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 2026

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08/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 229

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:44:03

Top 5 authors

1. Alexander Kluge (2 shows)

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

3. New Books Network (2 shows)

4. Juan Ramón Rallo (1 shows)

5. International Psychoanalytical Association (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (21 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

3. Podigee (8 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. podcaster.de (7 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	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	35	Podigee	48
4	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	330	Spotify for Podcasters	22
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	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
10	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
11	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
12	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Kaiser und Fabian Eggert	Science	53	Podigee	53
13	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	79	Libsyn	37
14	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	44	Buzzsprout	47
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	56	Acast	38
17	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
18	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
19	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
20	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	179	Spotify for Podcasters	32
21	Diskurspunkt Podcast	Diskurspunkt	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
22	Noch nicht fertig - Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	110	Podigee	69
23	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
24	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	70	Libsyn	58
25	SozialGestaltung - Der Podcast	SozialGestaltung GmbH	Science	117	LetsCast.fm	53
26	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
27	Wie poetisch ist die Wissenschaft	Alexander Kluge	Science	21	Unknown	59
28	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
30	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
31	Drittstimme - der Podcast zum politischen System Deutschlands	Prof. Dr. Stefan Marschall	Science	35	podcaster.de	32
32	appropriate	SFB TRR 294Strukturwandel des Eigentums	Science	22	Unknown	79
33	Angelesen! Audio-Buchjournal des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	58
34	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
35	Radio Marc Bloch	Centre Marc Bloch	Science	98	Ausha	59
36	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
37	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
38	Soziale Arbeit als Wissenschaft und Profession-Audio	Regula Dällenbach, Esteban Piñeiro (Modulleitung)	Science & Medicine	15	Unknown	43
39	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
40	Ancient & Early Medieval Indian History	dharma simha reddy duggaiahgari	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48
41	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	42
42	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
43	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
44	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
45	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
46	Klasse trifft Gesellschaft	Ramona Wuttig	Science	9	RSS.com	52
47	Fromm Today	Erich Fromm Study Center an der IPU Berlin	Science	8	Podigee	49
48	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
49	Esprit de justice Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	10	N/A	N/A
50	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
51	Powrót do Siebie - Uwolnij się od Traumy z Dzieciństwa.	Magdalena Pala	Science	61	Buzzsprout	53
52	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
53	Degrowth Audiobook	Degrowth community	Science & Medicine	100	Unknown	38
54	China Connect	China Competence Training Center	Science	13	Unknown	79
55	The Human Risk Podcast	Human Risk	Science	381	Spreaker	48
56	Pädagogik & Psychologie Abi	Josua Schmider	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	Inklusion & Teilhabe	Patrick Sauter	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	63
58	Der Streit - Über neue soziologische Literatur Details temporarily unavailable	Armbruster, André; Seyfert, Robert	Social Sciences	19	N/A	N/A
59	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
60	Auf den Grund!	Udo Di Fabio, Forschungskolleg normative Gesellschaftsgrundlagen, Bonn	Science	15	Podigee	69
61	Pädagogisch Logisch	Denis Levi	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	53
62	Fokus JA - Der Podcast zum Forschungsvorhaben Fokus Jugendamt.	Fokus Jugendamt	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	37
63	In bester Gesellschaft – der Wissenschaftsdialog für die Vielen	Arbeiterkammer Wien	Science	35	podcaster.de	69
64	Neuropsychoanalytic Dialogues	Neuropsychoanalytic Dialogues	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	37
65	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	149	Spreaker	43
66	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
67	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
68	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	209	Spotify for Podcasters	32
69	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	PolitikWissen	Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck	Science	48	Podigee	53
71	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
72	Geoeconomic Competition	Francesca Ghiretti	Science	62	Buzzsprout	52
73	RFBerlin Podcast Series	RFBerlin	Science	25	Buzzsprout	62
74	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
75	Statistik zum Mitnehmen	Johannes Martin	Science	13	podcaster.de	74
76	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
77	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	The Feminist Park Podcast – Un/Seen Spaces: Designing for Liberation!	The Feminist Park Podcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	47
79	METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich	Metis	Science	63	Buzzsprout	73
80	REICH & NACHHALTIG - Der Podcast mit Kersten Reich	Westend Verlag	Science	20	podcaster.de	52
81	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
82	De Humaniakken	De Humaniakken	Science	37	Omny Studio	63
83	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
84	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	137	Spotify for Podcasters	48
86	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
87	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
88	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Science	197	Megaphone	59
89	Bildung Einfach! Der Podcast®	Dozententeam Sophia Montag & Thomas G. Montag	Science	200	Spotify for Podcasters	17
90	49W	49W	Science	492	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
92	State of Talk Details temporarily unavailable	ISCA	Science	10	Unknown	49
93	Traumstation	Traumstation	Science	330	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
95	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
96	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
97	Doing Time, Talking Crime	Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law	Science	34	podcaster.de	43
98	The Carbon Connection	The Carbon Almanac Network	Science	41	Captivate	68
99	Découvrir la science politique	UCLouvain	Science	6	Podcastics	79
100	FotoPsychoLogisch	Joachim Feigl	Science	90	Buzzsprout	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Germany

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