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 15 Aug 2026

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08/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 217

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:43:09

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Alexander Kluge (2 shows)

4. That UFO Podcast (1 shows)

5. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

3. Podigee (11 shows)

4. Unknown (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 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	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	330	Spotify for Podcasters	22
5	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	44	Buzzsprout	47
6	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	35	Podigee	48
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	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	58
10	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	179	Spotify for Podcasters	32
11	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	56	Acast	38
12	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
13	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
14	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Kaiser und Fabian Eggert	Science	53	Podigee	53
15	Klasse trifft Gesellschaft	Ramona Wuttig	Science	9	RSS.com	52
16	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
17	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	79	Libsyn	37
18	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
19	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	149	Spreaker	43
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
22	RFBerlin Podcast Series	RFBerlin	Science	25	Buzzsprout	62
23	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
24	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
25	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
26	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
27	Noch nicht fertig - Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	110	Podigee	69
28	PolitikWissen	Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck	Science	48	Podigee	53
29	49W	49W	Science	492	Spotify for Podcasters	28
30	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
31	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
32	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
33	Bildung Einfach! Der Podcast®	Dozententeam Sophia Montag & Thomas G. Montag	Science	200	Spotify for Podcasters	17
34	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
35	Geoeconomic Competition	Francesca Ghiretti	Science	62	Buzzsprout	52
36	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
37	Doing Time, Talking Crime	Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law	Science	34	podcaster.de	43
38	State of Talk Details temporarily unavailable	ISCA	Science	10	Unknown	49
39	The Carbon Connection	The Carbon Almanac Network	Science	41	Captivate	68
40	Découvrir la science politique	UCLouvain	Science	6	Podcastics	79
41	SozialGestaltung - Der Podcast	SozialGestaltung GmbH	Science	117	LetsCast.fm	53
42	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	42
43	GERDEA-Podcast	Forschungsverbund GERDEA	Science	4	RSS.com	68
44	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
45	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
46	REICH & NACHHALTIG - Der Podcast mit Kersten Reich	Westend Verlag	Science	20	podcaster.de	52
47	Amateur Psychology - Tay mơ học đời bằng Tâm lý học	Nguyen Doan Minh Thu	Science	104	Spotify for Podcasters	58
48	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
49	Empirisch denken — damit wir wissen, was wir tun	Der Methodenkompass	Science	55	Spotify for Podcasters	37
50	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
51	Production Site - The Podcast about the Societal Negotiation of Migration	Collaborative Research Centre "Production of Migration" (SFB 1604)	Science	7	Podigee	32
52	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
53	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
54	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
55	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
56	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
57	Meaning Lab	Cody Kommers	Science	121	Substack	64
58	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	137	Spotify for Podcasters	48
59	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
60	PsychKnowledge	Dr. Franziska Czens, Prof. Dr. Madiha Rana	Science	25	Podigee	49
61	Diskurspunkt Podcast	Diskurspunkt	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
62	FotoPsychoLogisch	Joachim Feigl	Science	90	Buzzsprout	68
63	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
64	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
65	"rehalitätsnah" - ein Wissenschaftspodcast mit Dr. Marco Streibelt	Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund	Science	42	Podigee	68
66	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
67	Fromm Today	Erich Fromm Study Center an der IPU Berlin	Science	8	Podigee	49
68	Traumstation	Traumstation	Science	330	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	Percepticon.de	Matthias Schulze	Science	49	Blubrry Podcasting	53
70	Audioreportage Klassismusforschung	Anna Feder	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
71	African Cities	African Cities Research Consortium	Science	34	Buzzsprout	68
72	Shrink Space	Rob Patterson, Ph.D. David Colarossi, Ph.D.	Science	78	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
74	Esprit de justice Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	10	N/A	N/A
75	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	209	Spotify for Podcasters	32
76	Statistik zum Mitnehmen	Johannes Martin	Science	13	podcaster.de	74
77	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	35	Podigee	38
78	Psychotrip - Reise durch die Welt der Psychologie	Stephanie Sievers & Roland Beintner	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	Migration im Fokus.	Sachverständigenrat für Integration und Migration (SVR)	Science	10	podcaster.de	79
80	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
81	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	34	Podomatic	53
82	Angegraben	Der Buddler	Science	4	Unknown	59
83	appropriate	SFB TRR 294Strukturwandel des Eigentums	Science	22	Unknown	79
84	Wissenswelle	Universität Hamburg	Science	30	Unknown	48
85	Podcasting Populism – Aktuelle Diskussionen über einen strittigen Gegenstand	Podcasting Populism	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	42
86	Wolna Amerykanka	Małgorzata Zachara-Szymańska, Vogue Polska	Science	20	Captivate	73
87	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
88	Wie poetisch ist die Wissenschaft	Alexander Kluge	Science	21	Unknown	59
89	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
90	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
91	Ö1 Kontext	ORF Ö1	Science	6	Unknown	43
92	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
93	Between Heat and Hope	climatelitigation.uva.nl	Science	11	RSS.com	68
94	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
95	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
96	Hear This Idea	Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti	Science	90	Pinecast	79
97	Kontrapovijest	Hrvoje Klasić	Science	60	Transistor	53
98	Pflege: Diagnose Unmenschlich	Roland Karner	Science	50	LetsCast.fm	53
99	Onder Planologen	Peter Pelzer, Lilian van Karnenbeek & Jannes Willems	Science	17	Buzzsprout	62
100	Coloured Souls	Jamie Gladstone	Science	16	Buzzsprout	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Germany

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