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 02 Apr 2026

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04/02/2026

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Episodes: 144

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:43:55

Top 5 authors

1. Alexander Kluge (3 shows)

2. France Culture (2 shows)

3. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (2 shows)

4. Stanford Psychology (2 shows)

5. ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (20 shows)

2. Podigee (15 shows)

3. Unknown (13 shows)

4. podcaster.de (7 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	711	Simplecast	48
4	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	331	Spotify for Podcasters	22
5	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	48	Buzzsprout	42
6	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	44	Buzzsprout	47
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	34	Unknown	38
9	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
10	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	149	Spreaker	43
11	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	35	Podigee	48
12	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	79	Libsyn	37
13	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
14	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
15	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	58
16	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Kaiser und Fabian Eggert	Science	53	Podigee	53
17	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	42
18	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
19	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
20	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
21	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
22	Wie poetisch ist die Wissenschaft	Alexander Kluge	Science	21	Unknown	59
23	"rehalitätsnah" - ein Wissenschaftspodcast mit Dr. Marco Streibelt	Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund	Science	42	Podigee	68
24	Psychotalk - Psychologie für jeden Tag	Julian	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
25	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	184	Buzzsprout	37
26	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
27	Europa, unbeschriebenes Blatt	Alexander Kluge	Science	34	Unknown	53
28	Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy Audiobook	Friedrich A. Hayek	Science	8	Unknown	48
29	Die Money Profiler	Daniel Butscher & Eske Bockelmann	Science	48	Unknown	43
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
31	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	35	Podigee	38
32	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	56	Acast	38
33	Angelesen! Audio-Buchjournal des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	58
34	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	38
35	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
36	Questions du soir : l'idée Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	22	N/A	N/A
37	Der Preis ist heiß – Der ökonomische Klimapodcast	Denkfabrik R21	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	17
38	Blume & Ince - 2 Stimmen, 4 Kulturen	Prof. Dr. Inan Ince, Dr. Michael Blume	Science	63	Podigee	53
39	Tür- und Angelgespräche	Projekt DiaGU in Zusammenarbeit mit Mariana Friedrich	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	53
40	Pädagogik & Psychologie Abi	Josua Schmider	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	38
41	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
42	ReDICo: The Podcast for Digital Interculturality	The ReDICo Research Co-operative	Science	15	LetsCast.fm	48
43	What/Next	Lehrstuhl für Planungstheorie	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	63
44	Sociologie du travail créateur - Pierre-Michel Menger	Collège de France	Science	140	Collège de France	43
45	Talk Social Science To Me	Talk Social Science To Me	Science	20	Unknown	42
46	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
47	Angegraben	Der Buddler	Science	4	Unknown	59
48	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
49	La Suite dans les idées Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
50	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
51	Counseling.Professionals. Der Familienberatungs-Podcast	Maik Sawatzki und Mathias Berg	Science	10	Podigee	42
52	Konfliktgespräche	Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung	Science	21	podcaster.de	74
53	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
54	Digitaler Anstoß – Der Podcast für die Digitale Gesellschaft	Initiative D21 e. V.	Science	9	Podigee	78
55	Terribly and Terrifyingly Normal?	Nicola Quaedvlieg and Alette Smeulers	Science	33	Spotify for Podcasters	38
56	Talk On — Debates in Anthropology	Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology	Science	14	podcaster.de	58
57	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
58	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
59	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	137	Spotify for Podcasters	48
60	5 Minuten Kriminologie	Felix Bode	Science	58	podcaster.de	79
61	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
62	Recht Ordentlich	Daniel Andrae/Thomas M. Schimmel	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	53
63	The IR thinker	Martin Zubko	Science	131	Acast	73
64	angesprochen	Zürcher Kompetenzzentrum für Linguistik	Science & Medicine	32	Unknown	49
65	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
66	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	209	Spotify for Podcasters	32
67	The Science of Self	Peter Hollins	Science	245	Captivate	53
68	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
69	Multilateralism UNpacked	United Nations University Centre for Policy Research	Science	13	Captivate	63
70	The Developmental	Alis Anagnostakis (Ph.D.)	Science	23	Substack	64
71	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
72	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	ZMO kitchen talks	Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient	Science	16	Podigee	53
74	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
75	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
76	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
77	Ö1 Kontext	ORF Ö1	Science	6	Unknown	43
78	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22
79	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
80	Roundtable Osteuropa	ZOiS Berlin	Science	66	Podigee	48
81	Common Concerns	Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology	Science	9	podcaster.de	59
82	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
83	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
84	Voices: The EISA Podcast	EISA	Science	44	Podigee	53
85	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Science	197	Megaphone	59
86	Thüringen 2024 - Was wäre, wenn?	Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, hauseins, Verfassungsblog	Science	7	Podigee	73
87	Kritische Zukunftsforschung	Jonas Drechsel & Johannes Kleske	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	48
88	ASD-Wissen	BAG ASD e.V.	Science	7	Unknown	43
89	Political Science? No problem et al.!	Viktor Burgi & Julius Kölzer	Science	8	podcaster.de	59
90	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
91	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
92	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
93	Psychosozial mitgedacht	Jana Körner; Natalia Weber	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	58
94	Matrix Podcast	Social Science Matrix	Science	110	Libsyn	68
95	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
96	In der Wirtschaft - der Podcast	Martin Middelanis, Felix Roll, Julia C. Cremer, Rudolf Faininger	Science	98	Podigee	69
97	Conceptions of Press Freedom Details temporarily unavailable	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
99	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	21
100	Chercheur.es	Chercheur.es Podcast	Science	13	RSS.com	62

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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