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 17 Mar 2026

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03/17/2026

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Episodes: 176

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:44:21

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

3. OST – Departement Soziale Arbeit (1 shows)

4. Alexander Kluge (1 shows)

5. Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (19 shows)

2. Podigee (13 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 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	377	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	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	154	Spreaker	38
7	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	204	LetsCast.fm	63
8	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	49	Buzzsprout	42
9	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	546	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
11	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	47	Buzzsprout	47
12	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	80	Libsyn	37
13	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
14	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
16	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Gergs und Fabian Eggert	Science	54	Podigee	53
17	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
18	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
19	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
20	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	37
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	117	Podigee	63
23	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	139	Spotify for Podcasters	48
24	Psychotalk - Psychologie für jeden Tag	Julian	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
25	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	243	Megaphone	42
26	Energie-Experten	EKZ-Energieberatung	Science	156	Captivate	79
27	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
28	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	21
29	Thüringen 2024 - Was wäre, wenn?	Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, hauseins, Verfassungsblog	Science	7	Podigee	73
30	Alles nur Zufall? Verschwörungstheorien verstehen	Anja Haufe	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
31	Soziale Arbeit \| Fachgespräche OST	OST – Departement Soziale Arbeit	Science	20	Podigee	43
32	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1359	Megaphone	58
33	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
34	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
35	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	60	Acast	38
36	Hilfe Trauma!	Alexandra Schmidt-Wenzel, Fachhochschule Potsdam	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	63
38	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
39	Peer Coaching Lab Podcast	Peer Coaching Lab	Science	31	Buzzsprout	51
40	Angelesen! Audio-Buchjournal des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	58
41	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
42	Talk Social Science To Me	Talk Social Science To Me	Science	20	Unknown	42
43	Res publica/Demos/جمهور/ دموس	Hesam Salamat حسام سلامت	Science	216	RedCircle	58
44	Het Mirakel van Schuman	Radio 1	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	73
45	SozialGestaltung - Der Podcast	SozialGestaltung GmbH	Science	124	LetsCast.fm	53
46	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
47	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
48	Enemy Encounters	RTG Ambivalent Enmity	Science	10	Podbean	48
49	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
50	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
51	More than a Feeling: Gefühle und Gesellschaft	SFB Affective Societies	Science	10	Unknown	43
52	Mixed Methods Research	Corina Paraschiv	Science	21	Spotify for Podcasters	33
53	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
54	King Louie	Lukas und Lutz	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	53
55	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
56	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
57	La Suite dans les idées Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
58	نظر	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	4	Omny Studio	73
59	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
60	"rehalitätsnah" - ein Wissenschaftspodcast mit Dr. Marco Streibelt	Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund	Science	44	Podigee	68
61	Drittstimme - der Podcast zum politischen System Deutschlands	Prof. Dr. Stefan Marschall	Science	35	podcaster.de	32
62	KrimSchnack - Der Kriminologie-Podcast	Annelie und Marie	Science	77	Podigee	48
63	Media Education Podcast - MEduPod	Stefan Aufenanger	Science	36	Podbean	41
64	5 Minuten Kriminologie	Felix Bode	Science	60	podcaster.de	73
65	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
66	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	180	Simplecast	73
67	Martin Eden – Plein Cadre	Martin Eden	Science	182	Ausha	32
68	Kontrapovijest	Hrvoje Klasić	Science	60	Transistor	53
69	Denkbar	Anna-Lena Schubert	Science	12	LetsCast.fm	74
70	ISS Truppenbesuch	Prof. Dr. Gerlinde Groitl	Science	4	Podigee	74
72	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
73	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	344	Simplecast	63
74	Wissenswelle	Universität Hamburg	Science	30	Unknown	48
75	Soziale Arbeit – Mehr als nur Kaffeetrinken?!	Soziale Arbeit – NXT Hochschule Reutlingen	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	58
76	SICHTBAR HÖRBAR	... der Podcast des Fachbereichs Soziologie & Sozialgeographie an der Universität Salzburg	Science	28	LetsCast.fm	58
77	The Governance Podcast	Centre for the Study of Governance and Society	Science	77	Podbean	42
78	Luftbad	Annika B	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	53
80	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2305	Acast	28
81	Roundtable Osteuropa	ZOiS Berlin	Science	67	Podigee	48
82	In der Wirtschaft - der Podcast	Martin Middelanis, Felix Roll, Julia C. Cremer, Rudolf Faininger	Science	98	Podigee	69
83	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
84	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
85	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
86	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
87	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
88	FotoPsychoLogisch	Joachim Feigl	Science	93	Buzzsprout	68
89	49W	49W	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Qualitative Sozialforschung	Nina Weimann-Sandig	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	58
91	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
92	miłosz brzeziński	miłosz brzeziński	Science	29	Spreaker	49
93	Drehpunkt IT-Sicherheit	Oliver Schonschek	Science	4	Transistor	59
94	Wissen schafft lehrKRAFT	Dr. Jennifer Karnes	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	487	Audioboom	63
96	Urban Radar	Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry	Science	37	Buzzsprout	83
97	The World Stage	NUPI	Science	104	Acast	64
98	SoWi-Technik (Maschinen & Soziologie)	Diego & René	Science & Medicine	41	Spotify for Podcasters	33
99	angesprochen	Zürcher Kompetenzzentrum für Linguistik	Science & Medicine	32	Unknown	49
100	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	101	Unknown	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Germany

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