Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Podcasts in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest podcasts in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 350 podcasts tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Hotel Matze, Ronzheimer and Mord auf Ex lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 480k, and the largest, Hotel Matze, reaches around 3.4M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each podcast, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Germany. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Germany, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Germany. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 The Rest Is Politics 181k 42.2 49.9%
52 The Rest Is History 181k 41.8 51.7%
53 Criminal 175k 39.1 51.9%
54 Lanz & Precht 170k 43.0 51.0%
55 Die Blaue Stunde 169k 37.8 35.7%
56 Deutschland3000 166k 37.5 54.0%
57 Was jetzt? 162k 41.5 52.7%
58 Huberman Lab 152k 38.7 48.2%
59 Auf den Punkt 150k 37.7 51.8%
60 Wissen Weekly 139k 35.0 54.1%
61 Rotten Mango 129k 39.1 51.9%
62 Hoaxilla 122k 39.5 55.0%
63 Sternengeschichten 122k 40.0 59.4%
64 Pod Save America 114k 42.2 49.9%
65 Fußball MML 113k 38.5 36.4%
66 WDR 5 Quarks 105k 41.9 52.2%
67 Savor 103k 37.2 53.1%
68 New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce 100k 40.2 51.4%
69 New Heights 96k 38.9 48.5%
70 Forschung Aktuell 95k 41.2 51.6%
71 Hoss & Hopf 93k 30.7 20.3%
72 beyond the obvious 92k 40.6 47.5%
73 Apokalypse & Filterkaffee 86k 37.4 46.8%
74 The Daily 83k 39.9 49.1%
75 Welcome to Night Vale 83k 38.4 66.8%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular podcasts compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each podcast by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest podcast in Germany?

Hotel Matze currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.4M people in Germany.

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