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 12 Feb 2026

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02/12/2026

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Episodes: 248

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:45:41

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Stanford Psychology (2 shows)

4. Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein (1 shows)

5. Soziale Arbeit – NXT Hochschule Reutlingen (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (21 shows)

2. Podigee (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	41	Podigee	79
2	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	330	Spotify for Podcasters	22
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
4	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	35	Podigee	48
5	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	48	Buzzsprout	42
6	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	197	LetsCast.fm	63
9	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	149	Spreaker	43
10	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	44	Buzzsprout	47
11	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	58
12	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Kaiser und Fabian Eggert	Science	53	Podigee	53
13	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	79	Libsyn	37
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	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	38
18	Mobility Club	Isabella Waldorf, Santiago Álvarez-Ossorio Martínez, Friederike Beck, Athanasia Karalakou	Science	7	RSS.com	69
19	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
20	Noch nicht fertig - Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	110	Podigee	69
21	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	209	Spotify for Podcasters	32
22	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	137	Spotify for Podcasters	48
23	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
24	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	35	Podigee	38
25	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	42
26	Hilfe Trauma!	Alexandra Schmidt-Wenzel, Fachhochschule Potsdam	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	63
27	One and a half sportsmen	Dr. Christian Theis & Prof. Dr. Tim Bindel	Science	61	Podigee	74
28	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
29	KrimSchnack - Der Kriminologie-Podcast	Annelie und Marie	Science	77	Podigee	48
30	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
31	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Science	197	Megaphone	59
32	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
33	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Education	243	Buzzsprout	48
34	Psychotalk - Psychologie für jeden Tag	Julian	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
35	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
36	Alles nur Zufall? Verschwörungstheorien verstehen	Anja Haufe	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
37	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
38	Thüringen 2024 - Was wäre, wenn?	Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, hauseins, Verfassungsblog	Science	7	Podigee	73
39	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
40	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
41	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
42	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
43	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
45	SozialGestaltung - Der Podcast	SozialGestaltung GmbH	Science	117	LetsCast.fm	53
46	ربط البحث الإجتماعي بالمجتمع	د. ساري حنفي	Science	99	Captivate	73
47	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
48	Pädagogik	Maria Piskun	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	33
49	RECHTaktuell – Der Podcast	MANZ Verlag	Science	37	Simplecast	62
50	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
51	Recht hören. Der ecolex-Podcast	Thomas Rabl, Markus Schrom, MANZ Verlag	Science	24	Simplecast	52
52	Psychology of Love	unknown_author	Science	2	Libsyn	68
53	Roundtable Osteuropa	ZOiS Berlin	Science	66	Podigee	48
54	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
55	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
56	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
57	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
58	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	PsychKnowledge	Dr. Franziska Czens, Prof. Dr. Madiha Rana	Science	25	Podigee	49
60	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
61	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
62	Auf den Grund!	Udo Di Fabio, Forschungskolleg normative Gesellschaftsgrundlagen, Bonn	Science	15	Podigee	69
63	Society@Space	Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS)	Science	11	podcaster.de	74
64	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
65	FotoPsychoLogisch	Joachim Feigl	Science	90	Buzzsprout	68
66	Kritische Zukunftsforschung	Jonas Drechsel & Johannes Kleske	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	48
67	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
68	In bester Gesellschaft: Warum (nicht) Soziologie studieren?	Nick Schmitt, Tom Horne und Prof. Stefan Kühl	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
69	Wie poetisch ist die Wissenschaft	Alexander Kluge	Science	21	Unknown	59
70	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
71	Radio Marc Bloch	Centre Marc Bloch	Science	98	Ausha	59
72	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	95	Acast	69
73	Soziale Arbeit – Mehr als nur Kaffeetrinken?!	Soziale Arbeit – NXT Hochschule Reutlingen	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	58
74	The Divergence Department	The Divergence Department	Science	15	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Enemy Encounters	RTG Ambivalent Enmity	Science	10	Podbean	48
76	Über Rechtsextremismus reden	Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung	Science	2	podcaster.de	79
77	Droit international des institutions - Samantha Besson	Collège de France	Science	144	Collège de France	43
78	Diálogo Revolucionário	Cláudia Soeiro	Science	53	Buzzsprout	53
79	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
80	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
81	Res publica/Demos/جمهور/ دموس	Hesam Salamat حسام سلامت	Science	216	RedCircle	58
82	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
83	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
84	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	505	Substack	53
85	In der Wirtschaft - der Podcast	Martin Middelanis, Felix Roll, Julia C. Cremer, Rudolf Faininger	Science	98	Podigee	69
86	The Future of Work Podcast	International Labour Organization	Science	92	Unknown	48
87	Anders als du denkst. Der Podcast zu Sozialthemen.	Behinderten-Werk Main-Kinzig e.V.	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	22
88	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	Matrix Podcast	Social Science Matrix	Science	110	Libsyn	68
90	5 Minuten Kriminologie	Felix Bode	Science	58	podcaster.de	79
91	La Suite dans les idées Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
92	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22
93	PRIF talk	PRIF	Science	16	Unknown	53
94	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	184	Buzzsprout	37
95	WortMelder	Andrea Radtke, Carmen Voigt und Aileen Pinkert, Universität Erfurt	Science	24	Unknown	53
96	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1912	Megaphone	59
97	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	Pique Action	Science	8	Unknown	27
98	Media Education Podcast - MEduPod	Stefan Aufenanger	Science	36	Podbean	41
99	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
100	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	56	Acast	38

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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