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 13 Jul 2026

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07/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 397

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:49:27

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (9 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (9 shows)

3. Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery (1 shows)

4. Dr Lewis Barrett-Rodger and Dr Sally Goldspink (1 shows)

5. International Security (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (16 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (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	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
12	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
13	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
14	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
15	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
16	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
17	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
19	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
21	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
22	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
23	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
24	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
25	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
27	Elfonomics - with Elf Lyons and Dr Gerard Lyons	Elfonomics	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	48
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
29	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	108	Buzzsprout	69
30	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
31	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
32	The Student Social Work Hub	The Student Social Work Hub	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
33	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
34	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
35	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
36	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
37	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
38	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
39	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
40	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
41	The Forensic Update Podcast	The British Psychological Society	Science	9	Libsyn	37
42	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
43	Urban Radar	Sheffield Urbanism	Science	33	Buzzsprout	63
44	Standard error	Mike Trott and Ravi Iyer	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
45	Resolution Foundation Events Podcast	externalaffairs	Science	100	Podbean	57
46	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
47	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	Criminal Behaviorology	Timothy Joseph	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	48
49	Core Insights: Behavioural Science	Warwick Business School	Science	12	Buzzsprout	62
50	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
51	La chronique de Jeune Afrique	France Inter	Science	1	Unknown	43
52	Macro Minds	Kallum Pickering	Science	15	Spotify for Podcasters	33
53	The Human Risk Podcast	Human Risk	Science	381	Spreaker	48
54	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
55	Social Sessions	Sean Toal	Science	108	Acast	59
56	The Phenomenology Collective	Dr Lewis Barrett-Rodger and Dr Sally Goldspink	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	32
57	The Governance Podcast	Centre for the Study of Governance and Society	Science	77	Podbean	42
58	Probation Perspectives: Insights into Community Justice	Community Justice Learning	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	58
59	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
60	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
61	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
62	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
63	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	314	RSS.com	32
64	芭樂人類學@左岸	芭樂人類學、左岸文化	Science	28	SoundOn	73
65	What’s The Matter	whatsthematter	Science	13	Podbean	63
66	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
67	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
68	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
69	Liminality Podcast	Liminality Research Consortium	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	42
70	The Coaching Psychology Update	Division of Coaching	Science	37	Libsyn	42
71	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
72	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
73	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
74	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
75	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
76	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	293	Podbean	52
77	New Books in Communications	Marshall Poe	Science	1955	Megaphone	63
78	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
79	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	649	Megaphone	53
80	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
81	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	1120	Megaphone	69
83	Anthropology on Air	Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen	Science	25	Simplecast	58
84	This British Life Podcast	This British Life Podcast	Science	187	Acast	48
85	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
86	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1912	Megaphone	59
87	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	593	Megaphone	53
88	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	2147	Megaphone	53
89	New Books in Education	Marshall Poe	Science	1237	Megaphone	59
90	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	646	Megaphone	59
91	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	798	Megaphone	53
92	The Nordic Asia Podcast	NIAS and its academic partners	Science	285	Simplecast	58
93	New Books in Journalism	Marshall Poe	Science	524	Megaphone	59
94	The Second Cold War Observatory	Jessica DiCarlo and Seth Schindler	Science	21	Simplecast	63
95	Global Media & Communication	New Books Network	Science	16	Megaphone	63
96	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
97	Relational Practice: a social work podcast	Jodie Park and Rose Mackey	Science	41	RSS.com	51
98	World Health Investigation Podcast	WHI	Science	39	Buzzsprout	67
99	Philosophers on Medicine	Jonathan Fuller	Science & Medicine	17	Squarespace	49
100	Exploring Fear	Louis Allan	Science	7	Pinecast	59

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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