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 08 Aug 2026

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08/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 301

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:52:42

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (8 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

3. Brian Dunning (1 shows)

4. نَفْس (1 shows)

5. Institute of Development Studies (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (15 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (10 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	503	Spotify for Podcasters	28
2	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
4	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
7	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
8	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	257	Captivate	79
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
10	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
11	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
14	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
16	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
17	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
18	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	30	Libsyn	53
19	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	109	Buzzsprout	69
20	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
21	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
22	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
23	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
24	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
25	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
26	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
27	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	423	Audioboom	38
28	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
29	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
30	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
31	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
32	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
33	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
34	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
35	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
36	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
37	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
38	The Coaching Psychology Update	Division of Coaching	Science	37	Libsyn	42
39	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
40	Between Heat and Hope	climatelitigation.uva.nl	Science	11	RSS.com	68
41	Connecting Society: How everyday data can shape our lives	ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK)	Science	14	Buzzsprout	68
42	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
43	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	Science	28	Spotify for Podcasters	17
44	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	25	Podbean	37
45	Never a straight answer	Never a straight answer	Science	332	Spotify for Podcasters	33
46	The Forensic Update Podcast	The British Psychological Society	Science	9	Libsyn	37
47	Out Of The Rut	Amy Hughes	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	58
48	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
49	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
50	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
51	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
52	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
53	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
54	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1909	Megaphone	59
55	Elfonomics - with Elf Lyons and Dr Gerard Lyons	Elfonomics	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	48
56	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
57	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
58	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
59	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
60	Social Sessions	Sean Toal	Science	108	Acast	59
61	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	649	Megaphone	53
62	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
63	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
64	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
65	The Counselling Psychology Lens	Mary	Science	17	Spotify for Podcasters	37
66	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
67	Residential Child Care Workers Points Of View Podcast , Global	Hosted By Joe Gibb	Science	51	Spotify for Podcasters	27
68	Talk On — Debates in Anthropology	Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology	Science	14	podcaster.de	58
69	Modern Slavery PEC podcast	Modern Slavery PEC	Science	20	Podbean	37
70	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	400	Spotify for Podcasters	22
71	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
72	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
73	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
74	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	315	RSS.com	32
75	Probation Perspectives: Insights into Community Justice	Community Justice Learning	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	58
76	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
77	The Combat Stress 100 Podcast	Combat Stress	Science	10	Acast	68
78	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
79	Dangerous World Podcast	Ryan Dean	Science	436	RedCircle	38
80	1202 - The Human Factors Podcast	Barry Kirby C.ErgHF FCIEHF	Science	94	Blubrry Podcasting	52
81	The Received Wisdom - Shobita Parthasarathy	Shobita Parthasarathy & Jack Stilgoe	Science & Medicine	17	Squarespace	69
82	Môre onder die Soeklig	Afrikaans.Radio	Science	71	iono.fm	63
83	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
84	絮言．狂想 seoijin	以色列、三苗、靳尼	Science	111	Buzzsprout	48
85	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
86	Sur-Urbano	Latin American Cities Working Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	The Human Intelligence Podcast	IQ & Human Intelligence by Riot IQ	Science	15	RSS.com	57
88	بودكاست نَفْس	نَفْس	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
89	Economic History Soup	Elizaveta Brover	Science	17	Buzzsprout	32
90	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
91	The Animal Turn Details temporarily unavailable	Claudia Hirtenfelder	Science	111	Buzzsprout	58
92	Migrations et sociétés - François Héran	Collège de France	Science	97	Collège de France	43
93	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast	Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar	Science	100	Libsyn	47
95	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
96	New Books in Communications	Marshall Poe	Science	1953	Megaphone	63
97	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
98	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2257	Acast	28
99	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
100	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

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