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 25 Jan 2025

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01/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 123

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:39:01

Top 5 authors

1. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (7 shows)

2. Bayerischer Rundfunk (4 shows)

3. ARD (3 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

5. NDR Info (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (15 shows)

2. Unknown (12 shows)

3. Megaphone (8 shows)

4. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (7 shows)

5. Bayerischer Rundfunk (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
2	Teurer Fahren	Podcast-Radio detektor.fm	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
3	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
4	Mensch - Geschichten aus dem echten Leben unserer Lieblingspromis	Heiko Behr, Mira Dönges, Acast Creative Studios Germany	Society & Culture	183	Acast	79
5	Die Elon Musk Story	1LIVE für die ARD	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
6	Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet	ARD	Society & Culture	45	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
7	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	52	Unknown	43
8	Eis, Eis, Baby	Badische Neueste Nachrichten	Society & Culture	5	Podigee	53
9	Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	63	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
10	Deep Doku	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Society & Culture	129	Unknown	48
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
12	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
13	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	36	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
14	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
15	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
16	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
17	WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5	Society & Culture	244	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	32
18	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
19	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
20	I Will Survive - Der Kampf gegen die AIDS-Krise	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	9	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
21	Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord?	Studio Bummens & Undone	Society & Culture	23	Podigee	53
22	Scambit: Schach, Hype und Millionen	funk – von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
23	Messner - ein extremes Leben	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	5	Bayerischer Rundfunk	38
24	Der Therapeut von nebenan	Wondery	Society & Culture	7	ART19	53
25	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
26	Erlebnis Erde – Eure Tierdoku zum Hören	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
27	Das Lederhosen Kartell	Studio Bummens	Society & Culture	16	Podigee	48
28	Der Doku Dämon	DDD	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	53
29	Zeitkapsel - Achim, wie hast du Menschen aus der DDR geschmuggelt?	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	History	21	NDR Info	38
30	Unheimliche Heimat – Gruselgeschichten auf der Spur	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	20	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
31	Geisterjäger	Verena Fiebiger, Jasmin Körber und Klaus Uhrig	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
32	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
34	ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	110	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
35	Diagnose: Unangepasst - Der Albtraum Tripperburg	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
36	ohrsicht radio Podcast	ohrsicht radio	Society & Culture	102	Unknown	43
37	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	206	Megaphone	63
38	NS-CLIQUEN Von Menschen und Mördern	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	23	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
39	Systemeinstellungen – ein Podcast von netzpolitik.org	netzpolitik.org	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	58
40	Eisernes Schweigen. Über das Attentat meines Vaters \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	9	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	53
41	MeddlCast	Rainero Winklero	Society & Culture	484	Unknown	38
42	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
43	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
44	Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort	Max & Hans	Society & Culture	89	Acast	53
45	You are fucked – Deutschlands erste Cyberkatastrophe	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
46	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
47	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
48	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
49	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
50	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
51	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
52	Rammstein – Row Zero	NDR, SZ	Society & Culture	5	NDR Info	53
53	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
54	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
55	Bücher in Asche – Der Brand in der Anna Amalia Bibliothek	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	6	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
56	Die Akte Tengelmann - Ein Milliardär verschwindet	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
57	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
58	Deso – Der Rapper, der zum IS ging	funk - von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	49
59	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
60	Y-Kollektiv – Der Podcast	Radio Bremen \| rbb	Society & Culture	97	Unknown	38
61	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
62	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
63	Saal 101 - Dokumentarhörspiel zum NSU-Prozess	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	26	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
64	Mouhamed Dramé – Wenn die Polizei tötet \| WDR Lokalzeit	WDR Lokalzeit	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
65	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
66	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
67	DW Revista	DW	Society & Culture	100	Unknown	38
68	180 Grad: Geschichten gegen den Hass	NDR Info	Society & Culture	8	NDR Info	38
69	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
70	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
71	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
72	NZZaS Serien Details temporarily unavailable	NZZ am Sonntag	Documentary	20	N/A	N/A
73	Tschüss Kohle, hallo Zukunft!	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	32	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
74	Arthouse Doku	ARD und Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	23	Unknown	49
75	Leonora - Mit 15 zum IS	NDR Info	Society & Culture	11	NDR Info	49
76	Input	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Society & Culture	100	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	49
77	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
78	einbiszwei	UBSKM	Society & Culture	154	Feedpress	69
79	Kontrafunk: Fernruf	Kontrafunk - Die Stimme der Vernunft	Society & Culture	157	Spreaker	43
80	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
81	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
82	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	327	Simplecast	53
83	Toxic Church - Die Hillsong-Story	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
84	Времени больше не будет	libo/libo	Society & Culture	40	Transistor	89
85	Wild Crimes	ARD	Society & Culture	23	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
86	Πρωταγωνιστές με τον Σταύρο Θεοδωράκη	pod.gr	Society & Culture	85	Simplecast	68
87	Dicht dran – Der Reportage-Podcast	WELT	Society & Culture	31	Podigee	48
88	Kontrafunk: Tondokument	Kontrafunk	Society & Culture	200	Spreaker	43
89	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
90	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
91	Paradise Papers: Im Schattenreich der Steueroasen	NDR Info und WDR 3	Society & Culture	1	NDR Info	43
92	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
93	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
94	Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative	Radiotopia	Society & Culture	6	PRX	73
95	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	675	Acast	69
96	Der Bundeswehr Podcast - derChris	derChris	Society & Culture	37	Spotify for Podcasters	22
97	Podme Dokumentär	Podme	Society & Culture	12	Podspace	53
98	Organisiertes Verbrechen - Recherchen im Verborgenen	NDR Info	Society & Culture	26	NDR Info	42
99	El Dragón Invisible, con Jesús Ortega	Castilla-La Mancha Media	Society & Culture	414	iVoox	48
100	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79

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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