Apple Podcast Rankings - Great Britain - Social Sciences

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Great Britain

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Great Britain. 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 01 Jan 2026

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01/01/2026

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Episodes: 310

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:48:17

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (7 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

3. Dan Banik (1 shows)

4. Centre for Longitudinal Studies – UCL Institute of Education (1 shows)

5. Spencer Greenberg (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
3	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
4	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
5	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
6	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
7	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
10	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
11	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
12	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
13	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
14	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
15	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
17	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
18	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
19	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
20	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
21	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	238	Megaphone	38
22	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
23	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
24	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
25	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
26	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
27	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
28	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
29	Unlocking Behaviour Change	Robert West	Science	68	Podbean	63
30	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
31	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
32	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
33	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
34	Questions morales et enjeux politiques dans les sociétés contemporaines - Didier Fassin	Collège de France	Science	82	Collège de France	38
35	Residential Child Care Workers Points Of View Podcast , Global	Hosted By Joe Gibb	Science	51	Spotify for Podcasters	27
36	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
37	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
38	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	2147	Megaphone	53
39	Social Sessions	Sean Toal	Science	108	Acast	59
40	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
41	The Counselling Psychology Lens	Mary	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	42
42	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
43	Global Media & Communication	New Books Network	Science	16	Megaphone	63
44	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
45	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
46	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
47	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	649	Megaphone	53
48	Naturalistic Decision Making	Brian Moon and Laura Militello	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
50	50 Years of Life in Britain	Centre for Longitudinal Studies – UCL Institute of Education	Science	7	Omny Studio	68
51	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
52	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	108	Buzzsprout	69
53	Educational Psychology for Everyone!	Katja Upadyaya (University of Helsinki)	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	58
54	Core Insights: Behavioural Science	Warwick Business School	Science	12	Buzzsprout	62
55	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
56	Questions du soir : l'idée Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	22	N/A	N/A
57	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
58	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
59	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	22
60	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
61	The Vertue Podcast	Shona Vertue	Health & Fitness	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
62	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
63	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
64	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
65	Geoeconomic Competition	Francesca Ghiretti	Science	62	Buzzsprout	52
66	The Psychology Perspective	ellie2302d	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
68	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
69	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	28	Buzzsprout	47
70	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
71	Het uur van de waarheid	VRT NWS	News	214	Simplecast	79
72	The Irreverent Podcast	The Irreverent Team	Science	5	RSS.com	58
73	A Level Edexcel Psychology	Gem	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48
74	EM Weekly Podcast	The Readiness Lab	Science	308	Spreaker	49
75	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
76	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
77	Resolution Foundation Events Podcast	externalaffairs	Science	100	Podbean	57
78	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
79	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
80	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
81	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	41	Podigee	79
82	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
83	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
84	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
85	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	144	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	257	Captivate	79
87	The Psychology of Criminal and Antisocial Behaviour	WP	Science	52	Podbean	48
88	Psychologically Speaking with Leila Ainge	Decibelle Creative	Science	60	Captivate	83
89	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
90	The Student Social Work Hub	The Student Social Work Hub	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Youfose Podcast: Explore UFO and Alien Phenomena	Jeff Zim	Science	2	Podbean	37
92	Арктические вайбы	Ирина Красноперова	Science	33	Podster.fm	63
93	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
94	Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy Audiobook	Friedrich A. Hayek	Science	8	Unknown	48
96	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	51	Blubrry	38
97	Social Work Research Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Martin Webber	Science	51	Unknown	42
98	The Curiosity Vault	University of Birmingham	Science	7	Omny Studio	74
99	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
100	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

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