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 16 Feb 2026

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02/16/2026

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Episodes: 318

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:51:33

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

3. Cambridge University (2 shows)

4. AcSS (1 shows)

5. Action Lab (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Megaphone (10 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	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	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
7	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
8	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
9	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	108	Buzzsprout	69
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
11	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
14	The Qualitative Open Mic	quahrc	Science	47	Podbean	58
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
16	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
18	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
19	Resolution Foundation Events Podcast	externalaffairs	Science	100	Podbean	57
20	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
21	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
22	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
23	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
24	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
25	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
26	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
27	My Pocket Psych	Dr. Richard A. MacKinnon	Science	100	Libsyn	58
28	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
29	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
30	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
31	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
32	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
33	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	257	Captivate	79
34	CIPR Engage Podcast	ciprengage	Science	23	Podbean	52
35	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
36	Social Sessions	Sean Toal	Science	108	Acast	59
37	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
38	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
39	Real World Behavioural Science	Paul Chadwick and Tiago Moutela	Science	46	Buzzsprout	53
40	Probation Perspectives: Insights into Community Justice	Community Justice Learning	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	58
41	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	41	Podigee	79
42	The Coaching UnpACT Podcast	Rachael Skews and Hazel Anderson Turner	Science	27	Substack	37
43	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
44	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	25	Podbean	37
45	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
46	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
47	Hay Festival lectures	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	11	Unknown	54
48	Wicked Complex	Action Lab	Science	7	Transistor	84
49	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
50	Control and the Law Podcast	Sarah Ellis	Government	5	RSS.com	52
51	The Social Matters Podcast	Nadia, Fran, Eugene	Science	144	Buzzsprout	57
52	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
53	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
54	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
55	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
56	Educational Psychology for Everyone!	Katja Upadyaya (University of Helsinki)	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	58
57	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
58	How to Thrive	Claire Sanders and Helen Silver-MacMahon	Science	46	Acast	74
59	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
60	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
61	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
62	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
63	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
65	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	142	Substack	43
66	Daniel T. Bourne	Daniel Bourne	Science	81	RSS.com	52
67	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
68	THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST	Connor Whiteley	Science	402	Spotify for Podcasters	42
69	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	Science	28	Spotify for Podcasters	17
70	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
71	Psychology After Dark	Dr. Jessica Micono and Dr. David Morelos	Science & Medicine	50	Squarespace	69
72	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	2147	Megaphone	53
73	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
74	Dead Honest	Georgie Vestey	Science	15	Buzzsprout	58
75	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	140	Podbean	48
76	The Colour Connection	Kate Harrison	Science	6	Buzzsprout	73
77	Psychoanaliterature: Psychoanalysis, Literature, and All That Lie in Between	Psychoanaliterature: Psychoanalysis, Literature, and All That Lie in Between	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Staying Sane with Natasha Devon	11-29 Media	Science	21	Spreaker	38
79	Talking Social Innovation Podcast	Created by Scott Douglas and Produced by Anna Dollero	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
80	Le temps d'être soi	L'Assurance retraite	Science	7	Acast	69
81	New Books in Communications	Marshall Poe	Science	1953	Megaphone	63
82	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2253	Acast	28
83	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
84	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	1120	Megaphone	69
85	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
86	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
87	AI in Qualitative Research	Dr Susanne Friese	Science	21	Spotify for Podcasters	48
88	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
89	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
90	Power In Excellence	Dr John	Science	15	Buzzsprout	63
91	The Human Risk Podcast	Human Risk	Science	381	Spreaker	48
92	Geoeconomic Competition	Francesca Ghiretti	Science	62	Buzzsprout	52
93	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
95	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
96	African Cities	African Cities Research Consortium	Science	34	Buzzsprout	68
98	The Counselling Psychology Lens	Mary	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	42
99	Innovative Methods in Criminology	Iain Brennan	Science	4	Podbean	42
100	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

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