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 Sep 2026

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09/08/2026

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Episodes: 296

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:49:19

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (7 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Paul Chadwick and Tiago Moutela (1 shows)

4. Zachary Elwood (1 shows)

5. United Nations System Staff College (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Megaphone (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
2	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
4	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
5	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
8	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
9	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
10	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
14	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
15	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
16	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
17	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
18	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
19	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
20	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
21	The Counselling Psychology Lens	Mary	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	42
22	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	257	Captivate	79
23	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	108	Buzzsprout	69
24	Divergent Minds	Keren MacLennan	Science	10	Acast	89
25	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
26	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
28	Probation Perspectives: Insights into Community Justice	Community Justice Learning	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	58
29	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
30	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
31	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
32	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
33	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
34	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
35	The Coaching Psychology Update	Division of Coaching	Science	37	Libsyn	42
36	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
37	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
38	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
39	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
40	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	41	Podigee	79
41	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
42	Talking Child Development	ccfdau	Science	40	Podbean	42
43	The Futureverse	Intelligence Squared	Science	20	Megaphone	53
44	Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.	Fight Club International	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	22
45	Core Insights: Behavioural Science	Warwick Business School	Science	12	Buzzsprout	62
46	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
47	Juridisk metode i forskellige job	University of Southern Denmark	Science	13	Captivate	38
48	Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology	Ernest Wayde	Science	26	Captivate	68
49	A level psychology with fleur	Fleur	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
50	Thresholds of Consciousness: Mind, Mysticism & Culture	Dr. Scott Menasco	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	27
51	Staying Sane with Natasha Devon	11-29 Media	Science	21	Spreaker	38
52	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
53	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	314	RSS.com	32
54	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
55	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
56	Real World Behavioural Science	Paul Chadwick and Tiago Moutela	Science	46	Buzzsprout	53
57	The Coaching UnpACT Podcast	Rachael Skews and Hazel Anderson Turner	Science	27	Substack	37
58	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
59	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
60	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	62	Podbean	31
61	Anthropology on Air	Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen	Science	25	Simplecast	58
62	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
63	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
64	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
65	The Second Cold War Observatory	Jessica DiCarlo and Seth Schindler	Science	21	Simplecast	63
66	Global Media & Communication	New Books Network	Science	16	Megaphone	63
67	The Nordic Asia Podcast	NIAS and its academic partners	Science	285	Simplecast	58
68	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
69	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
70	Prison Breakdown	Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson	Science	95	RedCircle	49
71	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
72	Never a straight answer	Never a straight answer	Science	332	Spotify for Podcasters	33
73	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
74	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
75	Heritage Türkiye	Işılay Gürsu, Peter Cherry	Science	29	Libsyn	58
76	The Community Psychologist Podcast	The Community Psychologist Editor	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	Urban Limitrophe	Alexandra Lambropoulos	Science	36	RedCircle	89
78	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
79	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
80	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
81	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
82	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
83	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	2147	Megaphone	53
84	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
85	New Books in Communications	Marshall Poe	Science	1955	Megaphone	63
86	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
87	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	1120	Megaphone	69
88	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
89	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
90	Opinion Science	Andy Luttrell	Science	169	Buzzsprout	58
91	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
92	Elfonomics - with Elf Lyons and Dr Gerard Lyons	Elfonomics	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	48
93	Economies that work - for all	United Nations System Staff College	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	73
94	A Level Edexcel Psychology	Gem	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	Urban Radar	Sheffield Urbanism	Science	33	Buzzsprout	63
96	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	97	Unknown	58
97	Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy Audiobook	Friedrich A. Hayek	Science	8	Unknown	48
98	BESEDKA	Caucasus Institute	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	48
99	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
100	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	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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