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 23 Oct 2026

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10/23/2026

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Episodes: 175

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:45:32

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

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

4. Ramona Wuttig (1 shows)

5. Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (26 shows)

2. Podigee (13 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	45	Podigee	79
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	631	Simplecast	48
3	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	49	Buzzsprout	42
4	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	203	LetsCast.fm	63
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	540	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	36	Podigee	48
7	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	371	Spotify for Podcasters	22
8	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	59	Acast	38
9	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Gergs und Fabian Eggert	Science	54	Podigee	53
10	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	80	Libsyn	37
11	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
12	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	37
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
15	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	58
16	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	154	Spreaker	38
17	Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	116	Podigee	63
18	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	47	Buzzsprout	47
19	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
20	Personality Psychology Podcast	personalitypsychologypodcast	Science	63	Podbean	37
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	34	ART19	73
23	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
24	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	32
25	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	36	Podigee	38
26	Niklas Luhmann – Die Wissenschaft der Gesellschaft \| #lesemontag	Lesemontag	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
27	KrimSchnack - Der Kriminologie-Podcast	Annelie und Marie	Science	77	Podigee	48
28	METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich	Metis	Science	63	Buzzsprout	73
29	PolitikWissen	Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck	Science	48	Podigee	53
30	Klasse trifft Gesellschaft	Ramona Wuttig	Science	12	RSS.com	52
31	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1355	Megaphone	58
32	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	202	Buzzsprout	78
33	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
34	tuwort	tuwort-Crew	Science	52	Unknown	42
35	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	357	PRX	53
36	WICA Podcast	Wissenschaftscampus NRW gGmbH	Science	22	Podigee	48
37	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
38	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
39	Kayıt Dışı İktisat	Ceyhun Elgin	Science	571	Spotify for Podcasters	28
40	Anthropological Theory: A podcast created by anthropology students	Laurette McGuire	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	42
41	Talk On — Debates in Anthropology	Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology	Science	15	podcaster.de	58
42	Ethnographic Imagination Basel	Basel Social Anthropology	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	32
43	Auf den Grund!	Udo Di Fabio, Forschungskolleg normative Gesellschaftsgrundlagen, Bonn	Science	15	Podigee	69
44	Empirisch denken — damit wir wissen, was wir tun	Der Methodenkompass	Science	72	Spotify for Podcasters	37
45	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
46	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	215	Spotify for Podcasters	32
47	FotoPsychoLogisch	Joachim Feigl	Science	93	Buzzsprout	68
48	Angelesen! Audio-Buchjournal des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	58
49	Soziale Arbeit als Wissenschaft und Profession-SD	Regula Dällenbach, Esteban Piñeiro (Modulleitung)	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	28
50	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Science	217	Megaphone	59
51	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	101	Spotify for Podcasters	32
52	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	487	Audioboom	63
53	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	326	Unknown	48
54	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2297	Acast	28
55	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	7	RSS.com	52
56	Social Protection Podcast	socialprotection.org	Science	79	Podbean	47
57	Society@Space	Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS)	Science	11	podcaster.de	74
58	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
59	Bildung Einfach! Der Podcast®	Dozententeam Sophia Montag & Thomas G. Montag	Science	203	Spotify for Podcasters	17
60	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
61	Die Money Profiler	Daniel Butscher & Eske Bockelmann	Science	52	Unknown	43
62	Wissen schafft lehrKRAFT	Dr. Jennifer Karnes	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	33
63	BredowCast	Leibniz Institut für Medienforschung \| Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)	Science	29	Unknown	53
64	TUMAC	Türk Müziği Akademik Çevresi	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	58
65	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
66	Yer Yüzleri'nde	Apaçık Radyo	Science	140	Transistor	48
67	miłosz brzeziński	miłosz brzeziński	Science	29	Spreaker	49
68	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
69	SozialGestaltung - Der Podcast	SozialGestaltung GmbH	Science	123	LetsCast.fm	53
70	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1098	PRX	63
71	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	Der Preis ist heiß – Der ökonomische Klimapodcast	Denkfabrik R21	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	17
73	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	347	Simplecast	53
74	"rehalitätsnah" - ein Wissenschaftspodcast mit Dr. Marco Streibelt	Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund	Science	44	Podigee	68
75	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
76	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
77	Konfliktgespräche	Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung	Science	23	podcaster.de	74
78	Inklusion & Teilhabe	Patrick Sauter	Science	63	Spotify for Podcasters	63
79	Qualitative Sozialforschung	Nina Weimann-Sandig	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	58
80	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	17
81	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
82	Soziale Arbeit – Mehr als nur Kaffeetrinken?!	Soziale Arbeit – NXT Hochschule Reutlingen	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	RFBerlin Podcast Series	RFBerlin	Science	25	Buzzsprout	62
84	Rethinking Rewards: The Psychology of Incentives, Reinforcers, and Money	Erik Bijleveld	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	52
85	The Role of Intelligence in Conduct	John Dewey	Science	30	Spreaker	59
86	The Psychology Perspective	ellie2302d	Science	55	Spotify for Podcasters	17
87	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
88	Audioreportage Klassismusforschung	Anna Feder	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	27
89	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	74	Libsyn	58
90	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	305	Libsyn	52
91	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	21
92	ASD-Wissen	BAG ASD e.V.	Science	7	Unknown	43
93	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
94	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
95	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
96	Drittstimme - der Podcast zum politischen System Deutschlands	Prof. Dr. Stefan Marschall	Science	35	podcaster.de	32
97	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	139	Spotify for Podcasters	48
98	5 Minuten Kriminologie	Felix Bode	Science	58	podcaster.de	73
99	Pädagogik&Pinot	Fea Finger & Sarah Bauer	Science	151	Podigee	49
100	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Germany

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