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 22 Apr 2026

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04/22/2026

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Episodes: 214

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:49:10

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Mercatus Center at George Mason University (2 shows)

3. Peace Research Institute Oslo (1 shows)

4. Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam (1 shows)

5. Foreign Policy Research Institute (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (16 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
2	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
3	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
4	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
5	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
6	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
7	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
8	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
9	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
12	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
13	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
14	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
15	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
16	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
17	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
18	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
19	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
20	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
21	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	266	Captivate	79
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
23	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
24	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73
25	PRIO's Peace in a Pod	Peace Research Institute Oslo	Science	112	Acast	59
26	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
27	芭樂人類學@左岸	芭樂人類學、左岸文化	Science	28	SoundOn	73
28	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
29	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
30	The Social Matters Podcast	Nadia, Fran, Eugene	Science	147	Buzzsprout	57
31	The Coaching UnpACT Podcast	Rachael Skews and Hazel Anderson Turner	Science	28	Substack	37
32	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	173	Buzzsprout	48
33	Social Sessions	Sean Toal	Science	108	Acast	59
34	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	597	Libsyn	37
35	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
36	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
37	The Coaching Psychology Update	Division of Coaching	Science	37	Libsyn	42
38	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
39	In Common	The In Common Team	Science	245	Podbean	42
40	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	266	Libsyn	48
41	The IR thinker	Martin Zubko	Science	132	Acast	73
42	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
43	Classroom Psychology	Cora Sargeant	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	33
44	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
45	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
46	Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre	Flyover Radio, Inc.	Science	104	Buzzsprout	52
47	Surviving Social Work Training	Donna	Social Sciences	3	N/A	N/A
48	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	27
49	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
50	Broomedocs POdcast	Dr Casey Parker	Science	90	Libsyn	38
51	Risk InSight	Society for Risk Analysis	Science	51	Libsyn	43
52	Financing a Sustainable Future	Financial Markets Group	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	42
53	Hear This Idea	Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti	Science	90	Pinecast	79
54	Peak Performance Psychology	Lauren Pierce	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	52
55	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
56	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	32
57	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
58	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
59	To the Righthouse	Global Campus of Human Rights	Science	33	Spotify for Podcasters	48
60	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
61	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
62	Resolution Foundation Events Podcast	externalaffairs	Science	100	Podbean	57
63	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
64	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
65	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	35	ART19	73
66	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	98	Spotify for Podcasters	52
67	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
68	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
69	Urban Radar	Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry	Science	37	Buzzsprout	83
70	The Forensic Update Podcast	The British Psychological Society	Science	10	Libsyn	37
71	Utblick	Utrikespolitiska institutet	Science	162	Acast	59
72	The Psychology Perspective	ellie2302d	Science	56	Spotify for Podcasters	17
73	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
74	BJKS Podcast	Benjamin James Kuper-Smith	Science	119	Buzzsprout	42
75	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	The Mind Behind It	Huda Cadekiwala and Sahil Saluja	Science	41	Captivate	63
77	Who Knew? We Didn't!	Marta & Meaghan	Science & Medicine	49	Podbean	58
78	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
79	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
80	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	60	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
82	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	168	Buzzsprout	58
83	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
84	Talking Child Development	ccfdau	Science	40	Podbean	42
85	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
86	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
87	The Decision Corner	The Decision Lab	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	63
88	The Human Risk Podcast	Human Risk	Science	382	Spreaker	48
89	SoundPower	Martyn Ware and Cherub Sanson	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	63
90	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
91	David A. Hughes	Resisting the Global Technocratic Coup One Person at a Time	Science	150	Substack	43
92	Local Zero	Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities	Science	126	Captivate	43
93	Psych With Mike	Dr. Michael E. Mahon	Science	100	Libsyn	38
94	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2307	Acast	28
95	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
96	Cold Takes Audio	coldtakes	Science	50	Buzzsprout	32
97	PSYC 101: General Psychology (DSM-5 Edition) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	David Bailey	Social Sciences	28	N/A	N/A
98	The Student Social Work Hub	The Student Social Work Hub	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
100	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

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