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 30 Mar 2026

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03/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 104

Frequency: every 47 days

Duration: 00:38:28

Top 5 authors

1. ARD (8 shows)

2. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (6 shows)

3. Bayerischer Rundfunk (3 shows)

4. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (3 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (14 shows)

2. Unknown (12 shows)

3. Bayerischer Rundfunk (9 shows)

4. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (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	Ab in den Urlaub – Der Crash des Internet-Imperiums Unister	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
4	Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	57	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
5	Mensch - Geschichten aus dem echten Leben unserer Lieblingspromis	Heiko Behr, Mira Dönges, Acast Creative Studios Germany	Society & Culture	176	Acast	69
6	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	51	Unknown	43
7	Hateland	ARD	Society & Culture	15	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
8	SELLING TECHNO // warum Orte gehen an denen du feierst	[audiokombinat]	Society & Culture	4	Acast	73
9	Wild Crimes	ARD	Society & Culture	20	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
10	Deep Doku	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Society & Culture	130	Unknown	48
11	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet	ARD	Society & Culture	44	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
14	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	35	Bayerischer Rundfunk	73
15	Teurer Fahren	Podcast-Radio detektor.fm	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
16	Saal 101 - Dokumentarhörspiel zum NSU-Prozess	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	26	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
17	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
18	WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5	Society & Culture	244	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	32
19	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
20	Banksy – Rebellion oder Kitsch?	ARD	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
21	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
22	Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord?	Studio Bummens & Undone	Society & Culture	19	Podigee	53
23	Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort	Max & Hans	Society & Culture	89	Acast	53
24	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
25	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
26	Die Elon Musk Story	1LIVE für die ARD	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
27	Wolf of Cannabis	1LIVE	Society & Culture	10	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
28	WELT Doku – Geschichten und Reportagen Details temporarily unavailable	WELT	Society & Culture	49	Podigee	53
29	Nicht Mehr Mein Land - In der Manosphere	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
30	Tschüss Kohle, hallo Zukunft!	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	32	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
31	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
32	Ungebremst – Der Anschlag auf den Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	42
33	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	59
34	Der Doku Dämon	DDD	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	53
35	Der Germanwings-Absturz – Zehn Jahre ohne euch \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
36	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
37	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
38	Mord ist sein Hobby	Micha Hawich	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
39	MeddlCast	Rainero Winklero	Society & Culture	483	Unknown	38
40	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
41	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
42	Full Circle – Die MIKLU Story	MIKLU - STORIES	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	58
43	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
44	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
45	Die Akte Tengelmann - Ein Milliardär verschwindet	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
46	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
47	ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	111	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
48	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
49	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
50	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
51	Boys Club – Macht & Missbrauch bei Axel Springer	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
52	einbiszwei	UBSKM	Society & Culture	148	Feedpress	69
53	Gabalier - Hinter der Lederhose	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	42
54	Das Lederhosen Kartell	Studio Bummens	Society & Culture	12	Podigee	53
55	Die Goldspur – Über die dunkle Welt des Goldhandels \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
57	Zeitkapsel - Achim, wie hast du Menschen aus der DDR geschmuggelt?	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	History	20	NDR Info	38
58	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
59	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
60	Erlebnis Erde – Eure Tierdoku zum Hören	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
61	Enden: Die Rückkehr	Undone & Futurium	Society & Culture	16	Podigee	79
62	Klang der Macht	ARD Kultur	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	48
63	Die Flut – Warum musste Johanna sterben?	SWR, WDR	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
64	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
65	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
66	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
67	7 metrów pod ziemią	Rafał Gębura	Society & Culture	266	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	Based on a true Story – Die Könige von Malle	SWR, Jakob Baumer	Society & Culture	12	Unknown	59
69	Cashing Feelings – KI-Chatbots und das Geschäft mit Gefühlen	Business Insider	Society & Culture	6	Acast	63
70	Messner - ein extremes Leben	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	5	Bayerischer Rundfunk	38
71	Organisiertes Verbrechen - Recherchen im Verborgenen	NDR Info	Society & Culture	29	NDR Info	32
72	Geisterjäger	Verena Fiebiger, Jasmin Körber und Klaus Uhrig	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
73	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
74	You are fucked – Deutschlands erste Cyberkatastrophe	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
75	Grimms Brüder - Der Eichsfeld-Podcast	Volker Lamprecht, Heiko Lendeckel	Society & Culture	37	Podigee	42
76	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
77	Der Bundeswehr Podcast - derChris	derChris	Society & Culture	37	Spotify for Podcasters	22
78	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
79	Kontrafunk: Fernruf	Kontrafunk - Die Stimme der Vernunft	Society & Culture	154	Spreaker	43
80	Deso – Der Rapper, der zum IS ging	funk - von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	49
81	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
82	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
83	Scambit: Schach, Hype und Millionen	funk – von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
84	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
85	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
86	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
87	L' Ultima Granita	Cronache Sepolte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
88	Copenhagen Architecture Forum's Podcast	CAFx - Copenhagen Architecture Forum	Society & Culture	79	Libsyn	32
89	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
90	Chronik der Schatten - Hinter den Geschichten	Antje	History	126	Podigee	59
91	NS-CLIQUEN Von Menschen und Mördern	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	23	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
92	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
93	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
94	Total Normal Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Total Normal	Documentary	1	N/A	N/A
95	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
96	Das Hamburger Hafenkonzert	NDR	Society & Culture	75	NDR Info	32
97	CUT – Das Virus, das uns trennt	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
98	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
99	Grenzgänger – The Pioneer Spezial	The Pioneer	Society & Culture	11	Acast	79
100	Uncovering Roots	Uncovering Roots	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	58

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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