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 18 Feb 2026

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02/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 221

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:48:35

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

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

4. Isabella Waldorf, Santiago Álvarez-Ossorio Martínez, Friederike Beck, Athanasia Karalakou (1 shows)

5. Lesemontag (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (19 shows)

2. Podigee (18 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. podcaster.de (8 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	42	Podigee	79
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	48	Buzzsprout	42
4	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	346	Spotify for Podcasters	22
5	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	35	Podigee	48
6	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	199	LetsCast.fm	63
7	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
9	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	58
10	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	79	Libsyn	37
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
13	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
14	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Kaiser und Fabian Eggert	Science	53	Podigee	53
15	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	150	Spreaker	38
16	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
17	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	45	Buzzsprout	47
18	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
19	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
20	Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	112	Podigee	63
21	KrimSchnack - Der Kriminologie-Podcast	Annelie und Marie	Science	77	Podigee	48
22	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
23	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
24	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	61	Spotify for Podcasters	32
25	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
26	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	37
27	Talk Social Science To Me	Talk Social Science To Me	Science	20	Unknown	42
28	Migration im Fokus.	Sachverständigenrat für Integration und Migration (SVR)	Science	10	podcaster.de	79
29	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	Alles nur Zufall? Verschwörungstheorien verstehen	Anja Haufe	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
31	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
32	Power to the Bauer - Neue Wege in der Landwirtschaft	Anna Hemminger	Science	16	Podigee	48
33	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
34	Blume & Ince - 2 Stimmen, 4 Kulturen	Prof. Dr. Inan Ince, Dr. Michael Blume	Science	64	Podigee	53
35	(Un)Lösbare Probleme? – (Un)Solvable Problems?	Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung	Science	12	Unknown	48
36	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
37	BredowCast	Leibniz Institut für Medienforschung \| Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)	Science	28	Unknown	53
38	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
39	In bester Gesellschaft: Warum (nicht) Soziologie studieren?	Nick Schmitt, Tom Horne und Prof. Stefan Kühl	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
40	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
41	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
42	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	61	Spotify for Podcasters	21
43	PsychKnowledge	Dr. Franziska Czens, Prof. Dr. Madiha Rana	Science	25	Podigee	49
44	One and a half sportsmen	Dr. Christian Theis & Prof. Dr. Tim Bindel	Science	61	Podigee	74
45	SICHTBAR HÖRBAR	... der Podcast des Fachbereichs Soziologie & Sozialgeographie an der Universität Salzburg	Science	27	LetsCast.fm	58
46	Recht hören. Der ecolex-Podcast	Thomas Rabl, Markus Schrom, MANZ Verlag	Science	24	Simplecast	52
47	SoWi'n Podcast	Fachschaft SoWiSo \| Maxi ohne i	Science	5	podcaster.de	53
48	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
49	Matrix Podcast	Social Science Matrix	Science	110	Libsyn	68
50	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
51	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
52	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
53	miłosz brzeziński	miłosz brzeziński	Science	29	Spreaker	49
54	WICA Podcast	Wissenschaftscampus NRW gGmbH	Science	22	Podigee	48
55	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
56	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	211	Spotify for Podcasters	32
57	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Science	206	Megaphone	59
58	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	138	Spotify for Podcasters	48
59	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
60	SozialGestaltung - Der Podcast	SozialGestaltung GmbH	Science	120	LetsCast.fm	53
61	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
62	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
63	ISS Truppenbesuch	Prof. Dr. Gerlinde Groitl	Science	4	Podigee	74
64	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
65	Angelesen! Audio-Buchjournal des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	58
66	Wir leisten uns Gesellschaft - Der soziologische Podcast von Berthold Vogel und Julia Kropf	Berthold Vogel, Julia Kropf	Science	28	podcaster.de	58
67	Fromm Today	Erich Fromm Study Center an der IPU Berlin	Science	8	Podigee	49
68	Doing Time, Talking Crime	Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law	Science	34	podcaster.de	43
69	Welt im Ohr	OeAD Österreichs Agentur für Bildung und Internationalisierung	Science	219	Podigee	43
70	SoWi-Technik (Maschinen & Soziologie)	Diego & René	Science & Medicine	41	Spotify for Podcasters	33
71	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
72	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
73	Good Impact - Unsere Artikel zum Hören	Good Impact Magazin	Science	71	podcaster.de	83
74	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
75	Pädagogisch Logisch	Denis Levi	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	53
76	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
77	Paragraph \| پادکست پاراگراف	PersianBMS	Science	54	Transistor	48
78	Psychotalk - Psychologie für jeden Tag	Julian	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
79	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
80	PolitikWissen	Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck	Science	48	Podigee	53
81	Alter, was geht?	Elmar Stracke	Science	55	podcaster.de	43
82	Mobility Club	Isabella Waldorf, Santiago Álvarez-Ossorio Martínez, Friederike Beck, Athanasia Karalakou	Science	7	RSS.com	69
83	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	35	Podigee	38
84	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
85	FotoPsychoLogisch	Joachim Feigl	Science	91	Buzzsprout	68
86	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2270	Acast	28
87	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
88	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	57	Acast	38
89	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
90	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
91	Hilfe Trauma!	Alexandra Schmidt-Wenzel, Fachhochschule Potsdam	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	63
92	Wissen schafft lehrKRAFT	Dr. Jennifer Karnes	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	33
93	Voices: The EISA Podcast	EISA	Science	44	Podigee	53
94	Niklas Luhmann – Die Wissenschaft der Gesellschaft \| #lesemontag	Lesemontag	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
95	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	594	Simplecast	53
96	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
97	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	598	Simplecast	63
98	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
99	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
100	Multilateralism UNpacked	United Nations University Centre for Policy Research	Science	14	Captivate	63

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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