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 06 Dec 2025

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12/06/2025

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Episodes: 232

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:43:01

Top 5 authors

1. France Inter (3 shows)

2. Alexander Kluge (2 shows)

3. Stanford Psychology (2 shows)

4. New Books Network (2 shows)

5. OeAD Österreichs Agentur für Bildung und Internationalisierung (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (19 shows)

2. Podigee (14 shows)

3. Unknown (14 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	41	Podigee	79
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	35	Podigee	48
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	48	Buzzsprout	42
6	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	58
7	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
8	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	149	Spreaker	43
9	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	44	Buzzsprout	47
10	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	198	LetsCast.fm	63
11	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
12	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
13	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	79	Libsyn	37
14	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	332	Spotify for Podcasters	22
15	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
16	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
17	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
21	Soziale Arbeit \| Fachgespräche OST	OST – Departement Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Podigee	43
22	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
23	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	35	Podigee	38
24	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3744	Megaphone	59
25	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	57	Acast	38
27	5 Minuten Kriminologie	Felix Bode	Science	58	podcaster.de	79
28	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
29	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Kaiser und Fabian Eggert	Science	53	Podigee	53
30	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
31	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	21
32	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	42
33	PolitikWissen	Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck	Science	48	Podigee	53
34	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
35	KrimSchnack - Der Kriminologie-Podcast	Annelie und Marie	Science	77	Podigee	48
36	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
37	Soziale Arbeit – Mehr als nur Kaffeetrinken?!	Soziale Arbeit – NXT Hochschule Reutlingen	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	58
38	REICH & NACHHALTIG - Der Podcast mit Kersten Reich	Westend Verlag	Science	20	podcaster.de	52
39	Thüringen 2024 - Was wäre, wenn?	Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, hauseins, Verfassungsblog	Science	7	Podigee	73
40	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
41	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2257	Acast	28
42	Hilfe Trauma!	Alexandra Schmidt-Wenzel, Fachhochschule Potsdam	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	63
43	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	137	Spotify for Podcasters	48
44	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	184	Buzzsprout	37
45	Psychotalk - Psychologie für jeden Tag	Julian	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
46	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
47	Annex Sociology Podcast	unknown_author	Science	10	Unknown	32
48	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
49	METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich	Metis	Science	63	Buzzsprout	73
50	Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung (GKV) - Krise des Gesundheitssystems	KOHLHEPP WPG	Science	21	Spotify for Podcasters	58
51	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
52	lautdenken Details temporarily unavailable	Stephanie Birkner und Lars Hochmann	Society & Culture	39	Unknown	59
53	Soziale Arbeit als Wissenschaft und Profession HD	Regula Dällenbach, Esteban Piñeiro (Modulleitung)	Science & Medicine	15	Unknown	33
54	Talking Bodies	Dr. Silva Ladewig, Dr. Jana Bressem	Science	49	Acast	74
55	L'inconscient Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
57	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
58	Algoritmi și adicție	Raluca Durbacă și Mădălina Muscă	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	43
59	Talk On — Debates in Anthropology	Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology	Science	14	podcaster.de	58
60	Ethnographic Imagination Basel	Basel Social Anthropology	Science	25	Spotify for Podcasters	32
61	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
62	Pädagogik&Pinot	Fea Finger & Sarah Bauer	Science	148	Podigee	49
63	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
64	Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy Audiobook	Friedrich A. Hayek	Science	8	Unknown	48
65	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
66	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	SoWi-Technik (Maschinen & Soziologie)	Diego & René	Science & Medicine	41	Spotify for Podcasters	33
68	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
69	BredowCast	Leibniz Institut für Medienforschung \| Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)	Science	27	Unknown	53
70	Alter, was geht?	Elmar Stracke	Science	54	podcaster.de	43
71	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	209	Spotify for Podcasters	32
72	Welt im Ohr	OeAD Österreichs Agentur für Bildung und Internationalisierung	Science	218	Podigee	49
73	SozialGestaltung - Der Podcast	SozialGestaltung GmbH	Science	118	LetsCast.fm	53
74	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
75	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
76	tuwort	tuwort-Crew	Science	51	Unknown	42
77	Wolna Amerykanka	Małgorzata Zachara-Szymańska, Vogue Polska	Science	20	Captivate	73
78	Fokus JA - Der Podcast zum Forschungsvorhaben Fokus Jugendamt.	Fokus Jugendamt	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	37
79	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Science	197	Megaphone	59
80	The Animal Turn	Claudia Hirtenfelder	Science	113	Buzzsprout	58
81	La chronique de Caroline Goldman Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
82	More than a Feeling: Gefühle und Gesellschaft	SFB Affective Societies	Science	10	Unknown	43
83	хтознаяк з Анною Шийчук	Urban Space Radio	Science	42	Unknown	58
84	(Un)Lösbare Probleme? – (Un)Solvable Problems?	Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung	Science	12	Unknown	48
85	Wie poetisch ist die Wissenschaft	Alexander Kluge	Science	21	Unknown	59
86	One and a half sportsmen	Dr. Christian Theis & Prof. Dr. Tim Bindel	Science	61	Podigee	74
87	Alles nur Zufall? Verschwörungstheorien verstehen	Anja Haufe	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
88	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
89	"rehalitätsnah" - ein Wissenschaftspodcast mit Dr. Marco Streibelt	Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund	Science	42	Podigee	68
90	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
91	Anthropology on Air	Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen	Science	25	Simplecast	58
92	Recht hören. Der ecolex-Podcast	Thomas Rabl, Markus Schrom, MANZ Verlag	Science	24	Simplecast	52
93	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
94	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
95	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
96	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Energie-Experten	EKZ-Energieberatung	Science	144	Captivate	79
99	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
100	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	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.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in Germany.
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