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 Jul 2026

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07/31/2026

Average data

Episodes: 104

Frequency: every 46 days

Duration: 00:38:42

Top 5 authors

1. ARD (9 shows)

2. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (6 shows)

3. WDR (3 shows)

4. Bayerischer Rundfunk (3 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (15 shows)

2. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (11 shows)

3. Unknown (10 shows)

4. Megaphone (9 shows)

5. Bayerischer Rundfunk (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	63	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
2	NS-CLIQUEN Von Menschen und Mördern	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	23	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
3	Wem gehört Wacken? Metal, Mythos, Millionen	NDR	Society & Culture	7	NDR Info	38
4	Behind The Games - Wer den Sport kontrolliert	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	8	Deutschlandradio	58
5	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
6	Organisiertes Verbrechen - Recherchen im Verborgenen	NDR Info	Society & Culture	26	NDR Info	42
7	Mensch - Geschichten aus dem echten Leben unserer Lieblingspromis	Heiko Behr, Mira Dönges, Acast Creative Studios Germany	Society & Culture	183	Acast	79
8	This Is America: Free Luigi	WDR & Undone für die ARD	Society & Culture	6	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
9	INSIDE CumEx – Jagd auf die Steuer-Mafia	ARD	Society & Culture	9	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
10	Banksy – Rebellion oder Kitsch?	ARD	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
11	Deep Doku	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Society & Culture	129	Unknown	48
12	Die Lieblingsschülerin	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	8	Deutschlandradio	53
13	Wild Wild Web - Geschichten aus dem Internet	ARD	Society & Culture	45	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
14	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	52	Unknown	43
15	Die Akte Tengelmann - Ein Milliardär verschwindet	Podimo	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	83
16	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
17	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
18	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
19	Enden: Die Rückkehr	Undone & Futurium	Society & Culture	16	Podigee	79
20	Geisterjäger	Verena Fiebiger, Jasmin Körber und Klaus Uhrig	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
21	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
22	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
23	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
24	Der Koch von Gaza	DIE ZEIT	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
25	Der Germanwings-Absturz – Zehn Jahre ohne euch \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
26	Wild Crimes	ARD	Society & Culture	23	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
27	Ungebremst – Der Anschlag auf den Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	42
28	Der Doku Dämon	DDD	Society & Culture	90	Spotify for Podcasters	53
29	Teurer Fahren	Podcast-Radio detektor.fm	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
30	Die Elon Musk Story	1LIVE für die ARD	Society & Culture	8	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
31	Nicht Mehr Mein Land - In der Manosphere	ARD	Society & Culture	12	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
32	Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord?	Studio Bummens & Undone	Society & Culture	23	Podigee	53
33	Hateland	ARD	Society & Culture	16	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
34	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	36	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
35	MeddlCast	Rainero Winklero	Society & Culture	484	Unknown	38
36	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
37	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
38	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
39	Erlebnis Erde – Eure Tierdoku zum Hören	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	13	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
40	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
41	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
42	WELT Doku – Geschichten und Reportagen Details temporarily unavailable	WELT	Society & Culture	49	Podigee	53
43	Die Goldspur – Über die dunkle Welt des Goldhandels \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	7	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
44	Wolf of Cannabis	1LIVE	Society & Culture	10	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
45	Reclaim: Tic Tac Toe	ARD	Society & Culture	6	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
46	Das Lederhosen Kartell	Studio Bummens	Society & Culture	16	Podigee	48
47	Scambit: Schach, Hype und Millionen	funk – von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
48	WDR 5 Dok 5 - das Feature	WDR 5	Society & Culture	244	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	32
49	Boys Club – Macht & Missbrauch bei Axel Springer	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	53
50	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
51	Banditen müssen schlafen	Raffael Wagenhoff	Society & Culture	13	Podigee	64
52	Werner Herzog – zu groß für Deutschland	Klaus Uhrig, Johannes Munzinger, Judith Goetsch, Max Osenstätter	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	38
53	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
54	Falsche Zeit, falscher Ort	Max & Hans	Society & Culture	89	Acast	53
55	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
56	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
58	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
59	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	196	Simplecast	58
60	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
61	You are fucked – Deutschlands erste Cyberkatastrophe	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
62	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
63	7 metrów pod ziemią	Rafał Gębura	Society & Culture	271	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Von Bohne zu Bohne	Sania & Charlotte	Society & Culture	113	Podigee	53
65	einbiszwei	UBSKM	Society & Culture	154	Feedpress	69
66	Eisernes Schweigen. Über das Attentat meines Vaters \| WDR	WDR	Society & Culture	9	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	53
67	OMBRE ITALIANE	Angelo Soro	Society & Culture	58	Megaphone	59
68	Die Flut – Warum musste Johanna sterben?	SWR, WDR	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
69	Based on a true Story – Die Könige von Malle	SWR, Jakob Baumer	Society & Culture	12	Unknown	53
70	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
71	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
72	Input	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Society & Culture	100	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	49
73	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
74	Insolito True Crime	Insolito True Crime	Society & Culture	207	Spreaker	63
75	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
76	I Will Survive - Der Kampf gegen die AIDS-Krise	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	9	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
77	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
78	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
79	Ab in den Urlaub – Der Crash des Internet-Imperiums Unister	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	10	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	38
80	ARD Radiofeature	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	109	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
81	Slahi – 14 Jahre Guantanamo	NDR Info	Society & Culture	8	NDR Info	38
82	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
83	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
84	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
85	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
86	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
87	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	16	PRX	69
88	Familiengeheimnisse - Sag mir, wer ich bin	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	12	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	53
89	Al Jazeera Documentary	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	22	Spreaker	43
90	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	327	Simplecast	53
91	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
92	Cashing Feelings – KI-Chatbots und das Geschäft mit Gefühlen	Business Insider	Society & Culture	6	Acast	63
93	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
94	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
95	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
96	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
97	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
98	ARD Popecast	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Religion & Spirituality	9	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
99	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
100	Decolonial Dispatch	Decolonial Centre	Society & Culture	21	Acast	53

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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