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 21 Jan 2026

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01/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 248

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:45:21

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (6 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (4 shows)

3. Michael Munger (2 shows)

4. Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery (1 shows)

5. PRX and Greater Good Science Center (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
3	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
4	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
5	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
6	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
7	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
8	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
12	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
13	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	424	Audioboom	38
14	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
15	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	42	Libsyn	53
16	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
17	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	110	Buzzsprout	69
18	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
19	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
20	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
21	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
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	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
25	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	266	Omny Studio	63
26	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	252	Megaphone	38
27	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
28	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
29	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
30	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
31	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
32	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
33	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
34	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
35	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	24	Buzzsprout	73
36	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
37	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
38	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	261	Captivate	79
39	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
40	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
41	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
42	The Student Social Work Hub	The Student Social Work Hub	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
43	The Social Matters Podcast	Nadia, Fran, Eugene	Science	145	Buzzsprout	57
44	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
45	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
46	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
47	My Pocket Psych	Dr. Richard A. MacKinnon	Science	100	Libsyn	58
48	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
49	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
50	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
51	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
52	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
53	This British Life Podcast	This British Life Podcast	Science	187	Acast	48
54	Psych	David Pizarro	Science	17	Fireside	49
55	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
56	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
57	New Books in Communications	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	73
58	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	319	RSS.com	32
59	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57
60	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	29	Buzzsprout	47
61	New Books in Education	Marshall Poe	Science	1238	Megaphone	59
62	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
63	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	519	Simplecast	63
64	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
65	Alpha Male Strategies	AMS	Science	18	RSS.com	48
66	講談社	Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	The Black Ass Astrology Podcast	Astro V	Science	4	Spreaker	32
68	Culture, language, cognition and diversity	Kirstie R Greene-Cook	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	58
69	CIPR Engage Podcast	ciprengage	Science	23	Podbean	52
70	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	Science	28	Spotify for Podcasters	17
71	Climate Change and Health Conversation with Nana Adwoa Achiaa	Climate & Health podcast	Science	13	Spotify for Podcasters	48
72	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
73	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
74	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
75	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
76	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
77	Hear This Idea	Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti	Science	90	Pinecast	79
78	Unlocking Behaviour Change	Robert West	Science	68	Podbean	63
79	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	241	Megaphone	42
80	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	28	PRX	69
81	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
82	ExChange Wales: Social care training & resource	ExChange Wales	Science	24	Buzzsprout	62
83	Personality Psychology Podcast	personalitypsychologypodcast	Science	63	Podbean	37
84	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2270	Acast	28
85	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	143	Substack	43
86	Talk On — Debates in Anthropology	Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology	Science	14	podcaster.de	58
87	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
88	African Cities	African Cities Research Consortium	Science	34	Buzzsprout	68
89	Changing Climate, Changing Migration	Migration Policy Institute	Science	56	Podbean	52
90	ربط البحث الإجتماعي بالمجتمع	د. ساري حنفي	Science	99	Captivate	73
91	Urban Radar	Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry	Science	35	Buzzsprout	83
92	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
93	The Behavioral Design Podcast	Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth	Science	77	Spotify for Podcasters	42
94	Stanford Computational Antitrust	Thibault Schrepel	Science	42	Spotify for Podcasters	22
95	The Answer Is Transaction Costs	Michael Munger	Science	87	Buzzsprout	48
96	Social Sessions	Sean Toal	Science	108	Acast	59
97	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
98	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
99	The Psychology Perspective	ellie2302d	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
100	The Different Minds podcast series	John Offord	Science	67	Spotify for Podcasters	58

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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