer Rundfunk	38
50	Erlebnis Erde – Eure Tierdoku zum Hören	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
51	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
52	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
53	Based on a true Story – Die Könige von Malle	SWR, Jakob Baumer	Society & Culture	12	Unknown	59
55	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
56	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
57	einbiszwei	UBSKM	Society & Culture	148	Feedpress	69
58	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	64	Spreaker	43
59	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
60	CHRONICLES OF THE UNKNOWN	Chronicles Of The Unknown	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Grenzgänger – The Pioneer Spezial	The Pioneer	Society & Culture	11	Acast	79
62	I Will Survive - Der Kampf gegen die AIDS-Krise	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
63	Toxic Church - Die Hillsong-Story	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
64	Geisterjäger	Verena Fiebiger, Jasmin Körber und Klaus Uhrig	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
65	Zeitkapsel - Achim, wie hast du Menschen aus der DDR geschmuggelt?	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	History	20	NDR Info	38
66	Saal 101 - Dokumentarhörspiel zum NSU-Prozess	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	26	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
67	ARD Popecast	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Religion & Spirituality	9	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
68	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
69	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
70	CUT – Das Virus, das uns trennt	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
71	Der Germanwings-Absturz – Zehn Jahre ohne euch \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
72	Основано на реальных событиях	libo/libo	Society & Culture	17	Transistor	79
73	Die Flut – Warum musste Johanna sterben?	SWR, WDR	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
74	Deso – Der Rapper, der zum IS ging	funk - von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	49
75	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
76	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
77	Das Hamburger Hafenkonzert	NDR	Society & Culture	73	NDR Info	32
78	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
79	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
80	Kontrafunk: Tondokument	Kontrafunk	Society & Culture	194	Spreaker	43
81	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
82	Boys Club – Macht & Missbrauch bei Axel Springer	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
83	Full Circle – Die MIKLU Story	MIKLU - STORIES	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	58
84	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
85	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
86	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
87	Gabalier - Hinter der Lederhose	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	42
88	Eisernes Schweigen. Über das Attentat meines Vaters \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	9	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	53
89	Diagnose: Unangepasst - Der Albtraum Tripperburg	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
90	Organisiertes Verbrechen - Recherchen im Verborgenen	NDR Info	Society & Culture	29	NDR Info	32
91	NS-CLIQUEN Von Menschen und Mördern	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	23	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
92	Kontrafunk: Fernruf	Kontrafunk - Die Stimme der Vernunft	Society & Culture	154	Spreaker	43
93	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
94	Verschlusssache	Polizei Berlin	Society & Culture	58	Podigee	43
95	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
96	The Backrooms 101	Sharp-B-4	Society & Culture	14	Spotify for Podcasters	53
97	Cashing Feelings – KI-Chatbots und das Geschäft mit Gefühlen	Business Insider	Society & Culture	6	Acast	63
98	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
99	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
100	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83

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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