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 15 May 2026

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05/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 370

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:48:49

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (9 shows)

2. New Books Network (9 shows)

3. Charles Schwab (1 shows)

4. Mysterious Radio (1 shows)

5. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (18 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	502	Spotify for Podcasters	28
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
4	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
5	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
6	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
7	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
8	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
10	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	423	Audioboom	38
11	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
12	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	27	Libsyn	53
13	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
14	CIPR Engage Podcast	ciprengage	Science	23	Podbean	52
15	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
16	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
17	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
18	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
20	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	734	Megaphone	63
21	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	109	Buzzsprout	69
22	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
23	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
24	The Forensic Update Podcast	The British Psychological Society	Science	9	Libsyn	37
25	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
26	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
27	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
28	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	257	Captivate	79
29	Anthropology on Air	Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen	Science	25	Simplecast	58
30	Predictable Prospecting's Podcast	Marylou Tyler	Science	158	Libsyn	42
31	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
32	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
33	The Counselling Psychology Lens	Mary	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	42
34	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
35	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
36	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
37	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
38	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3744	Megaphone	59
39	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
40	Annex Sociology Podcast	unknown_author	Science	10	Unknown	32
41	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
42	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
43	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
44	What about us? Cultural Awareness in Clinical Psychology	WhatAboutUs	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	58
45	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
46	A Level Edexcel Psychology	Gem	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48
47	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	646	Megaphone	59
48	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	336	Audioboom	52
49	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
50	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
51	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
52	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
53	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
54	The Phenomenology Collective	Dr Lewis Barrett-Rodger and Dr Sally Goldspink	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	32
55	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
56	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
57	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1913	Megaphone	59
58	Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ)	Alog	Science	158	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	2143	Megaphone	53
60	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	798	Megaphone	53
61	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	649	Megaphone	53
62	Real World Behavioural Science	Paul Chadwick and Tiago Moutela	Science	46	Buzzsprout	53
63	New Books in Journalism	Marshall Poe	Science	524	Megaphone	59
64	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	47
65	New Books in Communications	Marshall Poe	Science	1953	Megaphone	63
66	The Nordic Asia Podcast	NIAS and its academic partners	Science	285	Simplecast	58
67	The Second Cold War Observatory	Jessica DiCarlo and Seth Schindler	Science	21	Simplecast	63
68	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	593	Megaphone	53
69	Hear This Idea	Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti	Science	90	Pinecast	79
70	Global Media & Communication	New Books Network	Science	16	Megaphone	63
71	The BIT podcast	The Behavioural Insights Team	Science	18	Libsyn	58
72	New Books in Education	Marshall Poe	Science	1238	Megaphone	59
73	The Louder Than Words Podcast	University of Essex	Science	30	Castos	48
74	Les idées mènent le monde	QUB radio	Science	100	Omny Studio	78
75	Unlocking Behaviour Change	Robert West	Science	68	Podbean	63
76	Social and Developmental Psychology Seminar Series	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	2	Unknown	33
77	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
78	Social Sessions	Sean Toal	Science	108	Acast	59
79	Wide Atlantic Weird	Cian	Science	151	Spotify for Podcasters	53
80	ACT:Root to Fruit	Marcel Tassara, PhD	Science	37	RedCircle	79
81	Война и мы	PS Lab - Лаборатория публичной социологии	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	52
82	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	123	Acast	69
83	Who We Are & What We Need	Catherine Quiring	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	68
84	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
85	Guns for Hire	Atlantic Council	Science	27	Buzzsprout	78
86	사파리의 연구자들	사파리의 연구자들	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Wicked Problems Podcast	Toby Corballis	Science	52	Libsyn	52
88	Heritage Türkiye	Işılay Gürsu, Peter Cherry	Science	29	Libsyn	58
89	The Brain Blown Podcast	The Brain Blown Podcast	Science	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	End of Life Podcast from Lumina Hospice and Palliative Care	Lumina Hospice and Palliative Care	Science & Medicine	13	Podbean	37
92	Trans Theory	Ash Paré and Yarrow Bouchard	Science	5	Spotify for Podcasters	33
93	The Coaching UnpACT Podcast	Rachael Skews and Hazel Anderson Turner	Science	27	Substack	37
94	Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD	Bernard Beitman	Science	227	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	315	RSS.com	32
96	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	29	ART19	73
97	The Human Risk Podcast	Human Risk	Science	381	Spreaker	48
98	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	263	Libsyn	48
99	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
100	Innovative Methods in Criminology	Iain Brennan	Science	4	Podbean	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

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