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 17 Oct 2026

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10/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 158

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:34:15

Top 5 authors

1. WDR 5 (12 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

3. Bloody FM (3 shows)

4. NOISER (3 shows)

5. dinlex.org (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (14 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (12 shows)

4. Unknown (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	ARD Radio Tatort	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Fiction	6	Bayerischer Rundfunk	53
2	Bear Hunt	Goalhanger	Fiction	8	Megaphone	63
3	The Haunted Library	BBC Studios	Fiction	10	Omny Studio	73
4	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	112	Megaphone	83
5	WDR 5 Stolz und Vorurteil Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	32	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	58
6	Schlechte Gesellschaft - ARD Polit- und Psychokrimis	ARD	Fiction	6	Unknown	38
7	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	162	Megaphone	78
8	Der römische Traum – Eine Anno-Story	SWR Kultur	Fiction	14	Unknown	59
9	Neue Hörspiele	dinlex.org	Fiction	986	Spreaker	38
10	Hörbücher zum Einschlafen	Jan Lindner	Fiction	176	Podigee	43
11	WDR 5 Madame Bovary Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	36	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	58
12	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	37	Acast	89
13	Hörspiel	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Fiction	101	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	59
14	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	89	Acast	69
15	Der Ring des Nibelungen	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg	Fiction	17	Unknown	49
16	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	253	BBC	58
17	Janna liest: FanFiction Hörbücher	Janna Ambrosy	Fiction	500	Podigee	43
18	Midnight Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	2	Omny Studio	53
19	Schreib Mich Ab - Der interaktive Hörspiel-Podcast	funk - von ARD und ZDF	Fiction	30	Unknown	43
20	WDR 5 Jane Eyre Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	44	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	53
21	WDR 5 Das Paradies der Damen – Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	32	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	58
22	WDR 5 Sturmhöhe Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	34	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
23	Outlander – Feuer und Stein	argon podcast	Fiction	38	Acast	79
24	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	843	Simplecast	73
25	Lesungen	radio3 (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg)	Fiction	84	Unknown	48
26	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	296	BBC	38
27	Sherlock Holmes: Die verschlossenen Fälle	Dr. Watson	Fiction	8	Spotify for Podcasters	42
28	The Death of Edgar Allan Poe	My Victorian Nightmare	Fiction	6	Libsyn	62
29	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
30	WDR 5 Frankenstein - Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	19	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
31	Sherlock Holmes Hörspiele	dinlex.org	Fiction	148	Acast	28
32	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	86	Simplecast	63
33	Ravi \| پادکست فارسی راوی	arash kaviani	Fiction	65	Simplecast	69
34	Gruselgeschichten	Gruselgeschichten	Fiction	730	RSS.com	48
35	Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu - Pre-Launch	Julian Simpson	Fiction	3	Captivate	42
36	WDR 5 Weihnachtsgeschichten von Charles Dickens - Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	20	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	68
37	1001 Nacht - neue Geschichten von Scheherazade	Christian Orschmann	Fiction	10	RedCircle	58
38	WDR 5 Adam Bede - Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	49	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	58
39	… und nebenbei Liebe – die Hörspiel-Soap	Katrin Wiegand / argon podcast	Fiction	75	Acast	73
40	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	392	ART19	63
41	Exit von Daedalean \| Mrs Cowly \| Eine Dramione-Fanfiction im Harry Potter-Universum \| War-AU	Mrs. Cowly	Fiction	40	Spotify for Podcasters	58
42	Charles Dickens Ghost Stories	NOISER	Fiction	9	Acast	63
