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 11 Feb 2026

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02/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 266

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:50:59

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. The Social Work Sessions (1 shows)

4. You Are Not So Smart (1 shows)

5. The Student Social Work Hub (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	711	Simplecast	48
2	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
3	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
4	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
5	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
6	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
7	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	353	PRX	53
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
11	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
12	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
13	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
14	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
15	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	109	Buzzsprout	69
16	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	938	Megaphone	63
18	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
19	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
20	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
21	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
22	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
23	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
24	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
25	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
26	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
27	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
28	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
29	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
30	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
31	Resolution Foundation Events Podcast	externalaffairs	Science	100	Podbean	57
32	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
33	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
34	The Qual Report: Exploring the Depths of Qualitative Research	Adam Rosenthal	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	28
35	Geoeconomic Competition	Francesca Ghiretti	Science	63	Buzzsprout	52
36	Power In Excellence	Dr John	Science	15	Buzzsprout	63
37	The Human Risk Podcast	Human Risk	Science	381	Spreaker	48
38	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
39	Unlocking Behaviour Change	Robert West	Science	68	Podbean	63
40	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	423	Audioboom	38
41	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1335	Megaphone	58
42	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	13	Libsyn	57
43	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
44	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
45	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
47	The Different Minds podcast series	John Offord	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	58
48	Down To Earth - The Hubbub Podcast	Hubbub	Science	17	Buzzsprout	52
49	The Social Matters Podcast	Nadia, Fran, Eugene	Science	144	Buzzsprout	57
50	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
51	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
52	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
53	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
54	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
55	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
56	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
57	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
58	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
59	Social Research Methods	Armin Trost	Science	24	Podigee	59
60	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	611	Libsyn	58
61	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
62	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	653	Simplecast	63
63	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	593	Simplecast	53
64	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
65	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	315	RSS.com	32
66	Social Work Sessions	The Social Work Sessions	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	655	Simplecast	63
68	Local Zero	Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities	Science	126	Captivate	43
69	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
70	絮言．狂想 seoijin	以色列、三苗、靳尼	Science	111	Buzzsprout	48
71	The Student Social Work Hub	The Student Social Work Hub	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	The IR thinker	Martin Zubko	Science	131	Acast	73
73	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	798	Megaphone	53
74	Post-Growth Planning	Christian Lamker & Viola Schulze Dieckhoff	Science	34	Unknown	49
75	Läkarna podcast	Läkarna	Science	92	Acast	53
76	The Criminologist	Joe Arvidson	Science	245	Libsyn	63
77	This Anthro Life	Anthrocurious, LLC	Science	232	Spreaker	74
78	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
79	49W	49W	Science	493	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	Voices of Lancashire	Lara Momesso	Science	13	Unknown	64
82	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
83	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
84	The Counselling Psychology Lens	Mary	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	42
85	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
86	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	264	Captivate	79
87	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
88	The Divergence Department	The Divergence Department	Science	15	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	AI in Qualitative Research	Dr Susanne Friese	Science	21	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
91	Circuit Breaker: Rewiring Your Decisions	Ami To	Science	25	RedCircle	48
92	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
93	مع تميم	Atheer ~ أثير	Science	5	Omny Studio	63
94	Connecting Society: How everyday data can shape our lives	ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK)	Science	14	Buzzsprout	68
95	Beyond Crime	Beyond Crime	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	43
96	A Manifesto For Hope	Oasis UK	Science	25	Acast	84
97	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
98	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
99	Innovative Methods in Criminology	Iain Brennan	Science	4	Podbean	42
100	Psychology, Criminology & Law	Jay Fawcett	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48

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.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in Great Britain.
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