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 Aug 2025

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08/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 215

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:47:03

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Alexander Kluge (2 shows)

3. 8th Kind (1 shows)

4. detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio (1 shows)

5. El Colegio de San Luis (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (18 shows)

2. Podigee (13 shows)

3. Unknown (11 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	44	Buzzsprout	47
3	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	48	Buzzsprout	42
4	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	58
5	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	198	LetsCast.fm	63
6	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	35	Podigee	48
7	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
8	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
9	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
10	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	149	Spreaker	43
11	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
12	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
13	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
14	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
15	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	79	Libsyn	37
16	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	57	Acast	38
17	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
18	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
19	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
20	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2257	Acast	28
21	angesprochen	Zürcher Kompetenzzentrum für Linguistik	Science & Medicine	32	Unknown	49
22	Noch nicht fertig - Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	110	Podigee	69
23	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
24	METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich	Metis	Science	63	Buzzsprout	73
25	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
26	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Kaiser und Fabian Eggert	Science	53	Podigee	53
27	Blume & Ince - 2 Stimmen, 4 Kulturen	Prof. Dr. Inan Ince, Dr. Michael Blume	Science	63	Podigee	53
28	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
29	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
30	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
31	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
32	5 Minuten Kriminologie	Felix Bode	Science	58	podcaster.de	79
33	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
34	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
35	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
36	Zwischen Zwei Deckeln	Zwischen zwei Deckeln	Arts	114	Unknown	53
37	La Suite dans les idées Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
38	KrimSchnack - Der Kriminologie-Podcast	Annelie und Marie	Science	77	Podigee	48
39	Wie poetisch ist die Wissenschaft	Alexander Kluge	Science	21	Unknown	59
40	Entscheidendes Wissen	Michel Reimon	Science	44	Simplecast	63
41	Hilfe Trauma!	Alexandra Schmidt-Wenzel, Fachhochschule Potsdam	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	63
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
43	Mit Menschen endlich klarkommen	Rob Zehn, Sebastian	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	48
44	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
46	Better Place: Talking International Law Details temporarily unavailable	RMIT Digital Comms	Social Sciences	10	N/A	N/A
47	Datenliebe: Der Datenmanagement-Podcast des Verbund Forschungsdaten Bildung	Verbund Forschungsdaten Bildung	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	32
48	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
49	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
50	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
51	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
52	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
53	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
54	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
55	Percepticon.de	Matthias Schulze	Science	49	Blubrry Podcasting	53
56	REICH & NACHHALTIG - Der Podcast mit Kersten Reich	Westend Verlag	Science	20	podcaster.de	52
57	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	21
58	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
59	Experiment Gemeinschaft	ZEGG Bildungszentrum	Social Sciences	58	Unknown	53
60	Fromm Today	Erich Fromm Study Center an der IPU Berlin	Science	8	Podigee	49
61	Auf den Grund!	Udo Di Fabio, Forschungskolleg normative Gesellschaftsgrundlagen, Bonn	Science	15	Podigee	69
62	Europarecht Podcast	Fabian Michl	Science	3	Podbean	42
63	Der Preis ist heiß – Der ökonomische Klimapodcast	Denkfabrik R21	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	17
64	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	42
65	One and a half sportsmen	Dr. Christian Theis & Prof. Dr. Tim Bindel	Science	61	Podigee	74
66	Peer Coaching Lab Podcast	Peer Coaching Lab	Science	30	Buzzsprout	51
67	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
68	SICHTBAR HÖRBAR	... der Podcast des Fachbereichs Soziologie & Sozialgeographie an der Universität Salzburg	Science	27	LetsCast.fm	58
69	Läkarna podcast	Läkarna	Science	92	Acast	53
70	1202 - The Human Factors Podcast	Barry Kirby C.ErgHF FCIEHF	Science	94	Blubrry Podcasting	52
71	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
72	Psychotalk - Psychologie für jeden Tag	Julian	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
73	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
74	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3744	Megaphone	59
75	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
76	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
77	Traumstation	Traumstation	Science	330	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	"rehalitätsnah" - ein Wissenschaftspodcast mit Dr. Marco Streibelt	Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund	Science	42	Podigee	68
79	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
80	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
81	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
82	LahmeLive - Dein BeziehungsPodcast	Sabine Lahme	Science	72	Podigee	58
83	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
84	نقطه کور	Reza Haghighi	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	63
85	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
86	Sci_Burst	Sci_Burst	Science	40	Spotify for Podcasters	63
87	recht nett	Ella Daum	Science	38	Podigee	53
88	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
89	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
90	Tales of Consumption	University of Southern Denmark	Science	22	Captivate	43
91	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	47
92	Modern Türk Edebiyatı Okumaları	Selçuk Atay	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
93	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
94	Entrevoces	El Colegio de San Luis	Science	239	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	不太保险	德福&汤圆	Science	116	Unknown	48
96	The Carbon Connection	The Carbon Almanac Network	Science	41	Captivate	68
97	PRIO Events	Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)	Science	70	Acast	53
98	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	209	Spotify for Podcasters	32
99	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
100	Alles nur Zufall? Verschwörungstheorien verstehen	Anja Haufe	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58

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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