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 16 Mar 2026

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03/16/2026

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Episodes: 187

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:43:55

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr (2 shows)

3. MONDFUNK (1 shows)

4. Social-Engineer, LLC (1 shows)

5. Prof. Dr. Stefan Marschall (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (24 shows)

2. Podigee (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 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	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	379	Spotify for Podcasters	22
4	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	36	Podigee	48
5	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
6	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	49	Buzzsprout	42
7	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	155	Spreaker	38
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	204	LetsCast.fm	63
10	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	80	Libsyn	37
11	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	47	Buzzsprout	47
12	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Gergs und Fabian Eggert	Science	54	Podigee	53
15	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
16	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	58
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
18	Psychotalk - Psychologie für jeden Tag	Julian	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
19	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
20	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
21	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
22	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
23	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
24	Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	117	Podigee	63
25	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
26	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
27	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
28	Angelesen! Audio-Buchjournal des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	58
29	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
30	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	139	Spotify for Podcasters	48
31	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
32	La Suite dans les idées Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
33	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
34	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
35	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	21
36	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	60	Acast	38
37	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
38	Drittstimme - der Podcast zum politischen System Deutschlands	Prof. Dr. Stefan Marschall	Science	35	podcaster.de	32
39	King Louie	Lukas und Lutz	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	53
40	Alles nur Zufall? Verschwörungstheorien verstehen	Anja Haufe	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
41	Media Education Podcast - MEduPod	Stefan Aufenanger	Science	36	Podbean	41
42	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
43	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
44	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
45	Martin Eden – Plein Cadre	Martin Eden	Science	182	Ausha	32
46	ISS Truppenbesuch	Prof. Dr. Gerlinde Groitl	Science	4	Podigee	74
48	5 Minuten Kriminologie	Felix Bode	Science	60	podcaster.de	73
49	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
50	Thüringen 2024 - Was wäre, wenn?	Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, hauseins, Verfassungsblog	Science	7	Podigee	73
51	Kontrapovijest	Hrvoje Klasić	Science	60	Transistor	53
52	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
53	Soziale Arbeit – Mehr als nur Kaffeetrinken?!	Soziale Arbeit – NXT Hochschule Reutlingen	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	58
54	SICHTBAR HÖRBAR	... der Podcast des Fachbereichs Soziologie & Sozialgeographie an der Universität Salzburg	Science	28	LetsCast.fm	58
55	The Governance Podcast	Centre for the Study of Governance and Society	Science	77	Podbean	42
56	Luftbad	Annika B	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	Roundtable Osteuropa	ZOiS Berlin	Science	67	Podigee	48
59	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	216	Spotify for Podcasters	32
60	Soziale Arbeit \| Fachgespräche OST	OST – Departement Soziale Arbeit	Science	20	Podigee	43
61	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
62	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
63	"rehalitätsnah" - ein Wissenschaftspodcast mit Dr. Marco Streibelt	Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund	Science	44	Podigee	68
64	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
65	One and a half sportsmen	Dr. Christian Theis & Prof. Dr. Tim Bindel	Science	61	Podigee	74
66	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
67	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
68	Qualitative Sozialforschung	Nina Weimann-Sandig	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	58
69	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
70	miłosz brzeziński	miłosz brzeziński	Science	29	Spreaker	49
71	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
72	Drehpunkt IT-Sicherheit	Oliver Schonschek	Science	4	Transistor	59
73	49W	49W	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	In der Wirtschaft - der Podcast	Martin Middelanis, Felix Roll, Julia C. Cremer, Rudolf Faininger	Science	98	Podigee	69
75	Wissen schafft lehrKRAFT	Dr. Jennifer Karnes	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	33
76	Pädagogik&Pinot	Fea Finger & Sarah Bauer	Science	151	Podigee	49
77	Urban Radar	Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry	Science	37	Buzzsprout	83
78	The World Stage	NUPI	Science	104	Acast	64
79	SoWi-Technik (Maschinen & Soziologie)	Diego & René	Science & Medicine	41	Spotify for Podcasters	33
80	angesprochen	Zürcher Kompetenzzentrum für Linguistik	Science & Medicine	32	Unknown	49
81	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	101	Unknown	58
82	Лінь читати	Спільне	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	73
83	How I Wrote This	Brett Gordon and Karen Winterich	Science	35	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2306	Acast	28
85	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
86	Pädagogisch Logisch	Denis Levi	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	53
87	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
88	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	37
89	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	171	Buzzsprout	58
90	Energie-Experten	EKZ-Energieberatung	Science	156	Captivate	79
91	Chercheur.es	Chercheur.es Podcast	Science	14	RSS.com	62
92	Blume & Ince - 2 Stimmen, 4 Kulturen	Prof. Dr. Inan Ince, Dr. Michael Blume	Science	64	Podigee	53
93	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
94	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
95	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	75	Libsyn	58
96	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
97	Bildung Einfach! Der Podcast®	Dozententeam Sophia Montag & Thomas G. Montag	Science	203	Spotify for Podcasters	17
98	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	32
99	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
100	sozial.audio - Der Podcast von einem Sozialarbeiter, über Soziale Arbeit mit Matthias Palm	Sozialwissenschaftler und Sozialarbeiter, Kolleginnen und Kollegen aus Theorie und Praxis, geben Einblicke in die Soziale Arbeit, aktuelle Sozialpolitische Themen und aktuelle Themen aus Forschung und Wissenschaft.	Science	17	Unknown	42

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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