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 27 mars 2026

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03/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 104

Frequency: every 48 days

Duration: 00:40:16

Top 5 authors

1. ARD (7 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 (14 shows)

2. Unknown (11 shows)

3. Bayerischer Rundfunk (10 shows)

4. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (9 shows)

5. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Die Lieblingsschülerin	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	7	Deutschlandradio	59
2	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
3	Mensch - Geschichten aus dem echten Leben unserer Lieblingspromis	Heiko Behr, Mira Dönges, Acast Creative Studios Germany	Society & Culture	176	Acast	69
4	Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	57	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
5	Ab in den Urlaub – Der Crash des Internet-Imperiums Unister	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
6	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	51	Unknown	43
7	SELLING TECHNO // warum Orte gehen an denen du feierst	[audiokombinat]	Society & Culture	4	Acast	73
8	Hateland	ARD	Society & Culture	15	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
9	Deep Doku	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Society & Culture	130	Unknown	48
10	Wild Crimes	ARD	Society & Culture	20	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
11	Saal 101 - Dokumentarhörspiel zum NSU-Prozess	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	26	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
12	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
13	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	35	Bayerischer Rundfunk	73
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet	ARD	Society & Culture	44	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
16	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
17	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
18	Teurer Fahren	Podcast-Radio detektor.fm	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
19	Die Elon Musk Story	1LIVE für die ARD	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
20	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
21	Tschüss Kohle, hallo Zukunft!	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	32	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
22	Wolf of Cannabis	1LIVE	Society & Culture	10	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
23	Ungebremst – Der Anschlag auf den Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	42
24	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
25	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
26	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	59
27	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
28	Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord?	Studio Bummens & Undone	Society & Culture	19	Podigee	53
29	Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort	Max & Hans	Society & Culture	89	Acast	53
30	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
31	Der Doku Dämon	DDD	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	53
32	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
33	Mord ist sein Hobby	Micha Hawich	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
34	MeddlCast	Rainero Winklero	Society & Culture	483	Unknown	38
35	Nicht Mehr Mein Land - In der Manosphere	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
36	Banksy – Rebellion oder Kitsch?	ARD	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
37	Der Germanwings-Absturz – Zehn Jahre ohne euch \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
38	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
39	Klang der Macht	ARD Kultur	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	48
40	einbiszwei	UBSKM	Society & Culture	148	Feedpress	69
41	Das Lederhosen Kartell	Studio Bummens	Society & Culture	12	Podigee	53
42	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
43	WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5	Society & Culture	244	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	32
44	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
45	Enden: Die Rückkehr	Undone & Futurium	Society & Culture	16	Podigee	79
46	Full Circle – Die MIKLU Story	MIKLU - STORIES	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	58
47	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
48	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
49	ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	111	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
51	WELT Doku – Geschichten und Reportagen Details temporarily unavailable	WELT	Society & Culture	49	Podigee	53
52	Boys Club – Macht & Missbrauch bei Axel Springer	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
53	You are fucked – Deutschlands erste Cyberkatastrophe	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
54	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
55	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
56	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
57	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
58	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
59	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
60	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
61	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
62	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
63	Die Goldspur – Über die dunkle Welt des Goldhandels \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
64	CUT – Das Virus, das uns trennt	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
65	Erlebnis Erde – Eure Tierdoku zum Hören	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
66	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
67	Messner - ein extremes Leben	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	5	Bayerischer Rundfunk	38
68	Cashing Feelings – KI-Chatbots und das Geschäft mit Gefühlen	Business Insider	Society & Culture	6	Acast	63
69	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
70	Money Trauma	Miho Soon	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	43
71	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
72	Grimms Brüder - Der Eichsfeld-Podcast	Volker Lamprecht, Heiko Lendeckel	Society & Culture	37	Podigee	42
73	I Will Survive - Der Kampf gegen die AIDS-Krise	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
74	Scambit: Schach, Hype und Millionen	funk – von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
75	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
76	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
77	Die Akte Tengelmann - Ein Milliardär verschwindet	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
78	Blaulichtmilieu	blaulicht.milieu	Society & Culture	34	Spotify for Podcasters	68
79	Based on a true Story – Die Könige von Malle	SWR, Jakob Baumer	Society & Culture	12	Unknown	59
80	Deso – Der Rapper, der zum IS ging	funk - von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	49
81	NS-CLIQUEN Von Menschen und Mördern	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	23	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
82	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
83	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
84	Unheimliche Heimat – Gruselgeschichten auf der Spur	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	15	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
85	Copenhagen Architecture Forum's Podcast	CAFx - Copenhagen Architecture Forum	Society & Culture	79	Libsyn	32
86	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
87	Input	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Society & Culture	100	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	49
88	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
89	Von Bohne zu Bohne	Sania & Charlotte	Society & Culture	108	Podigee	53
90	Вопрос Времени	libo/libo	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
91	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
92	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
93	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
94	Geisterjäger	Verena Fiebiger, Jasmin Körber und Klaus Uhrig	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
95	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
96	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
97	Podcast Reportagen live. Weltgeschehen im Podcastformat	Reportagen X Ruhrfestspiele	Society & Culture	28	Podigee	32
98	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
99	ARD Popecast	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Religion & Spirituality	9	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
100	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A

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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