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 12 juin 2026

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06/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 110

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:40:26

Top 5 authors

1. ARD (10 shows)

2. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (6 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. Bayerischer Rundfunk (3 shows)

5. Deutschlandfunk (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (14 shows)

2. Unknown (11 shows)

3. Bayerischer Rundfunk (10 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	INSIDE CumEx – Jagd auf die Steuer-Mafia	ARD	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
3	Behind The Games - Wer den Sport kontrolliert	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	8	Deutschlandradio	58
4	Banksy – Rebellion oder Kitsch?	ARD	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
5	Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	57	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
6	Mensch - Geschichten aus dem echten Leben unserer Lieblingspromis	Heiko Behr, Mira Dönges, Acast Creative Studios Germany	Society & Culture	176	Acast	69
7	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
8	Die Lieblingsschülerin	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	7	Deutschlandradio	59
9	Deep Doku	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Society & Culture	130	Unknown	48
10	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	51	Unknown	43
11	Reclaim: Tic Tac Toe	ARD	Society & Culture	6	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
12	Hateland	ARD	Society & Culture	15	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
13	Der Koch von Gaza	DIE ZEIT	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Die Elon Musk Story	1LIVE für die ARD	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
16	Werner Herzog – zu groß für Deutschland	Klaus Uhrig, Johannes Munzinger, Judith Goetsch, Max Osenstätter	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	38
17	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
18	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
19	Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord?	Studio Bummens & Undone	Society & Culture	19	Podigee	53
20	Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet	ARD	Society & Culture	44	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
21	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	35	Bayerischer Rundfunk	73
22	ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	111	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
23	Wolf of Cannabis	1LIVE	Society & Culture	10	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
24	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	59
25	Die Goldspur – Über die dunkle Welt des Goldhandels \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
26	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
27	Der Doku Dämon	DDD	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	53
28	Wild Crimes	ARD	Society & Culture	20	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
29	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
30	einbiszwei	UBSKM	Society & Culture	148	Feedpress	69
31	NS-CLIQUEN Von Menschen und Mördern	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	23	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
32	Teurer Fahren	Podcast-Radio detektor.fm	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
33	WELT Doku – Geschichten und Reportagen Details temporarily unavailable	WELT	Society & Culture	49	Podigee	53
34	MeddlCast	Rainero Winklero	Society & Culture	483	Unknown	38
35	Banditen müssen schlafen	Raffael Wagenhoff	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	64
36	Scambit: Schach, Hype und Millionen	funk – von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
37	Deso – Der Rapper, der zum IS ging	funk - von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	49
38	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
39	Boys Club – Macht & Missbrauch bei Axel Springer	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
40	Ungebremst – Der Anschlag auf den Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	42
41	Von Bohne zu Bohne	Sania & Charlotte	Society & Culture	108	Podigee	53
42	WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5	Society & Culture	244	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	32
43	Nocturno	Jens Thiele	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	53
44	Geisterjäger	Verena Fiebiger, Jasmin Körber und Klaus Uhrig	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
45	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
46	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
47	Ab in den Urlaub – Der Crash des Internet-Imperiums Unister	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
48	SELLING TECHNO // warum Orte gehen an denen du feierst	[audiokombinat]	Society & Culture	4	Acast	73
49	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
50	Der Germanwings-Absturz – Zehn Jahre ohne euch \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
51	Mord ist sein Hobby	Micha Hawich	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
52	Nicht Mehr Mein Land - In der Manosphere	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
53	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
54	Gabalier - Hinter der Lederhose	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	42
55	Das Lederhosen Kartell	Studio Bummens	Society & Culture	12	Podigee	53
56	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
57	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
58	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
59	Erlebnis Erde – Eure Tierdoku zum Hören	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
60	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
61	NDR Feature Box	NDR	Society & Culture	48	NDR Info	38
62	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
63	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
64	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
65	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
66	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
67	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
68	Unheimliche Heimat – Gruselgeschichten auf der Spur	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	15	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
69	Mittelweg 36	© Hannah Schmidt-Ott & Jens Bisky \| PODCAST EINS	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
70	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
71	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
72	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
73	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
74	Input	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Society & Culture	100	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	49
75	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
76	Based on a true Story – Die Könige von Malle	SWR, Jakob Baumer	Society & Culture	12	Unknown	59
77	Messner - ein extremes Leben	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	5	Bayerischer Rundfunk	38
78	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
79	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
80	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
81	You are fucked – Deutschlands erste Cyberkatastrophe	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
83	Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort	Max & Hans	Society & Culture	89	Acast	53
84	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
85	Rammstein – Row Zero	NDR, SZ	Society & Culture	5	NDR Info	53
86	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	320	Simplecast	53
87	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
88	7 metrów pod ziemią	Rafał Gębura	Society & Culture	266	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Mord ist keine Meinung	Fabi	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	43
90	Das Paranormale Archiv	Ruinentaucher	Society & Culture	81	Spotify for Podcasters	48
91	I Will Survive - Der Kampf gegen die AIDS-Krise	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
92	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
93	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
94	Lore Lodge Podcast	Lodge	Society & Culture	123	Spreaker	38
95	Everyday Abundance: The hidden stories behind everyday technologies	Virginia Postrel and Charles C. Mann	Society & Culture	8	Castos	52
96	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
97	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
98	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
99	Das Hamburger Hafenkonzert	NDR	Society & Culture	75	NDR Info	32
100	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59

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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