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 Dec 2025

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12/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 191

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:42:14

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Alexander Kluge (2 shows)

3. Marshall Poe (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 (19 shows)

2. Podigee (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Unknown (10 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	46	Podigee	79
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	204	LetsCast.fm	63
4	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	49	Buzzsprout	42
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	36	Podigee	48
7	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	155	Spreaker	38
8	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	47	Buzzsprout	47
9	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
10	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
11	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	380	Spotify for Podcasters	22
12	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
13	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
14	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	80	Libsyn	37
15	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
16	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	21
17	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
18	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
19	Energie-Experten	EKZ-Energieberatung	Science	156	Captivate	79
20	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
21	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
22	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
23	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
24	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
25	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	37
26	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
27	5 Minuten Kriminologie	Felix Bode	Science	60	podcaster.de	73
28	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
29	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	216	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	Drittstimme - der Podcast zum politischen System Deutschlands	Prof. Dr. Stefan Marschall	Science	35	podcaster.de	32
31	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	37	Podigee	38
32	Soziale Arbeit \| Fachgespräche OST	OST – Departement Soziale Arbeit	Science	20	Podigee	43
33	In bester Gesellschaft: Warum (nicht) Soziologie studieren?	Nick Schmitt, Tom Horne und Prof. Stefan Kühl	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
34	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	243	Megaphone	42
35	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
36	Wie poetisch ist die Wissenschaft	Alexander Kluge	Science	21	Unknown	59
37	Confronting Hierarchies: A Podcast on Decoloniality, Peace, and Conflict	Arnold Bergstraesser Institute / Postcolonial Hierarchies Project	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	42
38	Angelesen! Audio-Buchjournal des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	58
39	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	184	Buzzsprout	37
40	Empowercast	Anna und Pia	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	38
41	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	60	Acast	38
42	因锤思庭	法师黄大仙	Science	58	Ximalaya	53
43	Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	117	Podigee	63
44	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
45	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Gergs und Fabian Eggert	Science	54	Podigee	53
46	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
47	Гутенберг позвонит	Ксения Лученко	Science	7	Pinecast	69
48	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
49	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
50	FotoPsychoLogisch	Joachim Feigl	Science	94	Buzzsprout	68
51	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
52	Good Impact - Unsere Artikel zum Hören	Good Impact Magazin	Science	71	podcaster.de	83
53	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
54	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
55	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
56	Bildung Einfach! Der Podcast®	Dozententeam Sophia Montag & Thomas G. Montag	Science	203	Spotify for Podcasters	17
57	LahmeLive - Dein BeziehungsPodcast	Sabine Lahme	Science	72	Podigee	58
58	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
60	KrimSchnack - Der Kriminologie-Podcast	Annelie und Marie	Science	77	Podigee	48
61	Migration im Fokus.	Sachverständigenrat für Integration und Migration (SVR)	Science	10	podcaster.de	79
62	Junger DBSH Podcast	Junger DBSH	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
64	Personality Psychology Podcast	personalitypsychologypodcast	Science	63	Podbean	37
65	The Counselling Psychology Lens	Mary	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	37
66	Thüringen 2024 - Was wäre, wenn?	Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, hauseins, Verfassungsblog	Science	7	Podigee	73
67	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	139	Spotify for Podcasters	48
68	BredowCast	Leibniz Institut für Medienforschung \| Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)	Science	117	Unknown	53
69	Focus op Wetenschap	NPO Luister / NTR	Science	163	Unknown	59
70	Roundtable Osteuropa	ZOiS Berlin	Science	67	Podigee	48
71	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
72	Graukaue 1	Graukaue	Science	44	Unknown	53
73	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
74	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
75	More than a Feeling: Gefühle und Gesellschaft	SFB Affective Societies	Science	10	Unknown	43
76	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	32
77	Qualitative Sozialforschung	Nina Weimann-Sandig	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	58
78	Auf ein Wort - Jüngeres Semester trifft älteres Semester	Auf ein Wort	Science	28	Spotify for Podcasters	58
79	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
80	METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich	Metis	Science	63	Buzzsprout	73
81	Sci_Burst	Sci_Burst	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	63
82	Das Stichwort	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft	Science	13	Unknown	53
83	PsychKnowledge	Dr. Franziska Czens, Prof. Dr. Madiha Rana	Science	25	Podigee	49
85	China Connect	China Competence Training Center	Science	13	Unknown	79
86	Mixed Feelings	Polina Aronson, CRC "Affective Societies" at Freie Universität Berlin	Science	3	Unknown	54
87	Die Fakten dicke! Der GESIS Podcast	Lydia Repke, Sophie Zervos, Claudia O'Donovan-Bellante	Science	11	Podigee	48
88	Behind the Science - Der IKG Podcast	Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt und Gewaltforschung	Science	6	podcaster.de	58
89	RFBerlin Podcast Series	RFBerlin	Science	25	Buzzsprout	62
90	Decolonising Social Work Field Education	Decolonising Social Work Field Education Podcast	Science	11	RedCircle	58
91	Chercheur.es	Chercheur.es Podcast	Science	15	RSS.com	62
92	Alles nur Zufall? Verschwörungstheorien verstehen	Anja Haufe	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
93	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
94	PolitikWissen	Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck	Science	48	Podigee	53
95	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
96	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
97	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2307	Acast	28
98	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
99	Психологія корупції	Суспільне Мовлення	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	53
100	SozialGestaltung - Der Podcast	SozialGestaltung GmbH	Science	124	LetsCast.fm	53

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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