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 09 Dec 2025

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12/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 241

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:41:51

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Stanford Psychology (2 shows)

4. SozialGestaltung GmbH (1 shows)

5. Spencer Greenberg (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (20 shows)

2. Podigee (15 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (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	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	48	Buzzsprout	42
4	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	198	LetsCast.fm	63
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	44	Buzzsprout	47
7	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	58
8	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	149	Spreaker	43
9	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
10	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	35	Podigee	48
11	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	332	Spotify for Podcasters	22
12	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
13	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	79	Libsyn	37
14	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
15	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
16	Energie-Experten	EKZ-Energieberatung	Science	144	Captivate	79
17	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Kaiser und Fabian Eggert	Science	53	Podigee	53
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
20	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
21	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	21
22	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	57	Acast	38
23	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
24	Soziale Arbeit \| Fachgespräche OST	OST – Departement Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Podigee	43
25	5 Minuten Kriminologie	Felix Bode	Science	58	podcaster.de	79
26	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
27	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
28	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	35	Podigee	38
29	Thüringen 2024 - Was wäre, wenn?	Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, hauseins, Verfassungsblog	Science	7	Podigee	73
30	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
31	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
32	PolitikWissen	Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck	Science	48	Podigee	53
33	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	42
34	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
35	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
36	One and a half sportsmen	Dr. Christian Theis & Prof. Dr. Tim Bindel	Science	61	Podigee	74
37	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
38	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
39	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3744	Megaphone	59
40	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	38
41	Anthropological Theory: A podcast created by anthropology students	Laurette McGuire	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	42
42	GWÖ-Podcast	Laura Dautaj	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
43	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
44	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
45	The Black Goat	Sanjay Srivastava, Alexa Tullett, and Simine Vazire	Science	86	Podbean	48
46	Geoeconomic Competition	Francesca Ghiretti	Science	63	Buzzsprout	52
47	La Panaméricaine	Antoine Rousseau et Marie Vesco	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Scrooge Podcast \| اسکروج پادکست	Scrooge	Science	17	Acast	58
49	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	137	Spotify for Podcasters	48
50	Broomedocs POdcast	Dr Casey Parker	Science	96	Libsyn	43
51	Soziale Arbeit – Mehr als nur Kaffeetrinken?!	Soziale Arbeit – NXT Hochschule Reutlingen	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	58
52	Computerspiele in der DDR - ein Podcast	Tobias Schindegger	Science	4	Unknown	42
53	Talking Bodies	Dr. Silva Ladewig, Dr. Jana Bressem	Science	49	Acast	74
54	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2257	Acast	28
55	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
56	JurisDictions: International law podcast	T.M.C. Asser Instituut	Science	15	stationista	42
57	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
58	PsychKnowledge	Dr. Franziska Czens, Prof. Dr. Madiha Rana	Science	25	Podigee	49
59	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
60	Good Impact - Unsere Artikel zum Hören	Good Impact Magazin	Science	71	podcaster.de	83
61	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
62	Tất Tần Về Kinh Tế Học	Tất Tần Tật Về Kinh Tế Học	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	33
63	China Connect	China Competence Training Center	Science	13	Unknown	79
64	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
65	bonjour critique	bonjour critique	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	53
66	UNBOUND	Unbound	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	33
67	Neuroscience	trinity brooks	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	33
68	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
69	Denkbar	Anna-Lena Schubert	Science	12	LetsCast.fm	74
70	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	209	Spotify for Podcasters	32
71	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
72	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
73	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
74	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Science	197	Megaphone	59
75	Drittstimme - der Podcast zum politischen System Deutschlands	Prof. Dr. Stefan Marschall	Science	35	podcaster.de	32
76	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
77	Fromm Today	Erich Fromm Study Center an der IPU Berlin	Science	8	Podigee	49
78	Empowercast	Anna und Pia	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
80	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
81	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
82	Über Rechtsextremismus reden	Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung	Science	2	podcaster.de	79
83	Forschungsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit \| Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)	RIFS Potsdam	Science	63	Podigee	79
84	ReDICo: The Podcast for Digital Interculturality	The ReDICo Research Co-operative	Science	15	LetsCast.fm	48
85	Beyond Compliance: In Conversation	Beyond Compliance	Science	18	Buzzsprout	42
86	Schön wärs	BUNDjugend RLP	Science	2	RedCircle	49
87	Conpassion	Chiara Kahn	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	53
88	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	REICH & NACHHALTIG - Der Podcast mit Kersten Reich	Westend Verlag	Science	20	podcaster.de	52
90	SozialGestaltung - Der Podcast	SozialGestaltung GmbH	Science	118	LetsCast.fm	53
91	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
92	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	184	Buzzsprout	37
93	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	593	Megaphone	53
94	KrimSchnack - Der Kriminologie-Podcast	Annelie und Marie	Science	77	Podigee	48
95	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
96	Inside Stadtrat - Der Podcast der Magdeburger Stadtratsfraktion GRÜNE/future!	Stadtratsfraktion GRÜNE/future! Magdeburg	Science	58	Unknown	32
97	Noch nicht fertig - Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	110	Podigee	69
98	METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich	Metis	Science	63	Buzzsprout	73
99	Hilfe Trauma!	Alexandra Schmidt-Wenzel, Fachhochschule Potsdam	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	63
100	Focus op Wetenschap	NPO Luister / NTR	Science	156	Unknown	59

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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