Apple Podcast Rankings - Germany - Government

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 12 Aug 2026

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08/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 214

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:35:50

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz (2 shows)

3. RADIO IIII (2 shows)

4. Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

5. apolut (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

2. Acast (11 shows)

3. Unknown (11 shows)

4. podcaster.de (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	apolut: Tagesdosis	apolut	Government	1505	Spotify for Podcasters	38
2	Hörvermerk – Der Wissenspodcast für Bundesbeschäftigte	Bundesakademie für öffentliche Verwaltung im Bundesministerium des Innern	Government	8	Acast	47
3	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
6	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
7	Es geht!	Thomas Jarzombek und Ralf Junge-Pearl	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	52
8	apolut: Standpunkte	apolut	Government	1408	Spotify for Podcasters	38
9	Nachgefragt: Krise, Krieg und Konflikte	Redaktion Bundeswehr	Government	164	podcaster.de	52
10	BibelTalk	Stiftung Schleife	Government	43	podcaster.de	49
11	Interpreting India	Carnegie India	Government	154	Simplecast	83
12	Job Secret - Der offizielle BND-Podcast	Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND)	Government	7	Podigee	42
13	eGovernment Podcast	Torsten Frenzel	Government	50	Unknown	48
14	Funkkreis: Podcast der Bundeswehr	Redaktion der Bundeswehr	Government	153	podcaster.de	42
15	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
16	KSK – Der Podcast zur Serie	Bundeswehr Exclusive	Government & Organizations	22	Buzzsprout	51
17	Political Thinking with Nick Robinson	BBC Radio 4	News	322	BBC	28
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
19	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
20	Streitcafé	© Jugend debattiert \| PODCAST EINS	Government	12	Acast	84
21	Recht so?!	Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz	Government	15	Acast	43
22	BUND Naturschutz Radio Details temporarily unavailable	BUND Naturschutz - Kreisgruppe München	Government	274	Unknown	54
23	EU Defence Declassified	European Defence Agency	Government	16	Spotify for Podcasters	48
24	Kannzler - Veränderung im Staatswesen	Dan Bauer & Nils Brechbühler	Government	36	Captivate	53
25	Har du en traktor?	Skövde Kommun	Government	5	Acast	73
26	Die Jagd - Die geheimen Chats der AfD-Bundestagsfraktion	WDR 5	Government	6	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	48
27	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
28	Podcast vom Posten - Außenpolitik auf die Ohren!	Auswärtiges Amt	Government	83	Soundcloud	38
29	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
30	Die Akte Tulpenfeld. Ein Podcast der Bundesnetzagentur.	Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen	Government	18	podcaster.de	58
31	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	Funkdisziplin – der Bundespolizei-Podcast	Bundespolizei	Government	124	Podigee	58
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
35	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
36	KGSt-KommPakt	Kommunale Gemeinschaftsstelle für Verwaltungsmanagement (KGSt)	Government	9	podcaster.de	53
37	Let´s Staat - Inspirationen aus dem Staatsapparat	Dr. Dorit Bosch	Government	115	Podigee	73
38	Tacheles Thüringen	Fabian Klaus, Elmar Otto, Elena Vogel	Government	100	Julep Hosting	69
39	Palavras do Brasil	Agência Timbres	Government	20	Spreaker	70
40	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
41	UNBÜROKRATISCH	eGovernment	Government	58	Captivate	73
42	Auf eine weiß-blaue Tasse	Bayern.de	Government	18	Podigee	42
43	Frontlinjen	RADIO IIII	Government	405	Omny Studio	43
44	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
45	detektor.fm \| Politik	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Government	996	Acast	38
46	Grundrechte auf der Tonspur	Emanuel V. Towfigh	Government	74	Unknown	38
47	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
48	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	The CDR Policy Scoop	Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart	Government	98	Acast	79
50	Stadt Wien Podcast	Stadt Wien	Government	256	Buzzsprout	48
51	Eurofound Talks	Eurofound	Government	46	Spotify for Podcasters	33
52	Ludwigshafen, schon gehört?	Stadtverwaltung Ludwigshafen am Rhein	Government	47	podcaster.de	83
53	KOMMUNALPerspektive \| Die ungewöhnlichste Fraktionsgemeinschaft Deutschlands	Christian Erhardt	Government	79	Podigee	59
54	USA	Alexander Kluge	Government	14	Unknown	49
55	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	219	Spreaker	43
56	Lost im Bundestag	ARD Hauptstadtstudio	Government	5	Unknown	53
57	Talking Ghana	Talking Ghana	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
59	NETZtalk. Ein Podcast der Bundesnetzagentur.	Bundesnetzagentur	Government	6	podcaster.de	68
60	Zickler und Ketzer - leider ehrlich!	Zickler und Ketzer	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	17
61	Экономика на слух	РЭШ	Government	243	mave	89
62	Zwischen Düne und Dienstweg	Inselverwaltung Sylt	Government	10	podcaster.de	38
63	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
64	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
65	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
66	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
67	The Public Philosopher	BBC Radio 4	Government	17	BBC	33
68	OECD Podcasts	OECD	Government	165	Soundcloud	43
69	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
70	Government Transformed	Global Government Forum	Government	28	Acast	63
71	The Delegates Lounge	The Delegates Lounge LLC	Government	33	Buzzsprout	89
72	The DigiGov Podcast	Piers Kelly	Government	9	RSS.com	52
73	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
74	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
75	The Playbook	bpb	Government	7	Unknown	69
76	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
77	The Grumpy Strategists	Strategic Analysis Australia	Government	87	RSS.com	52
78	Atlantic Talk Podcast	Deutsche Atlantische Gesellschaft e.V.	Government	73	Unknown	48
79	Datenfreiheit!	Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Baden-Württemberg	Government	14	Unknown	43
80	Im Krisenmodus	Jan Jessen & Alexander Baumeister / Funke Mediengruppe	Government	171	Julep Hosting	74
81	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
82	Fritz Bauer Hörbuch	Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz	Government	6	Acast	53
83	RND Vor Ort	RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland	Government	9	Julep Hosting	43
84	Prepared, not Panicked: The Health Crisis Podcast	EU Commission - Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (DG HERA)	Government	15	Spotify for Podcasters	37
85	AUF DEM RADAR	Verfassungsschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen	Government	1	Podigee	53
86	Food for Europe	European Commission, Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development	Government	219	Soundcloud	53
87	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
88	Przysposobienie Obronne	Gazeta Wyborcza	Government	57	Unknown	38
89	CDU Bremen-Stadt	Simon Zeimke	Government	29	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	Rescue Swimmer Mindset Podcast	Two Former USCG Rescue Swimmers	Government	102	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
91	Was ist die EU?	Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung	Government	10	podcaster.de	49
92	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
93	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
94	Abgehört	Bayerisches Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz	Government	20	podcaster.de	94
95	Building State Capability Podcast	Building State Capability at Harvard University	Government	78	Simplecast	52
96	The Europol Podcast	Europol	Government	30	Springcast	68
97	KenFM: Positionen - Politik verstehen	KenFM	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	32
98	Sig det' løgn	RADIO IIII	Government	218	Omny Studio	38
99	Carte d'identités : Israéliens	RFI	Government & Organizations	10	Audiomeans	73
100	FISCH oder FLEISCH	Anja Muhle	Government	3	Unknown	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Germany

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