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 Oct 2026

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10/16/2026

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Episodes: 147

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:46:26

Top 5 authors

1. Alexander Kluge (2 shows)

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

3. Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett (1 shows)

4. Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes (1 shows)

5. Annelie und Marie (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (24 shows)

2. Podigee (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

4. Unknown (9 shows)

5. podcaster.de (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	45	Podigee	79
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	49	Buzzsprout	42
4	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	47	Buzzsprout	47
5	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	36	Podigee	48
6	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	203	LetsCast.fm	63
7	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
8	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	539	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	370	Spotify for Podcasters	22
10	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
11	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	59	Acast	38
12	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	80	Libsyn	37
13	Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	116	Podigee	63
14	Audioreportage Klassismusforschung	Anna Feder	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	27
15	KrimSchnack - Der Kriminologie-Podcast	Annelie und Marie	Science	77	Podigee	48
16	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	153	Spreaker	38
17	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
18	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	37
19	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
20	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
21	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
22	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
23	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
24	Klasse trifft Gesellschaft	Ramona Wuttig	Science	12	RSS.com	52
25	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	36	Podigee	38
26	5 Minuten Kriminologie	Felix Bode	Science	58	podcaster.de	73
27	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
28	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	214	Spotify for Podcasters	32
29	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
30	Angegraben	Der Buddler	Science	4	Unknown	59
31	Urban Radar	Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry	Science	37	Buzzsprout	83
32	METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich	Metis	Science	63	Buzzsprout	73
33	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
34	Alles nur Zufall? Verschwörungstheorien verstehen	Anja Haufe	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
35	Niklas Luhmann – Die Wissenschaft der Gesellschaft \| #lesemontag	Lesemontag	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
36	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
37	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
38	Empirisch denken — damit wir wissen, was wir tun	Der Methodenkompass	Science	72	Spotify for Podcasters	37
39	Power to the Bauer - Neue Wege in der Landwirtschaft	Anna Hemminger	Science	16	Podigee	48
40	WICA Podcast	Wissenschaftscampus NRW gGmbH	Science	22	Podigee	48
41	Pädagogik & Psychologie Abi	Josua Schmider	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	38
42	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
43	Drittstimme - der Podcast zum politischen System Deutschlands	Prof. Dr. Stefan Marschall	Science	35	podcaster.de	32
44	Hilfe Trauma!	Alexandra Schmidt-Wenzel, Fachhochschule Potsdam	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	63
45	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	486	Audioboom	63
46	Psychotalk - Psychologie für jeden Tag	Julian	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
47	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	74	Libsyn	58
48	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Gergs und Fabian Eggert	Science	54	Podigee	53
49	Psychotrip - Reise durch die Welt der Psychologie	Stephanie Sievers & Roland Beintner	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	32
50	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	139	Spotify for Podcasters	48
51	tuwort	tuwort-Crew	Science	52	Unknown	42
52	Pädagogik&Pinot	Fea Finger & Sarah Bauer	Science	151	Podigee	49
53	Roundtable Osteuropa	ZOiS Berlin	Science	67	Podigee	48
54	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
55	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
56	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
57	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
58	Trans Theory	Ash Paré and Yarrow Bouchard	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	33
59	angesprochen	Zürcher Kompetenzzentrum für Linguistik	Science & Medicine	32	Unknown	49
60	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
61	Psychology - Video Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Paul Bloom	Social Sciences	20	N/A	N/A
62	Psykologisk forskning	Avdelningen för psykologi, Karolinska Institutet	Science	47	Libsyn	48
63	Talk Social Science To Me	Talk Social Science To Me	Science	20	Unknown	42
64	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
66	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
67	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
68	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	21
69	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	32
70	Dans nos têtes	Noémi Martel	Science	36	Spotify for Podcasters	48
71	Sín-Tesis Podcast	Sín-Tesis Podcast	Science	38	Spotify for Podcasters	52
72	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
73	言來如此 Lingsights	國立陽明交通大學外國語文學系	Science	6	Firstory	63
74	別那麼言術啦	子權、Howard & Robin	Science	27	SoundOn	48
76	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
77	Wir leisten uns Gesellschaft - Der soziologische Podcast von Berthold Vogel und Julia Kropf	Berthold Vogel, Julia Kropf	Science	28	podcaster.de	58
78	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
79	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	69	Megaphone	53
80	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	27
81	Big Thinking Podcast	Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences	Science	37	Buzzsprout	32
82	ترجمان علوم انسانی	ترجمان علوم انسانی	Science	233	Unknown	59
83	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	750	Megaphone	63
84	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
85	Wie poetisch ist die Wissenschaft	Alexander Kluge	Science	21	Unknown	59
86	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	266	Libsyn	48
87	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1355	Megaphone	58
88	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
89	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
90	Der Sozialkompass	ksœ — Katholische Sozialakademie Österreichs	Science	43	Podigee	63
91	Der Nibelungen Psyche	Dr Gebele und Herr Andreas	Science	6	podcaster.de	49
92	Drei Generationen. Eine Zukunft \| Der Zukunftspodcast aus der Robert-Jungk-Bibliothek	Robert-Jungk-Bibliothek für Zukunftsfragen	Science	122	podcaster.de	58
93	Angelesen! Audio-Buchjournal des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	58
94	SozialGestaltung - Der Podcast	SozialGestaltung GmbH	Science	123	LetsCast.fm	53
95	Fromm Today	Erich Fromm Study Center an der IPU Berlin	Science	8	Podigee	49
96	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	598	Simplecast	53
97	Family Corban	Clemens und Coco	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	428	Audioboom	38
99	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32
100	Oeconomus	Oeconomus Gazdaságkutató Alapítvány	Science	407	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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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