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 Aug 2026

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08/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 237

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:44:32

Top 5 authors

1. Alexander Kluge (2 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. New Books Network (2 shows)

4. Neuropsychoanalytic Dialogues (1 shows)

5. Degrowth community (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (22 shows)

2. Podigee (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Unknown (7 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	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	330	Spotify for Podcasters	22
4	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	35	Podigee	48
5	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	48	Buzzsprout	42
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	197	LetsCast.fm	63
8	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	58
9	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	44	Buzzsprout	47
10	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Kaiser und Fabian Eggert	Science	53	Podigee	53
11	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
14	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	79	Libsyn	37
15	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	56	Acast	38
16	Noch nicht fertig - Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	110	Podigee	69
17	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
18	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
19	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	179	Spotify for Podcasters	32
20	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
21	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	42
23	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
24	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
25	Fromm Today	Erich Fromm Study Center an der IPU Berlin	Science	8	Podigee	49
26	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
27	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
28	Esprit de justice Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	10	N/A	N/A
29	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	209	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
31	Degrowth Audiobook	Degrowth community	Science & Medicine	100	Unknown	38
32	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	149	Spreaker	43
33	Powrót do Siebie - Uwolnij się od Traumy z Dzieciństwa.	Magdalena Pala	Science	61	Buzzsprout	53
34	China Connect	China Competence Training Center	Science	13	Unknown	79
35	Pädagogik & Psychologie Abi	Josua Schmider	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	38
36	The Human Risk Podcast	Human Risk	Science	381	Spreaker	48
37	Der Streit - Über neue soziologische Literatur Details temporarily unavailable	Armbruster, André; Seyfert, Robert	Social Sciences	19	N/A	N/A
38	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
39	Auf den Grund!	Udo Di Fabio, Forschungskolleg normative Gesellschaftsgrundlagen, Bonn	Science	15	Podigee	69
40	Fokus JA - Der Podcast zum Forschungsvorhaben Fokus Jugendamt.	Fokus Jugendamt	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	37
41	In bester Gesellschaft – der Wissenschaftsdialog für die Vielen	Arbeiterkammer Wien	Science	35	podcaster.de	69
42	Neuropsychoanalytic Dialogues	Neuropsychoanalytic Dialogues	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	37
43	Klasse trifft Gesellschaft	Ramona Wuttig	Science	9	RSS.com	52
44	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
45	PolitikWissen	Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck	Science	48	Podigee	53
46	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	38
47	RFBerlin Podcast Series	RFBerlin	Science	25	Buzzsprout	62
48	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
49	Statistik zum Mitnehmen	Johannes Martin	Science	13	podcaster.de	74
50	Geoeconomic Competition	Francesca Ghiretti	Science	62	Buzzsprout	52
51	METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich	Metis	Science	63	Buzzsprout	73
52	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
53	The Feminist Park Podcast – Un/Seen Spaces: Designing for Liberation!	The Feminist Park Podcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	47
54	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	De Humaniakken	De Humaniakken	Science	37	Omny Studio	63
56	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
57	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
58	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
59	49W	49W	Science	492	Spotify for Podcasters	28
60	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
61	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	137	Spotify for Podcasters	48
62	FotoPsychoLogisch	Joachim Feigl	Science	90	Buzzsprout	68
63	REICH & NACHHALTIG - Der Podcast mit Kersten Reich	Westend Verlag	Science	20	podcaster.de	52
64	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
65	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
66	Bildung Einfach! Der Podcast®	Dozententeam Sophia Montag & Thomas G. Montag	Science	200	Spotify for Podcasters	17
67	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
68	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
69	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	Doing Time, Talking Crime	Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law	Science	34	podcaster.de	43
71	State of Talk Details temporarily unavailable	ISCA	Science	10	Unknown	49
72	The Carbon Connection	The Carbon Almanac Network	Science	41	Captivate	68
73	Découvrir la science politique	UCLouvain	Science	6	Podcastics	79
74	SozialGestaltung - Der Podcast	SozialGestaltung GmbH	Science	117	LetsCast.fm	53
75	GERDEA-Podcast	Forschungsverbund GERDEA	Science	4	RSS.com	68
76	Empirisch denken — damit wir wissen, was wir tun	Der Methodenkompass	Science	55	Spotify for Podcasters	37
77	Blume & Ince - 2 Stimmen, 4 Kulturen	Prof. Dr. Inan Ince, Dr. Michael Blume	Science	63	Podigee	53
78	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	21
79	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
80	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
81	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	35	Podigee	38
82	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
83	Amateur Psychology - Tay mơ học đời bằng Tâm lý học	Nguyen Doan Minh Thu	Science	104	Spotify for Podcasters	58
84	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
85	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
86	Wie poetisch ist die Wissenschaft	Alexander Kluge	Science	21	Unknown	59
87	Traumstation	Traumstation	Science	330	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
89	Production Site - The Podcast about the Societal Negotiation of Migration	Collaborative Research Centre "Production of Migration" (SFB 1604)	Science	7	Podigee	32
90	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
91	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
92	Meaning Lab	Cody Kommers	Science	121	Substack	64
93	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
94	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
95	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
96	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
97	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
98	PsychKnowledge	Dr. Franziska Czens, Prof. Dr. Madiha Rana	Science	25	Podigee	49
99	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	170	Spotify for Podcasters	22
100	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59

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.

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