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 Jul 2026

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07/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 112

Frequency: every 41 days

Duration: 00:40:21

Top 5 authors

1. ARD (10 shows)

2. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (6 shows)

3. Bayerischer Rundfunk (3 shows)

4. WDR (2 shows)

5. Deutschlandfunk (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (16 shows)

2. Unknown (12 shows)

3. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (10 shows)

4. Bayerischer Rundfunk (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	INSIDE CumEx – Jagd auf die Steuer-Mafia	ARD	Society & Culture	9	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
2	Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	63	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
3	NS-CLIQUEN Von Menschen und Mördern	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	23	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
4	Wem gehört Wacken? Metal, Mythos, Millionen	NDR	Society & Culture	7	NDR Info	38
5	Behind The Games - Wer den Sport kontrolliert	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	8	Deutschlandradio	58
6	This Is America: Free Luigi	WDR & Undone für die ARD	Society & Culture	6	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
7	Die Lieblingsschülerin	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	8	Deutschlandradio	53
8	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
9	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	52	Unknown	43
10	Der Germanwings-Absturz – Zehn Jahre ohne euch \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
11	Banksy – Rebellion oder Kitsch?	ARD	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
12	Wild Crimes	ARD	Society & Culture	23	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
13	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
14	Die Flut – Warum musste Johanna sterben?	SWR, WDR	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
15	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
16	Deep Doku	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Society & Culture	129	Unknown	48
17	Mensch - Geschichten aus dem echten Leben unserer Lieblingspromis	Heiko Behr, Mira Dönges, Acast Creative Studios Germany	Society & Culture	183	Acast	79
18	Der Koch von Gaza	DIE ZEIT	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
19	Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet	ARD	Society & Culture	45	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
20	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
21	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
22	Teurer Fahren	Podcast-Radio detektor.fm	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
23	Hateland	ARD	Society & Culture	16	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
24	Enden: Die Rückkehr	Undone & Futurium	Society & Culture	16	Podigee	79
25	Scambit: Schach, Hype und Millionen	funk – von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
26	Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord?	Studio Bummens & Undone	Society & Culture	23	Podigee	53
27	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
28	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
29	Die Elon Musk Story	1LIVE für die ARD	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
30	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	36	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
31	Der Doku Dämon	DDD	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	53
32	Nicht Mehr Mein Land - In der Manosphere	ARD	Society & Culture	12	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
33	Organisiertes Verbrechen - Recherchen im Verborgenen	NDR Info	Society & Culture	26	NDR Info	42
34	Erlebnis Erde – Eure Tierdoku zum Hören	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
35	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
36	Die Goldspur – Über die dunkle Welt des Goldhandels \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
37	Geisterjäger	Verena Fiebiger, Jasmin Körber und Klaus Uhrig	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
38	MeddlCast	Rainero Winklero	Society & Culture	484	Unknown	38
39	Boys Club – Macht & Missbrauch bei Axel Springer	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
40	Reclaim: Tic Tac Toe	ARD	Society & Culture	6	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
41	Das Lederhosen Kartell	Studio Bummens	Society & Culture	16	Podigee	48
42	WELT Doku – Geschichten und Reportagen Details temporarily unavailable	WELT	Society & Culture	49	Podigee	53
43	Wolf of Cannabis	1LIVE	Society & Culture	10	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
44	Ab in den Urlaub – Der Crash des Internet-Imperiums Unister	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
45	ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	109	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
46	Werner Herzog – zu groß für Deutschland	Klaus Uhrig, Johannes Munzinger, Judith Goetsch, Max Osenstätter	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	38
47	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
48	Von Bohne zu Bohne	Sania & Charlotte	Society & Culture	113	Podigee	53
49	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
50	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
52	Familiengeheimnisse - Sag mir, wer ich bin	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	12	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
53	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
54	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
55	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
56	einbiszwei	UBSKM	Society & Culture	154	Feedpress	69
57	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
58	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
59	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
60	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
61	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
62	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
63	WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5	Society & Culture	244	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	32
64	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
65	Based on a true Story – Die Könige von Malle	SWR, Jakob Baumer	Society & Culture	12	Unknown	53
66	Unheimliche Heimat – Gruselgeschichten auf der Spur	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	20	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
67	Čestmír Strakatý	Čestmír Strakatý	Society & Culture	474	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
69	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
70	Toxic Church - Die Hillsong-Story	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
71	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
72	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
73	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
74	Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort	Max & Hans	Society & Culture	89	Acast	53
75	Gabalier - Hinter der Lederhose	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	42
76	Mord ist keine Meinung	Fabi	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	43
77	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
78	SELLING TECHNO // warum Orte gehen an denen du feierst	[audiokombinat]	Society & Culture	4	Acast	73
79	You are fucked – Deutschlands erste Cyberkatastrophe	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
80	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
81	Decolonial Dispatch	Decolonial Centre	Society & Culture	21	Acast	53
82	Saal 101 - Dokumentarhörspiel zum NSU-Prozess	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	26	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
83	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
84	Rammstein – Row Zero	NDR, SZ	Society & Culture	5	NDR Info	53
85	Verschlusssache	Polizei Berlin	Society & Culture	62	Podigee	43
86	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
87	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
88	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
89	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	272	WideOrbit	48
90	Input	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Society & Culture	100	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	49
91	Das Hamburger Hafenkonzert	NDR	Society & Culture	79	NDR Info	32
92	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
93	Slahi – 14 Jahre Guantanamo	NDR Info	Society & Culture	8	NDR Info	38
94	Cashing Feelings – KI-Chatbots und das Geschäft mit Gefühlen	Business Insider	Society & Culture	6	Acast	63
95	Deso – Der Rapper, der zum IS ging	funk - von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	49
96	I Will Survive - Der Kampf gegen die AIDS-Krise	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	9	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
97	DW Revista	DW	Society & Culture	100	Unknown	38
98	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
99	7 metrów pod ziemią	Rafał Gębura	Society & Culture	271	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	206	Megaphone	63

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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