Apple Podcast Rankings - Germany - Drama

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 01 Sep 2026

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09/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 113

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:33:39

Top 5 authors

1. WDR 5 (10 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

3. INA (4 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. Bloody FM (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (13 shows)

2. Acast (11 shows)

3. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (10 shows)

4. Unknown (10 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	ARD Radio Tatort	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Fiction	6	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
2	Schlechte Gesellschaft - ARD Polit- und Psychokrimis	ARD	Fiction	7	Unknown	38
3	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	104	Megaphone	83
4	Der römische Traum – Eine Anno-Story	SWR Kultur	Fiction	14	Unknown	59
5	WDR 5 Stolz und Vorurteil Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	32	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	58
6	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	33	Acast	89
7	WDR 5 Jane Eyre Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	44	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	53
8	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	157	Megaphone	78
9	Sherlock Holmes	Sherlock Holmes	Fiction	582	Spreaker	43
10	Der Ring des Nibelungen	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Fiction	17	Unknown	49
11	1001 Nacht - neue Geschichten von Scheherazade	Christian Orschmann	Fiction	10	RedCircle	58
12	Janna liest: FanFiction Hörbücher	Janna Ambrosy	Fiction	500	Podigee	43
13	Hörspiel	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Fiction	101	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	59
14	Lesungen	radio3 (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg)	Fiction	100	Unknown	48
15	Gruselgeschichten	Gruselgeschichten	Fiction	730	RSS.com	48
16	Hörbücher zum Einschlafen	Jan Lindner	Fiction	176	Podigee	43
17	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	224	BBC	58
18	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
19	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
20	WDR 5 Madame Bovary Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	36	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	58
21	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
22	WDR 5 Der Schimmelreiter - Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	11	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
23	Meiberger - Im Kopf des Täters: Das Krimi-Hörspiel	ServusTV	Fiction	5	Megaphone	43
24	WDR 5 Sturmhöhe Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	34	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
25	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	37	BBC	28
26	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
27	Schreib Mich Ab - Der interaktive Hörspiel-Podcast	funk - von ARD und ZDF	Fiction	30	Unknown	43
28	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
29	Outlander – Feuer und Stein	argon podcast	Fiction	38	Acast	79
30	German Creepypasta vom SchattenZirkus	SchattenZirkus	Fiction	256	Unknown	43
31	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
32	… und nebenbei Liebe – die Hörspiel-Soap	Katrin Wiegand / argon podcast	Fiction	75	Acast	73
33	WDR 5 Ruth - Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	25	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
34	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	53
35	Nel nido dei serpenti	Internazionale	Fiction	7	Spreaker	38
36	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
37	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	164	Simplecast	68
38	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	84	Acast	74
39	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	290	BBC	38
40	DSCHINNS	NDR	Fiction	7	NDR Info	53
41	WDR 5 Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts - Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	10	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
42	Witchpunk: A Cyberpunk Story	Citeog Podcasts	Fiction	10	Captivate	53
43	Bitten \| A Daggerheart Actual Play	Talking XP and Crit Hit Chronicles	Fiction	32	Spotify for Podcasters	52
