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 31 mai 2025

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05/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 115

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:42:45

Top 5 authors

1. Bayerischer Rundfunk (6 shows)

2. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (5 shows)

3. NDR Info (5 shows)

4. ARD (4 shows)

5. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (14 shows)

2. Bayerischer Rundfunk (10 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. NDR Info (9 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	59
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	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	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
7	Die Elon Musk Story	1LIVE für die ARD	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
8	NS-CLIQUEN Von Menschen und Mördern	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	23	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
9	Die Goldspur – Über die dunkle Welt des Goldhandels \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
10	Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet	ARD	Society & Culture	44	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
11	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	51	Unknown	43
12	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	35	Bayerischer Rundfunk	73
13	Deep Doku	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Society & Culture	130	Unknown	48
14	Der Germanwings-Absturz – Zehn Jahre ohne euch \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
15	WELT Doku – Geschichten und Reportagen Details temporarily unavailable	WELT	Society & Culture	49	Podigee	53
16	ARD Popecast	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Religion & Spirituality	9	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
17	CUT – Das Virus, das uns trennt	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
18	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
19	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
20	WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5	Society & Culture	244	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	32
21	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
22	Boys Club – Macht & Missbrauch bei Axel Springer	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
23	Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort	Max & Hans	Society & Culture	89	Acast	53
24	Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord?	Studio Bummens & Undone	Society & Culture	21	Podigee	53
25	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
26	Zeitkapsel - Achim, wie hast du Menschen aus der DDR geschmuggelt?	Norddeutscher Rundfunk	History	20	NDR Info	38
27	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
28	Der Doku Dämon	DDD	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	53
29	Verschlusssache	Polizei Berlin	Society & Culture	58	Podigee	43
30	ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	111	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
31	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
32	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
33	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
34	MeddlCast	Rainero Winklero	Society & Culture	483	Unknown	38
35	Erlebnis Erde – Eure Tierdoku zum Hören	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
36	Messner - ein extremes Leben	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	5	Bayerischer Rundfunk	38
37	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
38	Das Lederhosen Kartell	Studio Bummens	Society & Culture	14	Podigee	48
39	Die Akte Tengelmann - Ein Milliardär verschwindet	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
40	Mittelweg 36	© Hannah Schmidt-Ott & Jens Bisky \| PODCAST EINS	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
41	Scambit: Schach, Hype und Millionen	funk – von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
42	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
43	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
44	You are fucked – Deutschlands erste Cyberkatastrophe	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
45	Die Flut – Warum musste Johanna sterben?	SWR, WDR	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
46	I Will Survive - Der Kampf gegen die AIDS-Krise	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
47	Toxic Church - Die Hillsong-Story	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
48	Sleep and ASMR by The French Whisperer	The French Whisperer	Religion & Spirituality	128	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
50	Kontrafunk: Tondokument	Kontrafunk	Society & Culture	194	Spreaker	43
51	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
53	einbiszwei	UBSKM	Society & Culture	148	Feedpress	69
54	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
55	Saal 101 - Dokumentarhörspiel zum NSU-Prozess	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	26	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
56	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
57	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
58	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
59	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
60	Geisterjäger	Verena Fiebiger, Jasmin Körber und Klaus Uhrig	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
61	190220 - Ein Jahr nach Hanau	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	53
62	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
63	Fearless Patched	Thomas Fuchs	Society & Culture	29	Buzzsprout	79
64	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
65	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
66	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	320	Simplecast	53
67	Kontrafunk: Fernruf	Kontrafunk - Die Stimme der Vernunft	Society & Culture	154	Spreaker	43
68	Organisiertes Verbrechen - Recherchen im Verborgenen	NDR Info	Society & Culture	29	NDR Info	32
69	Diagnose: Unangepasst - Der Albtraum Tripperburg	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
71	Das Hamburger Hafenkonzert	NDR	Society & Culture	73	NDR Info	32
72	Systemeinstellungen – ein Podcast von netzpolitik.org	netzpolitik.org	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	58
73	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
74	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
75	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
76	Monobloc. Auf der Spur von einer Milliarde Plastikstühlen	NDR Info	Society & Culture	7	NDR Info	53
77	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
78	Die Katastrophe von Ramstein	DIE RHEINPFALZ	Society & Culture	8	Podigee	53
79	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
80	Stolpertexte	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	8	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	54
81	Slahi – 14 Jahre Guantanamo	NDR Info	Society & Culture	8	NDR Info	38
82	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
83	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
84	Rammstein – Row Zero	NDR, SZ	Society & Culture	5	NDR Info	53
85	Leonora - Mit 15 zum IS	NDR Info	Society & Culture	11	NDR Info	49
86	World Wide Web	Web Barr	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
87	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
88	Input	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Society & Culture	100	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	49
89	Blutiger Herbst - Eine bayerische Geistergeschichte	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	5	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
90	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
91	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
92	Wild Crimes	ARD	Society & Culture	20	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
93	Not News 〜ニュースにならない記録たち〜	泉秀一・おさつ	Society & Culture	17	Spotify for Podcasters	43
94	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
95	180 Grad: Geschichten gegen den Hass	NDR Info	Society & Culture	8	NDR Info	38
96	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
97	La Biblioteca de los Sueños: Documentales para Dormir	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	51	Simplecast	68
98	NDR Feature Box	NDR	Society & Culture	47	NDR Info	38
99	Audio \| InSight Crime	InSight Crime	Society & Culture	116	Spotify for Podcasters	53
100	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	33	Omny Studio	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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