ARD Sounds

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ARD's spoken-audio and radio discovery service

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SI Score: 40/100
Pricing: Not confirmed
Free plan: Not confirmed
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german-language audio-fiction public-media

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What it does

ARD Sounds, formerly reached through ARD Audiothek, presents German podcasts, radio plays and live-radio material.

Use the theme and format to choose between journalism, conversation and fictional audio. Episode cards expose save, share and download actions, while programme pages help distinguish a serial story from a recurring discussion show. Start with the series context before downloading an isolated episode.

ARD Sounds is the current service identity reached from the older ARD Audiothek address. Availability can still differ by programme, so the visible catalogue should not be read as a universal rights guarantee.

Strengths

Podcasts and radio plays together

Best for

German-speaking listeners exploring ARD audio

Sources

ARD Sounds · Radio, Podcasts, Hörspiele & Hörbücher (Oct 26, 2026)

SI Score

40/100

#111 in Podcasts

Based on published information. No hands-on task test.

Method 2.0 · Saved catalogue only Assessed Oct 26, 2026Score ceiling for this evidence: 59/100.

Product usefulness 40

Evidence

The inspected catalogue distinguishes podcasts/radio plays and exposes episode actions, supporting basic selection at 40. Client, registration and geographic boundaries remain unestablished.

Limits: AI review of saved source passages. No hands-on test, human approval or automatic-provider checker receipt.

Source links and check dates are in Sources and checks below.

Separate website checks

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Trackers in homepage HTMLunknown

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Policy links do not verify a company's conduct. An HTML response time is not application speed. Tracker and accessibility checks miss behavior after page load. Copyright dates do not prove product upkeep.

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Unconfirmed details may be unassessed, absent from the pages checked or temporarily unreadable. A missing price does not mean the service is free.

Sources and checks

Supporting pages for product usefulness, site facts, prices and separate website checks. Each record keeps its own date. Reading a page does not establish how well the product performs in use.

www.ardsounds.de/
- Product usefulness evidenceChecked Oct 26, 2026

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