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 May 2026

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05/16/2026

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Episodes: 245

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:47:32

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (9 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (9 shows)

3. Cambridge University (2 shows)

4. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (1 shows)

5. The Behavioural Insights Team (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (24 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (19 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	551	Spotify for Podcasters	28
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
3	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
4	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
5	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
6	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73
7	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
8	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
11	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	72	Spotify for Podcasters	38
14	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
15	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
16	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
18	CIPR Engage Podcast	ciprengage	Science	25	Podbean	52
19	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
20	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
21	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1362	Megaphone	58
22	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	70	Spotify for Podcasters	27
23	Financing a Sustainable Future	Financial Markets Group	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	42
24	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
25	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
26	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
27	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
28	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
29	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
30	The Forensic Update Podcast	The British Psychological Society	Science	10	Libsyn	37
31	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	267	Captivate	79
32	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
33	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
34	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	55	Spotify for Podcasters	22
35	Anthropology on Air	Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen	Science	25	Simplecast	58
36	Predictable Prospecting's Podcast	Marylou Tyler	Science	158	Libsyn	42
37	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	48	Spotify for Podcasters	47
38	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	71	Podbean	42
39	Social Work Sessions	The Social Work Sessions	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
40	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
41	The Counselling Psychology Lens	Mary	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	37
42	The Social Matters Podcast	Nadia, Fran, Eugene	Science	147	Buzzsprout	57
43	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
44	The Different Minds podcast series	John Offord	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	58
45	The Science of Personality Podcast	Hogan Assessments	Science	188	Buzzsprout	27
46	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	85	Captivate	53
47	Keeping Up With The Keynesians	Keeping Up With The Keynesians	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
48	Hollerlogue	James Browning	Science	3	RSS.com	63
49	Aiene Ayeneh \| پادکست آیین آینه	PersianBMS	Science	45	Transistor	53
50	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
51	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
52	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
53	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
54	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
55	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
56	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
57	Annex Sociology Podcast	unknown_author	Science	10	Unknown	32
58	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
59	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
60	What about us? Cultural Awareness in Clinical Psychology	WhatAboutUs	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	58
61	A Level Edexcel Psychology	Gem	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48
62	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
63	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
64	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
65	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
66	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
67	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
68	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
69	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	243	Megaphone	42
70	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
71	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
72	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	174	Buzzsprout	48
73	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	79
74	The Phenomenology Collective	Dr Lewis Barrett-Rodger and Dr Sally Goldspink	Science	15	Spotify for Podcasters	32
75	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
76	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
77	New Books in Communications	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	73
78	Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ)	Alog	Science	158	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	Hear This Idea	Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti	Science	90	Pinecast	79
80	Real World Behavioural Science	Paul Chadwick and Tiago Moutela	Science	46	Buzzsprout	53
81	New Books in Journalism	Marshall Poe	Science	526	Simplecast	69
82	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
83	Unlocking Behaviour Change	Robert West	Science	73	Podbean	63
84	The Second Cold War Observatory	Jessica DiCarlo and Seth Schindler	Science	21	Simplecast	63
85	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
86	The Nordic Asia Podcast	NIAS and its academic partners	Science	287	Simplecast	58
87	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
88	The Decision Corner	The Decision Lab	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	63
89	Global Media & Communication	New Books Network	Science	16	Simplecast	63
90	The BIT podcast	The Behavioural Insights Team	Science	18	Libsyn	58
91	New Books in Education	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
92	The Louder Than Words Podcast	University of Essex	Science	30	Castos	48
93	Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.	Fight Club International	Science	21	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	Les idées mènent le monde	QUB radio	Science	100	Omny Studio	78
95	Social and Developmental Psychology Seminar Series	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	2	Unknown	33
96	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
97	Wide Atlantic Weird	Cian	Science	151	Spotify for Podcasters	48
98	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
99	Social Sessions	Sean Toal	Science	108	Acast	59
100	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	129	Acast	69

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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