Apple Podcast Rankings - Germany - Social Sciences

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 Jan 2026

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01/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 190

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:43:51

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (2 shows)

3. Juan Ramón Rallo (1 shows)

4. France Culture (1 shows)

5. Alexander Kluge (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (22 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

3. Podigee (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Unknown (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	46	Podigee	79
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	380	Spotify for Podcasters	22
4	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	204	LetsCast.fm	63
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	49	Buzzsprout	42
7	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	36	Podigee	48
8	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
9	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
10	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	80	Libsyn	37
11	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Gergs und Fabian Eggert	Science	54	Podigee	53
12	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
13	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
14	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
15	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	155	Spreaker	38
18	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	47	Buzzsprout	47
19	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
20	Good Impact - Unsere Artikel zum Hören	Good Impact Magazin	Science	71	podcaster.de	83
21	Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	117	Podigee	63
22	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
23	Niklas Luhmann – Die Wissenschaft der Gesellschaft \| #lesemontag	Lesemontag	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
24	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
25	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	32
26	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
27	FotoPsychoLogisch	Joachim Feigl	Science	94	Buzzsprout	68
28	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
29	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
30	SICHTBAR HÖRBAR	... der Podcast des Fachbereichs Soziologie & Sozialgeographie an der Universität Salzburg	Science	28	LetsCast.fm	58
31	Geoeconomic Competition	Francesca Ghiretti	Science	65	Buzzsprout	52
32	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
33	Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy Audiobook	Friedrich A. Hayek	Science	8	Unknown	48
34	Thüringen 2024 - Was wäre, wenn?	Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, hauseins, Verfassungsblog	Science	7	Podigee	73
35	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
36	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
37	Keynes and Keynesianism	unknown_author	Science	6	Unknown	38
38	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
39	SoWi-Technik (Maschinen & Soziologie)	Diego & René	Science & Medicine	41	Spotify for Podcasters	33
40	Scales of Change	Future Ecologies	Science	10	Captivate	79
41	Keynes y Hayek	Jelou Soi Ibet	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
42	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
43	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	216	Spotify for Podcasters	32
44	Alles nur Zufall? Verschwörungstheorien verstehen	Anja Haufe	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
45	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
46	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2307	Acast	28
47	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	139	Spotify for Podcasters	48
48	In der Wirtschaft - der Podcast	Martin Middelanis, Felix Roll, Julia C. Cremer, Rudolf Faininger	Science	98	Podigee	69
49	Hilfe Trauma!	Alexandra Schmidt-Wenzel, Fachhochschule Potsdam	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	63
50	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
51	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
52	Drittstimme - der Podcast zum politischen System Deutschlands	Prof. Dr. Stefan Marschall	Science	35	podcaster.de	32
53	La Suite dans les idées Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
54	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
55	Doing Time, Talking Crime	Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law	Science	34	podcaster.de	43
56	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
57	SoWi'n Podcast	Fachschaft SoWiSo \| Maxi ohne i	Science	5	podcaster.de	53
58	Power In Play	Power In Play	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	59
59	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	243	Megaphone	42
60	angesprochen	Zürcher Kompetenzzentrum für Linguistik	Science & Medicine	32	Unknown	49
61	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
62	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
63	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
64	In bester Gesellschaft: Warum (nicht) Soziologie studieren?	Nick Schmitt, Tom Horne und Prof. Stefan Kühl	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
65	Roundtable Osteuropa	ZOiS Berlin	Science	67	Podigee	48
66	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
67	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
68	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
69	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
70	Audioreportage Klassismusforschung	Anna Feder	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	27
71	Rethink Economics	VWelles Rethinking Economics	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	33
72	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	229	Spotify for Podcasters	32
73	Psychotalk - Psychologie für jeden Tag	Julian	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
74	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
75	Бывший лектор	Татьяна Хоруженко	Science	30	Podster.fm	53
76	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
77	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	37	Podigee	38
78	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
79	Two Money Lovers 經濟學不是萬能但有用	季凡 & 翔蛇	Science	167	Firstory	58
80	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	21
81	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
82	Pädagogik&Pinot	Fea Finger & Sarah Bauer	Science	151	Podigee	49
83	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
84	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	284	Megaphone	38
85	Wir leisten uns Gesellschaft - Der soziologische Podcast von Berthold Vogel und Julia Kropf	Berthold Vogel, Julia Kropf	Science	28	podcaster.de	58
86	Naturalistic Decision Making	Brian Moon and Laura Militello	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	Fromm Today	Erich Fromm Study Center an der IPU Berlin	Science	8	Podigee	49
88	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
89	Energie-Experten	EKZ-Energieberatung	Science	156	Captivate	79
90	sozial.audio - Der Podcast von einem Sozialarbeiter, über Soziale Arbeit mit Matthias Palm	Sozialwissenschaftler und Sozialarbeiter, Kolleginnen und Kollegen aus Theorie und Praxis, geben Einblicke in die Soziale Arbeit, aktuelle Sozialpolitische Themen und aktuelle Themen aus Forschung und Wissenschaft.	Science	17	Unknown	42
91	Soziale Arbeit – Mehr als nur Kaffeetrinken?!	Soziale Arbeit – NXT Hochschule Reutlingen	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	58
92	Datenliebe: Der Datenmanagement-Podcast des Verbund Forschungsdaten Bildung	Verbund Forschungsdaten Bildung	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	32
93	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
94	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
95	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
96	Angegraben	Der Buddler	Science	4	Unknown	59
97	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
98	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
99	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
100	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Germany

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