44	new time radio	Ben Isaac	Fiction	187	Spotify for Podcasters	43
45	Audiobooks Inspire Listeners to Explore Stories Beyond Traditional Reading Experiences Constantly	Tale Tracks	Fiction	2000	Unknown	N/A
46	Pensieve Podfics Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Hanz	Drama	81	N/A	N/A
47	Exit von Daedalean \| Mrs Cowly \| Eine Dramione-Fanfiction im Harry Potter-Universum \| War-AU	Mrs. Cowly	Fiction	40	Spotify for Podcasters	58
48	Sherlock Holmes: Die verschlossenen Fälle	Dr. Watson	Fiction	5	Spotify for Podcasters	42
49	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
50	WDR 5 Frankenstein - Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	19	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
51	Dangerously Yours	Entertainment Radio	Fiction	16	Spreaker	54
52	Nazis: The Road to Power	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	17	BBC	43
53	Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	88	ART19	52
54	Le Comte de Monte-Cristo	INA	Fiction	38	Octopus	64
55	L'Éducation sentimentale	INA	Fiction	18	Octopus	49
56	Gruselgeschichten und Creepypasta	Creepypasta Podcast	Fiction	2	Podigee	38
57	Zwei halbe Dresdner - Podcast für Dresdner Stadtpolitik	Johannes und Matze	Fiction	17	Unknown	27
58	Les Grands Classiques Details temporarily unavailable	INA	Fiction	17	Audiomeans	79
59	Les Misérables	INA	Fiction	11	Octopus	64
60	Last Dance	Blackabbey Productions	Fiction	18	Acast	69
61	Frische BRise	Gaidies Heggemann & Partner	Fiction	49	Spotify for Podcasters	63
62	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	829	Simplecast	73
63	The Sounds of Nightmares	Little Nightmares - Bandai Namco Europe	Fiction	12	Acast	64
64	WDR 5 Adam Bede - Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	49	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	58
66	WDR 5 Das Paradies der Damen – Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	32	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	58
67	Empire of Ashes — A Dark Mafia Arranged-Marriage Romance	Mia	Fiction	36	RSS.com	62
68	The Grimoire Diaries	Stone Fable	Fiction	28	Acast	94
69	Knifepoint Horror	SpectreVision Radio	Fiction	129	Megaphone	43
70	Arc	BBC Sounds	Fiction	21	BBC	63
71	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	170	Megaphone	42
72	Mythology & Fiction Explained	Marios Christou	Fiction	64	Megaphone	58
73	Sapphic Stories - Spicy WLW Fiction	Dipsea	Fiction	31	Captivate	58
74	American Afterlife	Gamut Podcast Network	Fiction	19	ART19	69
75	Oaths & Empires	Oaths & Empires	Fiction	13	Audioboom	62
76	The Mantawauk Caves	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	16	Omny Studio	59
77	سافاري Details temporarily unavailable	تسجيل	Fiction	19	Spotify for Podcasters	33
78	Dustwalker	Calamity Valley Productions	Fiction	7	Pinecast	73
79	Bad Vibes	QCODE	Fiction	12	Megaphone	63
80	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	83	Simplecast	63
81	When the Roses Bloom Again	When the Roses Bloom Again	Fiction	109	Unknown	43
82	Borrasca	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	73
83	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	1	BBC	38
84	Echoes under Ashwood	James Altwies	Fiction	24	Acast	69
85	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	890	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Chesterton Radio	Chesterton Radio	Fiction	402	Substack	59
87	The Fumbled Anthology - A Call of Cthulhu Play Podcast	The Fumbled Anthology	Fiction	187	Podbean	51
88	Greater Boston	Alexander Danner & Jeff Van Dreason	Fiction	136	Megaphone	68
89	Passenger List	Passenger List and Radiotopia	Fiction	27	PRX	59
90	1984, by George Orwell	Audiobooks by Librivox	Fiction	25	Spreaker	49
91	Ö1 Hörspiel und Radiokunst	ORF Ö1	Fiction	8	Unknown	32
92	陈浩基《1367》l华文推理第一人陈浩基代表作	悦微读书	Fiction	52	Ximalaya	38
93	The Accountant & The Counselor	Milah Maheiha	Fiction	8	Buzzsprout	52
94	1984 by George Orwell	Audiobooks, Podcasts and More	Fiction	25	Spreaker	38
95	COLD TAPES	Free Turn	Fiction	85	Acast	54
96	36 Questions – The Podcast Musical	Two-Up	Fiction	5	Megaphone	48
97	The Once And Future Nerd	Glass & Madera	Fiction	144	Blubrry	59
98	Radio Drama Revival	Elena Fernández Collins \| Hug House Productions	Fiction	228	Captivate	58
99	Tomorrow	GZM Shows	Fiction	54	ART19	73
100	Around the Sun	Brad Forenza	Fiction	33	Megaphone	84

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.

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