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 16 Apr 2026

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04/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 114

Frequency: every 43 days

Duration: 00:40:31

Top 5 authors

1. ARD (7 shows)

2. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (5 shows)

3. Bayerischer Rundfunk (4 shows)

4. WDR (3 shows)

5. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (16 shows)

2. Unknown (11 shows)

3. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (10 shows)

4. Bayerischer Rundfunk (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Banksy – Rebellion oder Kitsch?	ARD	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
2	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
3	Die Lieblingsschülerin	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	7	Deutschlandradio	59
4	Der Koch von Gaza	DIE ZEIT	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
5	Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	57	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
6	Ab in den Urlaub – Der Crash des Internet-Imperiums Unister	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
7	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	51	Unknown	43
8	Deep Doku	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Society & Culture	130	Unknown	48
9	Wild Crimes	ARD	Society & Culture	20	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
10	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
11	Hateland	ARD	Society & Culture	15	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
12	Mensch - Geschichten aus dem echten Leben unserer Lieblingspromis	Heiko Behr, Mira Dönges, Acast Creative Studios Germany	Society & Culture	176	Acast	69
13	Teurer Fahren	Podcast-Radio detektor.fm	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
14	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	35	Bayerischer Rundfunk	73
15	Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet	ARD	Society & Culture	44	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
16	SELLING TECHNO // warum Orte gehen an denen du feierst	[audiokombinat]	Society & Culture	4	Acast	73
17	Die Elon Musk Story	1LIVE für die ARD	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
18	Nicht Mehr Mein Land - In der Manosphere	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
19	Der Germanwings-Absturz – Zehn Jahre ohne euch \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
20	Wolf of Cannabis	1LIVE	Society & Culture	10	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
21	ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	111	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
22	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
23	Der Doku Dämon	DDD	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	53
24	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
25	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
26	WELT Doku – Geschichten und Reportagen Details temporarily unavailable	WELT	Society & Culture	49	Podigee	53
27	Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort	Max & Hans	Society & Culture	89	Acast	53
28	Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord?	Studio Bummens & Undone	Society & Culture	19	Podigee	53
29	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	59
30	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
31	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
32	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
33	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
34	Boys Club – Macht & Missbrauch bei Axel Springer	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
35	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
36	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
37	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
38	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
39	Ungebremst – Der Anschlag auf den Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	42
40	MeddlCast	Rainero Winklero	Society & Culture	483	Unknown	38
41	Tschüss Kohle, hallo Zukunft!	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	32	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
42	WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5	Society & Culture	244	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	32
43	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
44	Full Circle – Die MIKLU Story	MIKLU - STORIES	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	58
45	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
46	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
47	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
48	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
49	Slahi – 14 Jahre Guantanamo	NDR Info	Society & Culture	8	NDR Info	38
50	Mord ist sein Hobby	Micha Hawich	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
51	einbiszwei	UBSKM	Society & Culture	148	Feedpress	69
52	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
53	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
54	Die Goldspur – Über die dunkle Welt des Goldhandels \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
55	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
56	Scambit: Schach, Hype und Millionen	funk – von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
57	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
58	Erlebnis Erde – Eure Tierdoku zum Hören	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
59	Enden: Die Rückkehr	Undone & Futurium	Society & Culture	16	Podigee	79
60	Cashing Feelings – KI-Chatbots und das Geschäft mit Gefühlen	Business Insider	Society & Culture	6	Acast	63
61	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
62	De Vondeling	AT5	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
63	Das Hamburger Hafenkonzert	NDR	Society & Culture	75	NDR Info	32
64	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
65	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
66	Eisernes Schweigen. Über das Attentat meines Vaters \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	9	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	53
67	NS-CLIQUEN Von Menschen und Mördern	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	23	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
68	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
69	Die Flut – Warum musste Johanna sterben?	SWR, WDR	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
70	Zeitkapsel - Achim, wie hast du Menschen aus der DDR geschmuggelt?	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	History	20	NDR Info	38
71	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
72	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
73	Saal 101 - Dokumentarhörspiel zum NSU-Prozess	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	26	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
74	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
76	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
77	Rammstein – Row Zero	NDR, SZ	Society & Culture	5	NDR Info	53
78	Основано на реальных событиях	libo/libo	Society & Culture	17	Transistor	79
79	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
80	Die Akte Tengelmann - Ein Milliardär verschwindet	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
81	Von Bohne zu Bohne	Sania & Charlotte	Society & Culture	108	Podigee	53
82	Total Normal Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Total Normal	Documentary	1	N/A	N/A
83	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
84	Input	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Society & Culture	100	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	49
85	Based on a true Story – Die Könige von Malle	SWR, Jakob Baumer	Society & Culture	12	Unknown	59
86	Mittelweg 36	© Hannah Schmidt-Ott & Jens Bisky \| PODCAST EINS	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
87	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
88	Geisterjäger	Verena Fiebiger, Jasmin Körber und Klaus Uhrig	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
89	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
90	Das Lederhosen Kartell	Studio Bummens	Society & Culture	12	Podigee	53
91	Organisiertes Verbrechen - Recherchen im Verborgenen	NDR Info	Society & Culture	29	NDR Info	32
92	CUT – Das Virus, das uns trennt	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
93	I Will Survive - Der Kampf gegen die AIDS-Krise	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
94	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
95	Mi familia española	Plan H Media	Society & Culture	8	Spreaker	74
96	Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed	Lynn Studio	Society & Culture	122	Acast	43
97	7 metrów pod ziemią	Rafał Gębura	Society & Culture	266	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
99	Verschlusssache	Polizei Berlin	Society & Culture	58	Podigee	43
100	Messner - ein extremes Leben	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	5	Bayerischer Rundfunk	38

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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