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 17 Jul 2026

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07/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 103

Frequency: every 40 days

Duration: 00:38:23

Top 5 authors

1. ARD (9 shows)

2. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (7 shows)

3. Bayerischer Rundfunk (5 shows)

4. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (3 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (13 shows)

2. Unknown (11 shows)

3. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (11 shows)

4. Bayerischer Rundfunk (11 shows)

5. Podigee (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	INSIDE CumEx – Jagd auf die Steuer-Mafia	ARD	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
2	Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	57	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
3	NS-CLIQUEN Von Menschen und Mördern	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	23	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
4	Organisiertes Verbrechen - Recherchen im Verborgenen	NDR Info	Society & Culture	29	NDR Info	32
5	Behind The Games - Wer den Sport kontrolliert	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	8	Deutschlandradio	58
6	Wem gehört Wacken? Metal, Mythos, Millionen	NDR	Society & Culture	7	NDR Info	38
7	This Is America: Free Luigi	WDR & Undone für die ARD	Society & Culture	6	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
8	Die Lieblingsschülerin	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	7	Deutschlandradio	59
9	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
10	Banksy – Rebellion oder Kitsch?	ARD	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
11	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	51	Unknown	43
12	Mensch - Geschichten aus dem echten Leben unserer Lieblingspromis	Heiko Behr, Mira Dönges, Acast Creative Studios Germany	Society & Culture	176	Acast	69
13	Der Germanwings-Absturz – Zehn Jahre ohne euch \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
14	Wild Crimes	ARD	Society & Culture	20	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
15	Die Flut – Warum musste Johanna sterben?	SWR, WDR	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
18	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
19	Der Koch von Gaza	DIE ZEIT	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
20	Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet	ARD	Society & Culture	44	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
21	Deep Doku	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Society & Culture	130	Unknown	48
22	Hateland	ARD	Society & Culture	15	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
23	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	59
24	Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord?	Studio Bummens & Undone	Society & Culture	19	Podigee	53
25	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	35	Bayerischer Rundfunk	73
26	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
27	Die Elon Musk Story	1LIVE für die ARD	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
28	Teurer Fahren	Podcast-Radio detektor.fm	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
29	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
30	Enden: Die Rückkehr	Undone & Futurium	Society & Culture	16	Podigee	79
31	Der Doku Dämon	DDD	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	53
32	Erlebnis Erde – Eure Tierdoku zum Hören	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
33	Scambit: Schach, Hype und Millionen	funk – von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
34	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
35	Nicht Mehr Mein Land - In der Manosphere	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
36	Ab in den Urlaub – Der Crash des Internet-Imperiums Unister	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
37	Wolf of Cannabis	1LIVE	Society & Culture	10	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
38	Reclaim: Tic Tac Toe	ARD	Society & Culture	6	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
39	Die Goldspur – Über die dunkle Welt des Goldhandels \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
40	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
41	WELT Doku – Geschichten und Reportagen Details temporarily unavailable	WELT	Society & Culture	49	Podigee	53
42	Das Lederhosen Kartell	Studio Bummens	Society & Culture	12	Podigee	53
43	MeddlCast	Rainero Winklero	Society & Culture	483	Unknown	38
44	Werner Herzog – zu groß für Deutschland	Klaus Uhrig, Johannes Munzinger, Judith Goetsch, Max Osenstätter	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	38
45	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
46	Familiengeheimnisse - Sag mir, wer ich bin	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	12	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
47	WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5	Society & Culture	244	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	32
48	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
49	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
50	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
51	Geisterjäger	Verena Fiebiger, Jasmin Körber und Klaus Uhrig	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
52	Boys Club – Macht & Missbrauch bei Axel Springer	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
53	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
54	Von Bohne zu Bohne	Sania & Charlotte	Society & Culture	108	Podigee	53
56	einbiszwei	UBSKM	Society & Culture	148	Feedpress	69
57	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
58	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
59	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
60	ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	111	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
61	I Will Survive - Der Kampf gegen die AIDS-Krise	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
62	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
63	Based on a true Story – Die Könige von Malle	SWR, Jakob Baumer	Society & Culture	12	Unknown	59
64	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
65	Unheimliche Heimat – Gruselgeschichten auf der Spur	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	15	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
66	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
67	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
68	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
69	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
70	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
71	SELLING TECHNO // warum Orte gehen an denen du feierst	[audiokombinat]	Society & Culture	4	Acast	73
72	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
73	Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort	Max & Hans	Society & Culture	89	Acast	53
74	Banditen müssen schlafen	Raffael Wagenhoff	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	64
75	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
76	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
77	Čestmír Strakatý	Čestmír Strakatý	Society & Culture	448	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Cashing Feelings – KI-Chatbots und das Geschäft mit Gefühlen	Business Insider	Society & Culture	6	Acast	63
79	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
80	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
81	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
82	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	82	Unknown	63
83	Mord ist keine Meinung	Fabi	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	43
84	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
85	Nocturno	Jens Thiele	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	53
86	Toxic Church - Die Hillsong-Story	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
87	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
88	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
89	CUT – Das Virus, das uns trennt	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
90	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
91	Ungebremst – Der Anschlag auf den Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	42
92	Saal 101 - Dokumentarhörspiel zum NSU-Prozess	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	26	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
93	Frisch & Verwurzelt – Hofgeschichten vom Niederrhein	Thorsten Sleegers	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	48
94	Messner - ein extremes Leben	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	5	Bayerischer Rundfunk	38
95	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
96	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
97	ARD Popecast	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Religion & Spirituality	9	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
98	Full Circle – Die MIKLU Story	MIKLU - STORIES	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	58
99	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
100	You are fucked – Deutschlands erste Cyberkatastrophe	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43

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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