43	Ö1 Hörspiel und Radiokunst	ORF Ö1	Fiction	3	Unknown	32
44	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
45	Re: Dracula	Regarding Audio Drama	Fiction	136	Megaphone	63
46	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
47	VARÚÐ RPG	Blighthouse Studio	Fiction	20	Acast	94
48	Classic Gothic Audiobooks: Haunted Castles, Victorian Horror & Dark Secrets	Free Audiobook Library	Fiction	52	Spreaker	53
49	完整版☠顶级暴徒\|周寅坤周夏夏\|强取豪夺黑帮r17	云鹿柔迩	Fiction	322	Ximalaya	53
50	پادکست شنود	Mona Zare	Fiction	15	Acast	69
51	Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story	Sleep Cove	Fiction	175	Megaphone	42
52	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	33	ART19	68
53	The Burned Photo	QCODE	Fiction	18	Megaphone	84
55	Xantho-Audio Hörspiele und Musik	Xantho Audio	Fiction	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
56	The Sentinel Creatives Podcast	Sentinel Creatives	Fiction	42	Buzzsprout	37
57	Ghost Tape	QCODE	Fiction	9	Megaphone	58
58	پادکستِ هرروز	Harrooz Team	Fiction	534	Acast	53
59	AUS PURER ANGST - Horror & Übernatürliches	Justin Lange & Nikolai Terminante	Fiction	22	Podigee	43
60	WDR 5 Der Schimmelreiter - Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	11	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
61	WDR 5 Ruth - Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	25	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
62	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1267	Acast	69
63	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	173	Simplecast	68
64	The Archers Omnibus	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	42	BBC	28
65	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	464	Audioboom	52
66	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
67	Undertow: Familiar Haunts Details temporarily unavailable	Realm	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
68	Радіво Алкіна	Zamoro4ko	Fiction	3	Spotify for Podcasters	58
69	WhispurrAudio	WhispurrAudio	Fiction	132	Unknown	58
70	Frische BRise	Gaidies Heggemann & Partner	Fiction	49	Spotify for Podcasters	63
71	Mythology & Fiction Explained	Marios Christou	Fiction	65	Megaphone	52
72	Mumbai Crime	Goldhawk	Fiction	69	PRX	59
73	Paranormal Activity	Paranormal Activity	Fiction	526	Spreaker	64
74	Ghost - Scary Stories	Caloroga Shark Media \| Award-winning writers	Fiction	268	Spreaker	69
75	The Jabbari Lincoln Files	Sign Curve Studios	Fiction	20	Libsyn	48
76	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	665	Simplecast	68
77	Sherlock Holmes	Sherlock Holmes	Fiction	582	Acast	39
78	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
79	BRD Noir 1980 \| Das Oktoberfestattentat \| Ein Doku-Drama	hr2	Fiction	7	Unknown	38
80	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	72	Megaphone	68
81	The Writer	Little Ear Productions	Fiction	16	Acast	80
82	Camp Monsters	REI Co-op	Fiction	87	Simplecast	63
83	When the Roses Bloom Again	When the Roses Bloom Again	Fiction	109	Unknown	43
84	قصص رون	فانز قصص رون	Fiction	906	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Audio Fiction Releases: A Cambridge Geek Podcast	The Cambridge Geek	Fiction	996	RedCircle	28
86	Off The Hook	KBLX	Fiction	100	Omny Studio	38
87	The Divide	Definitely Human	Fiction	13	Acast	94
88	The Therian Tales	Dungeons and Randomness	Fiction	4	Spreaker	43
89	جريمة في حي النزهة	Ahmad Abed	Fiction	12	Spotify for Podcasters	53
90	Love Story	rj Sakthi	Fiction	5	Spotify for Podcasters	33
91	Terms	Airship \| Wondery	Fiction	15	ART19	53
92	WDR 5 Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts - Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	10	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
93	Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production	Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg	Fiction	77	Megaphone	63
94	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
95	Drama of the Week	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	2	BBC	38
96	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
97	WDR 5 Gösta Berling - Hörbuch	WDR 5	Fiction	34	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	58
98	Les Maîtres du mystère	INA	Fiction	177	Octopus	64
99	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
100	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	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.

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