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 09 Aug 2026

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08/09/2026

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Episodes: 254

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:49:37

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (8 shows)

2. New Books Network (7 shows)

3. NewsPicks (1 shows)

4. Claire Sanders and Helen Silver-MacMahon (1 shows)

5. Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (22 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (13 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
2	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
4	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
5	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
6	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
7	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
8	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
9	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
13	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	266	Captivate	79
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
15	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
16	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
17	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73
18	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
19	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
20	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	27
21	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
22	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
23	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
24	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
25	The Coaching Psychology Update	Division of Coaching	Science	37	Libsyn	42
26	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	243	Megaphone	42
27	Out Of The Rut	Amy Hughes	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	58
28	Elfonomics - with Elf Lyons and Dr Gerard Lyons	Elfonomics	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	48
29	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
30	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
31	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
32	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
33	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
34	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	47	Libsyn	47
35	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
36	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
37	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
38	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
39	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
40	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
41	Neuropsychoanalytic Dialogues	Neuropsychoanalytic Dialogues	Science	7	Spotify for Podcasters	37
42	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	50	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
44	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
45	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
46	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
47	Anthropology on Air	Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen	Science	25	Simplecast	58
48	The Second Cold War Observatory	Jessica DiCarlo and Seth Schindler	Science	21	Simplecast	63
49	The Nordic Asia Podcast	NIAS and its academic partners	Science	287	Simplecast	58
50	Global Media & Communication	New Books Network	Science	16	Simplecast	63
51	New Books in Education	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
52	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
53	New Books in Journalism	Marshall Poe	Science	526	Simplecast	69
54	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
55	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
56	The Power Shift: Decolonising Development	Kate Bird	Science	48	Buzzsprout	57
57	a scope ~リベラルアーツで世界を視る目が変わる~	NewsPicks	Science	32	Spotify for Podcasters	43
58	How to Thrive	Claire Sanders and Helen Silver-MacMahon	Science	49	Acast	74
59	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
60	Oxford Obesity - Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity, University of Oxford	Unit for BioCultural Variation and Obesity, University of Oxford	Science	31	Spotify for Podcasters	22
61	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
62	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
63	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	150	Substack	43
64	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
65	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
66	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
67	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
68	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
69	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
70	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	50	Blubrry	64
71	Feminist Economics Podcast	The Feminist Economics Podcast	Science	3	Captivate	62
72	Between Heat and Hope	climatelitigation.uva.nl	Science	13	RSS.com	68
73	Connecting Society: How everyday data can shape our lives	ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK)	Science	17	Buzzsprout	68
74	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
75	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
76	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	Science	30	Spotify for Podcasters	17
77	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	27	Podbean	31
78	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
80	Pela Lente do Antropólogo	Ambigrama	Science	12	Spotify for Podcasters	37
81	The Forensic Update Podcast	The British Psychological Society	Science	10	Libsyn	37
82	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
83	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
84	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	79
85	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
86	Social Sessions	Sean Toal	Science	108	Acast	59
87	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
88	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
89	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
90	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
91	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	406	Spotify for Podcasters	22
92	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
93	The Counselling Psychology Lens	Mary	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	37
94	Residential Child Care Workers Points Of View Podcast , Global	Hosted By Joe Gibb	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	27
95	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2306	Acast	28
96	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
97	Talk On — Debates in Anthropology	Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology	Science	15	podcaster.de	58
98	Modern Slavery PEC podcast	Modern Slavery PEC	Science	20	Podbean	37
99	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
100	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

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