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 30 Oct 2025

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10/30/2025

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Episodes: 189

Frequency: every 41 days

Duration: 00:48:57

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Stanford Psychology (2 shows)

3. hotaudiobook.com (1 shows)

4. Felix Bode (1 shows)

5. ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (19 shows)

2. Podigee (16 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (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	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	48	Buzzsprout	42
4	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	58
5	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	35	Podigee	48
6	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
8	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	44	Buzzsprout	47
9	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
10	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	79	Libsyn	37
11	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
12	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	198	LetsCast.fm	63
15	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Kaiser und Fabian Eggert	Science	53	Podigee	53
16	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	149	Spreaker	43
17	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
18	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
19	Ach, Mensch!	detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio	Science	57	Acast	38
20	DGSA.podcast - Der Wissenschaftspodcast der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	DGSA - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	42
21	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
22	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
23	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	209	Spotify for Podcasters	32
24	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
25	5 Minuten Kriminologie	Felix Bode	Science	58	podcaster.de	79
26	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
27	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	137	Spotify for Podcasters	48
28	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
29	Noch nicht fertig - Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	110	Podigee	69
30	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
32	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
33	Soziale Arbeit \| Fachgespräche OST	OST – Departement Soziale Arbeit	Science	19	Podigee	43
34	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	184	Buzzsprout	37
35	Der Preis ist heiß – Der ökonomische Klimapodcast	Denkfabrik R21	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	17
36	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
37	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
38	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
39	Denkbar	Anna-Lena Schubert	Science	12	LetsCast.fm	74
40	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
41	Traumstation	Traumstation	Science	330	Spotify for Podcasters	28
42	Percepticon.de	Matthias Schulze	Science	49	Blubrry Podcasting	53
43	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
44	ASD-Wissen	BAG ASD e.V.	Science	7	Unknown	43
45	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
46	Datenliebe: Der Datenmanagement-Podcast des Verbund Forschungsdaten Bildung	Verbund Forschungsdaten Bildung	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	32
47	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
48	tuwort	tuwort-Crew	Science	51	Unknown	42
49	WISSENsfunken	Universität Mannheim	Science	5	Podigee	53
50	Der Sozialkompass	ksœ — Katholische Sozialakademie Österreichs	Science	42	Podigee	63
51	Science for the People	Rachelle Saunders, Bethany Brookshire, and Carolyn Wilke	Science & Medicine	300	Feedburner	49
52	ReDICo: The Podcast for Digital Interculturality	The ReDICo Research Co-operative	Science	15	LetsCast.fm	48
53	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	35	Podigee	38
54	KrimSchnack - Der Kriminologie-Podcast	Annelie und Marie	Science	77	Podigee	48
55	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
56	"rehalitätsnah" - ein Wissenschaftspodcast mit Dr. Marco Streibelt	Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund	Science	42	Podigee	68
57	Roundtable Osteuropa	ZOiS Berlin	Science	66	Podigee	48
58	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
59	Alles nur Zufall? Verschwörungstheorien verstehen	Anja Haufe	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
60	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
61	49W	49W	Science	493	Spotify for Podcasters	28
62	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
63	Die Dunkle Seite	Dr. Lennart Freyth	Science	15	Spotify for Podcasters	33
64	3 Minuten Umweltrecht	Niederhuber & Partner Rechtsanwälte	Science	142	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
66	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
67	Unraveling Behavior	Max Planck Institute for Human Development	Science	7	podcaster.de	53
68	LahmeLive - Dein BeziehungsPodcast	Sabine Lahme	Science	72	Podigee	58
69	On Wisdom	Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann	Science	67	Fireside	69
70	Städtebau im Dialog	Hendrik Jansen, Ilka Mecklenbrauck	Science	16	Simplecast	63
71	Anthropology on Air	Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen	Science	25	Simplecast	58
72	The Criminology Cast	David Studer	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	63
73	Powrót do Siebie - Uwolnij się od Traumy z Dzieciństwa.	Magdalena Pala	Science	61	Buzzsprout	53
74	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
75	Ulus Baker	Ulus Baker	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	33
76	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
77	L'inconscient Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	1	N/A	N/A
78	Jugendarbeit wirkt	Verein Wiener Jugendzentren	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
80	Blume & Ince - 2 Stimmen, 4 Kulturen	Prof. Dr. Inan Ince, Dr. Michael Blume	Science	63	Podigee	53
82	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	21
84	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
85	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
86	In bester Gesellschaft: Warum (nicht) Soziologie studieren?	Nick Schmitt, Tom Horne und Prof. Stefan Kühl	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
88	Everything Hertz	Dan Quintana	Science	195	Fireside	59
89	The Human Risk Podcast	Human Risk	Science	381	Spreaker	48
90	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Was wäre wenn - What If Deutsch	Science	197	Megaphone	59
91	The World Stage	NUPI	Science	104	Acast	64
92	Talk On — Debates in Anthropology	Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology	Science	14	podcaster.de	58
93	In der Wirtschaft - der Podcast	Martin Middelanis, Felix Roll, Julia C. Cremer, Rudolf Faininger	Science	98	Podigee	69
94	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
95	Wissenswelle	Universität Hamburg	Science	30	Unknown	48
96	Sekke Podcast \| پادکست سکه	mehdi naji	Science	122	Acast	42
97	Wir leisten uns Gesellschaft - Der soziologische Podcast von Berthold Vogel und Julia Kropf	Berthold Vogel, Julia Kropf	Science	28	podcaster.de	58
98	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
99	Good Impact - Unsere Artikel zum Hören	Good Impact Magazin	Science	71	podcaster.de	83
100	Institute for Futures Studies	Institutet för framtidsstudier	Science	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32

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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