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 Dec 2025

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12/30/2025

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Episodes: 247

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:43:55

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (4 shows)

2. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (2 shows)

3. Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx (1 shows)

4. Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu) (1 shows)

5. Erich Fromm Study Center an der IPU Berlin (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (21 shows)

2. Podigee (13 shows)

3. Unknown (10 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (10 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	Einschlafen mit Psychologie	MONDFUNK	Science	330	Spotify for Podcasters	22
4	linketheorie - Der Podcast	linketheorie	Science	48	Buzzsprout	42
5	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie	Dipl. Psych. Eskil Burck	Science & Medicine	35	Unknown	38
7	Systemsprenger: Der Podcast	Menno Baumann, Timo Grampes	Science	35	Podigee	48
8	Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie	Prof. Dr. Armin Trost	Science	37	Podigee	N/A
9	Gelassen älter werden mit Bestseller Autor Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Bertram Kasper und Catharina Maria Klein	Science	197	LetsCast.fm	63
10	50 Minuten	Daniel Jakubowski, Dr. Marie-Luise Alder, Dr. Jenny Kaiser und Fabian Eggert	Science	53	Podigee	53
11	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
12	Zukunftsfragen - Der Horx & Horx Podcast	Matthias Horx, Tristan Horx	Science	44	Buzzsprout	47
13	Der Hypnose Podcast der Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft	Milton H. Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose	Science	79	Libsyn	37
14	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Katapult der Woche	Katapult Magazin	Science	74	Spotify for Podcasters	58
17	Kontrafunk: Der Rechtsstaat	Kontrafunk	Science	149	Spreaker	43
18	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
19	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
20	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
21	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	62	Podbean	31
22	Zugehört! Der Podcast des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	ZMSBw - Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr	Science	100	podcaster.de	52
23	KALIFORNISCHE TERRASSEN 🌞🌴	Systemischer Club	Science	209	Spotify for Podcasters	32
24	Alles nur Zufall? Verschwörungstheorien verstehen	Anja Haufe	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
25	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
26	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
27	Völkerrechtspodcast	Völkerrechtsblog	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	38
28	Bei Anruf Wettbewerb	Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf / DICE & IKartR	Science	137	Spotify for Podcasters	48
29	Die Kinder des Prometheus	Alexander Kluge	Science	14	Unknown	N/A
30	angesprochen	Zürcher Kompetenzzentrum für Linguistik	Science & Medicine	32	Unknown	49
31	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	337	Simplecast	63
32	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	27	PRX	69
33	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
34	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
35	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
36	In bester Gesellschaft: Warum (nicht) Soziologie studieren?	Nick Schmitt, Tom Horne und Prof. Stefan Kühl	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
37	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
38	Rethink Economics	VWelles Rethinking Economics	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	33
39	Roundtable Osteuropa	ZOiS Berlin	Science	66	Podigee	48
40	Niklas Luhmann – Die Wissenschaft der Gesellschaft \| #lesemontag	Lesemontag	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
41	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
42	Psychotalk - Psychologie für jeden Tag	Julian	Science	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
43	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
45	Бывший лектор	Татьяна Хоруженко	Science	30	Podster.fm	53
46	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
47	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
48	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
49	Systemischer Kinderschutz Podcast – Für deine Inspiration und dein Empowerment im Kinderschutz!	Anja Thürnau – SYKK®-Institut für systemischen Kinderschutz	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	21
50	Pädagogik&Pinot	Fea Finger & Sarah Bauer	Science	148	Podigee	49
51	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
52	Noch nicht fertig - Leben zwischen Arbeit und Rente	Constanze Abratzky & Stefan Robiné	Science	110	Podigee	69
53	Eierlikör und Jugendhilfe - Theoretisch in die Praxis!	Prof. Dr. Maik Sawatzki, Prof. Dr. Jana Demski, Dr. Oliver Bokelmann	Science	35	Podigee	38
54	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	76	Buzzsprout	38
55	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
56	Wir leisten uns Gesellschaft - Der soziologische Podcast von Berthold Vogel und Julia Kropf	Berthold Vogel, Julia Kropf	Science	28	podcaster.de	58
57	Naturalistic Decision Making	Brian Moon and Laura Militello	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
59	Fromm Today	Erich Fromm Study Center an der IPU Berlin	Science	8	Podigee	49
60	Energie-Experten	EKZ-Energieberatung	Science	144	Captivate	79
61	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
62	Soziale Arbeit – Mehr als nur Kaffeetrinken?!	Soziale Arbeit – NXT Hochschule Reutlingen	Science	27	Spotify for Podcasters	58
63	Datenliebe: Der Datenmanagement-Podcast des Verbund Forschungsdaten Bildung	Verbund Forschungsdaten Bildung	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	32
64	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
65	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
66	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
67	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Education	243	Buzzsprout	48
68	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
69	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
70	Europarecht Podcast	Fabian Michl	Science	3	Podbean	42
71	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
72	FotoPsychoLogisch	Joachim Feigl	Science	90	Buzzsprout	68
73	Angegraben	Der Buddler	Science	4	Unknown	59
74	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
75	Multiverse 5D @ M5D	Luciano Dias Yassuda @ Multiverse 5D	Science	999	Spotify for Podcasters	43
76	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	139	Podbean	48
77	Inside Stadtrat - Der Podcast der Magdeburger Stadtratsfraktion GRÜNE/future!	Stadtratsfraktion GRÜNE/future! Magdeburg	Science	58	Unknown	32
78	Wörterwiese	Fakultät Sozialwissenschaften \| Technische Hochschule Nürnberg	Science	47	Unknown	48
79	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
80	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
81	KrimSchnack - Der Kriminologie-Podcast	Annelie und Marie	Science	77	Podigee	48
82	Ö1 Kontext	ORF Ö1	Science	6	Unknown	43
83	PolitikWissen	Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck	Science	48	Podigee	53
84	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
85	Überblick-Supervision	Tina Heitmann & Henning Schnieder	Science	36	Podigee	69
86	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
87	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
88	Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism	The Sociological Review Foundation	Science	4	Buzzsprout	52
89	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	30	Blubrry	59
90	"rehalitätsnah" - ein Wissenschaftspodcast mit Dr. Marco Streibelt	Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund	Science	42	Podigee	68
91	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
92	Kritische Zukunftsforschung	Jonas Drechsel & Johannes Kleske	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	48
93	性平真心話	民進黨性別平等事務部	Science	11	Firstory	63
94	SICHTBAR HÖRBAR	... der Podcast des Fachbereichs Soziologie & Sozialgeographie an der Universität Salzburg	Science	27	LetsCast.fm	58
95	Podcast fLAWless Details temporarily unavailable	Klafki, Anika; Studierende; Multimediazentrum	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
96	Ulus Baker	Ulus Baker	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	33
97	Conversations with Sergei Guriev	Sciences Po	Science	21	Ausha	83
98	Political Science? No problem et al.!	Viktor Burgi & Julius Kölzer	Science	8	podcaster.de	59
99	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
100	AfternoonTea – Richard Wiseman	Richard Wiseman	Science & Medicine	7	Unknown	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Germany

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