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 May 2026

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05/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 259

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:43:15

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Alexander Kluge (2 shows)

4. That UFO Podcast (1 shows)

5. Zachary Elwood (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (22 shows)

2. Podigee (15 shows)

3. Unknown (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (9 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	41	Podigee	79
2	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	197	LetsCast.fm	63
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
4	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	331	Spotify for Podcasters	22
5	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	48	Buzzsprout	42
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	58
8	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	35	Podigee	48
9	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	79	Libsyn	37
10	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	44	Buzzsprout	47
13	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
14	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
15	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
16	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	137	Spotify for Podcasters	48
17	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	149	Spreaker	43
18	Energie-Experten	EKZ-Energieberatung	Science	144	Captivate	79
19	BredowCast	Leibniz Institut für Medienforschung \| Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)	Science	27	Unknown	53
20	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
21	Psychotalk - Psychologie für jeden Tag	Julian	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
22	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Kaiser und Fabian Eggert	Science	53	Podigee	53
23	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
25	Inklusion & Teilhabe	Patrick Sauter	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	63
26	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	42
27	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
28	Versionskontrolle	Katharin Tai & Caspar C. Mierau	Science	5	Unknown	53
29	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
30	Statistik zum Mitnehmen	Johannes Martin	Science	13	podcaster.de	74
31	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	209	Spotify for Podcasters	32
32	Soziale Arbeit \| Fachgespräche OST	OST – Departement Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Podigee	43
33	Alter, was geht?	Elmar Stracke	Science	54	podcaster.de	43
34	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
35	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	21
36	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
37	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	35	Podigee	38
38	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Science	197	Megaphone	59
39	ISS Truppenbesuch	Prof. Dr. Gerlinde Groitl	Science	4	Podigee	74
40	Ratio viva \| Stan umysłu	Nikodem Lewandowski	Science	21	Spotify for Podcasters	52
41	Inobhutnahme: Perspektiven & Impulse	Perspektive gGmbH	Science	6	Podigee	43
42	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
43	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
44	Angegraben	Der Buddler	Science	4	Unknown	59
45	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
46	The Natural Resources Podcast	Highgrade by Ergo	Science	27	Buzzsprout	37
47	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
48	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
49	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
51	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	38
52	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
53	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22
54	KrimSchnack - Der Kriminologie-Podcast	Annelie und Marie	Science	77	Podigee	48
55	Bildungsschnack - Der Forschungs-Podcast	Bildungsschnack	Science	20	Unknown	42
56	Europa, unbeschriebenes Blatt	Alexander Kluge	Science	34	Unknown	53
57	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
58	EU Trade Policy and the Rise of Geopolitics	Jean Monnet Chair EU Trade Policy - Prof. Joachim Schild	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Psychotrip - Reise durch die Welt der Psychologie	Stephanie Sievers & Roland Beintner	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	32
60	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
61	CIPR Engage Podcast	ciprengage	Science	23	Podbean	52
62	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
63	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
64	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
65	New Books in Communications	Marshall Poe	Science	1953	Megaphone	63
66	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
67	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
68	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
69	Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy Audiobook	Friedrich A. Hayek	Science	8	Unknown	48
70	Traumstation	Traumstation	Science	330	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	In bester Gesellschaft: Warum (nicht) Soziologie studieren?	Nick Schmitt, Tom Horne und Prof. Stefan Kühl	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
72	Der Budrich-Podcast	Barbara Budrich	Science	18	Acast	79
73	GERDEA-Podcast	Forschungsverbund GERDEA	Science	4	RSS.com	68
74	PRIF talk	PRIF	Science	16	Unknown	53
75	Thüringen 2024 - Was wäre, wenn?	Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, hauseins, Verfassungsblog	Science	7	Podigee	73
76	SICHTBAR HÖRBAR	... der Podcast des Fachbereichs Soziologie & Sozialgeographie an der Universität Salzburg	Science	27	LetsCast.fm	58
77	The Second Cold War Observatory	Jessica DiCarlo and Seth Schindler	Science	21	Simplecast	63
78	Percepticon.de	Matthias Schulze	Science	49	Blubrry Podcasting	53
79	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
80	Noch nicht fertig - Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	110	Podigee	69
81	Ba Man Harf Bezan \| پادکست با من حرف بزن	PerianBMS	Science	48	Transistor	48
82	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
83	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2253	Acast	28
84	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
85	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
86	Wissen schafft lehrKRAFT	Dr. Jennifer Karnes	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	33
87	SozialGestaltung - Der Podcast	SozialGestaltung GmbH	Science	118	LetsCast.fm	53
88	Blume & Ince - 2 Stimmen, 4 Kulturen	Prof. Dr. Inan Ince, Dr. Michael Blume	Science	63	Podigee	53
89	Graukaue 1	Graukaue	Science	44	Unknown	53
90	Drittstimme - der Podcast zum politischen System Deutschlands	Prof. Dr. Stefan Marschall	Science	35	podcaster.de	32
91	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
92	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
93	Alles nur Zufall? Verschwörungstheorien verstehen	Anja Haufe	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
94	Pädagogik&Pinot	Fea Finger & Sarah Bauer	Science	148	Podigee	49
95	Kritische Zukunftsforschung	Jonas Drechsel & Johannes Kleske	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	Dead Men Walking: Conversations on Global Norms and Institutions	IFIT	Science	5	Captivate	38
97	PolitikWissen	Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck	Science	48	Podigee	53
98	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
99	Les Aventuriers de la pensée (sciences sociales : sociologie, anthropologie, psychologie, histoire)	HD_Doc	Science	114	Spotify for Podcasters	32
100	DéPOT: Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time	Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time	Science	13	Castos	43

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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