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 Oct 2026

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10/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 183

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:47:33

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Podimo & TellTale (1 shows)

4. Spencer Greenberg (1 shows)

5. externalaffairs (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (23 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	517	Spotify for Podcasters	28
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
4	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
5	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
8	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
9	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
10	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1094	PRX	63
11	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
14	The Social Matters Podcast	Nadia, Fran, Eugene	Science	145	Buzzsprout	57
15	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
16	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
17	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	322	RSS.com	32
18	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	110	Buzzsprout	69
19	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
20	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
21	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
22	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
23	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
24	How To Stop Being A Loser	Bella Dane	Education	28	Libsyn	32
25	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	262	Captivate	79
26	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
27	Before Us	Erich Fisher and Helen Farr	Science	18	Buzzsprout	89
28	Mind The Tax with Dr Miranda Sheild Johansson	Dr Miranda Sheild Johansson	Science	6	RSS.com	68
29	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
30	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
31	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1343	Megaphone	58
32	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
33	The Forensic Update Podcast	The British Psychological Society	Science	9	Libsyn	37
34	Social Sessions	Sean Toal	Science	108	Acast	59
35	Inspiring economics	Centre for Economic Performance	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48
36	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
37	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
38	Classroom Psychology	Cora Sargeant	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	33
39	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
40	The Human Risk Podcast	Human Risk	Science	382	Spreaker	48
41	Social Work Sessions	The Social Work Sessions	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
42	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
43	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
44	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
45	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
46	Behind The Research Podcast	Conversations in sex, gender and feminist research.	Science	2	Substack	42
47	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
48	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
49	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
50	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
51	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
52	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	628	Spreaker	53
53	What about us? Cultural Awareness in Clinical Psychology	WhatAboutUs	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	58
54	How to Thrive	Claire Sanders and Helen Silver-MacMahon	Science	48	Acast	74
55	Discriminology	Malik Seelal, Steve Kramer and Sydney Pinn \| Launchpad 516 Studios	Science	31	RedCircle	63
56	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
57	ClassClinPsych	ClassClinPsych Collective	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	58
58	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	595	Simplecast	53
59	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
60	PhD Unplugged	PhD Unplugged	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	53
61	The MacVet Podcast	Dr Fiona MacGillivray MRCVS	Science	87	Spotify for Podcasters	62
62	Social Research Methods	Armin Trost	Science	24	Podigee	59
63	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	AI in Qualitative Research	Dr Susanne Friese	Science	21	Spotify for Podcasters	48
65	New Books in Journalism	Marshall Poe	Science	526	Simplecast	69
66	Bridging the Gap: Implementation Science in Action	National Implementation Research Network	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	The Colour Connection	Kate Harrison	Science	6	Buzzsprout	73
68	What is it about computational communication science?	Emese Domahidi & Mario Haim	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	52
69	The Borders of Equality Podcast	Alexandre Afonso	Science	9	Podbean	31
70	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
71	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
72	The Coaching UnpACT Podcast	Rachael Skews and Hazel Anderson Turner	Science	28	Substack	37
73	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	125	Acast	69
74	The Coaching Psychology Update	Division of Coaching	Science	37	Libsyn	42
75	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
76	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
77	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	100	Unknown	58
78	Resolution Foundation Events Podcast	externalaffairs	Science	100	Podbean	57
79	Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.	Fight Club International	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	The Phenomenology Collective	Dr Lewis Barrett-Rodger and Dr Sally Goldspink	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	32
81	Ethnographic Imagination Basel	Basel Social Anthropology	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	32
82	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	42	Podigee	79
83	Connecting Society: How everyday data can shape our lives	ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK)	Science	17	Buzzsprout	68
84	Make a Change to Make a Difference	Barefoot Coaching	Science	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	To the Righthouse	Global Campus of Human Rights	Science	33	Spotify for Podcasters	48
86	Transformation Horizon	Judy Oyedele & Sasha Farley	Science	30	Libsyn	78
87	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
88	Anthropology on Air	Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen	Science	25	Simplecast	58
89	Valuable Conversations with UCL IIPP	UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
90	ExChange Wales: Social care training & resource	ExChange Wales	Science	32	Buzzsprout	62
91	What is The Future for Cities?	Fanni Melles	Science	740	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
93	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
94	Residential Child Care Workers Points Of View Podcast , Global	Hosted By Joe Gibb	Science	52	Spotify for Podcasters	27
95	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	26	Podbean	31
96	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	33	Audioboom	32
97	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	CIPR Engage Podcast	ciprengage	Science	23	Podbean	52
99	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
100	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

The podcast landscape in Great Britain 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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