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 08 déc. 2025

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12/08/2025

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Episodes: 191

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:42:08

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Stanford Psychology (2 shows)

3. Charles Schwab (1 shows)

4. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

5. Metis (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (21 shows)

2. Podigee (14 shows)

3. podcaster.de (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 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	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	198	LetsCast.fm	63
4	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	48	Buzzsprout	42
5	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	58
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	503	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	149	Spreaker	43
8	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	44	Buzzsprout	47
9	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	35	Podigee	48
10	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
11	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	333	Spotify for Podcasters	22
12	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	79	Libsyn	37
13	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
14	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
15	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	57	Acast	38
16	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Kaiser und Fabian Eggert	Science	53	Podigee	53
17	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
18	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
19	Soziale Arbeit \| Fachgespräche OST	OST – Departement Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Podigee	43
20	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
23	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
24	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
25	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
26	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
27	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	35	Podigee	38
28	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
29	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	137	Spotify for Podcasters	48
30	5 Minuten Kriminologie	Felix Bode	Science	58	podcaster.de	79
31	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
32	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
33	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
34	Soziale Arbeit – Mehr als nur Kaffeetrinken?!	Soziale Arbeit – NXT Hochschule Reutlingen	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	58
35	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	42
36	Talking Bodies	Dr. Silva Ladewig, Dr. Jana Bressem	Science	49	Acast	74
37	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	21
38	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
39	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
40	JurisDictions: International law podcast	T.M.C. Asser Instituut	Science	15	stationista	42
41	Computerspiele in der DDR - ein Podcast	Tobias Schindegger	Science	4	Unknown	42
42	Good Impact - Unsere Artikel zum Hören	Good Impact Magazin	Science	71	podcaster.de	83
43	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
44	Tất Tần Về Kinh Tế Học	Tất Tần Tật Về Kinh Tế Học	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	33
45	bonjour critique	bonjour critique	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	53
46	Neuroscience	trinity brooks	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	33
47	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2257	Acast	28
48	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
49	LahmeLive - Dein BeziehungsPodcast	Sabine Lahme	Science	72	Podigee	58
50	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
51	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Science	197	Megaphone	59
52	Fromm Today	Erich Fromm Study Center an der IPU Berlin	Science	8	Podigee	49
53	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
54	Миражи	Ali Wodan	Science	92	mave	94
55	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
56	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
57	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
58	PolitikWissen	Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck	Science	48	Podigee	53
59	Drittstimme - der Podcast zum politischen System Deutschlands	Prof. Dr. Stefan Marschall	Science	35	podcaster.de	32
60	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	209	Spotify for Podcasters	32
61	KrimSchnack - Der Kriminologie-Podcast	Annelie und Marie	Science	77	Podigee	48
62	Pädagogik&Pinot	Fea Finger & Sarah Bauer	Science	149	Podigee	49
63	Forschungsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit \| Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)	RIFS Potsdam	Science	63	Podigee	79
64	ReDICo: The Podcast for Digital Interculturality	The ReDICo Research Co-operative	Science	15	LetsCast.fm	48
65	Über Rechtsextremismus reden	Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung	Science	2	podcaster.de	79
66	Denkbar	Anna-Lena Schubert	Science	12	LetsCast.fm	74
67	Empowercast	Anna und Pia	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Beyond Compliance: In Conversation	Beyond Compliance	Science	18	Buzzsprout	42
69	Schön wärs	BUNDjugend RLP	Science	2	RedCircle	49
70	Conpassion	Chiara Kahn	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	53
71	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
73	Alter, was geht?	Elmar Stracke	Science	54	podcaster.de	43
74	REICH & NACHHALTIG - Der Podcast mit Kersten Reich	Westend Verlag	Science	20	podcaster.de	52
75	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
76	Thüringen 2024 - Was wäre, wenn?	Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, hauseins, Verfassungsblog	Science	7	Podigee	73
77	Hilfe Trauma!	Alexandra Schmidt-Wenzel, Fachhochschule Potsdam	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	63
78	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
79	Annex Sociology Podcast	unknown_author	Science	10	Unknown	32
80	Kritische Zukunftsforschung	Jonas Drechsel & Johannes Kleske	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich	Metis	Science	63	Buzzsprout	73
82	lautdenken Details temporarily unavailable	Stephanie Birkner und Lars Hochmann	Society & Culture	39	Unknown	59
83	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
84	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
85	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
86	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
87	Psychotalk - Psychologie für jeden Tag	Julian	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
88	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	184	Buzzsprout	37
89	SozialGestaltung - Der Podcast	SozialGestaltung GmbH	Science	118	LetsCast.fm	53
90	Alles nur Zufall? Verschwörungstheorien verstehen	Anja Haufe	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
91	Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung (GKV) - Krise des Gesundheitssystems	KOHLHEPP WPG	Science	21	Spotify for Podcasters	58
92	Soziale Arbeit als Wissenschaft und Profession HD	Regula Dällenbach, Esteban Piñeiro (Modulleitung)	Science & Medicine	15	Unknown	33
93	Cognitive Bias	The Cognitive Bias Thinkbois	Science	12	Transistor	53
94	L'inconscient Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
96	Algoritmi și adicție	Raluca Durbacă și Mădălina Muscă	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	43
97	Talk On — Debates in Anthropology	Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology	Science	14	podcaster.de	58
98	Ethnographic Imagination Basel	Basel Social Anthropology	Science	25	Spotify for Podcasters	32
99	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
100	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32

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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