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 23 Apr 2026

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04/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 243

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:52:17

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. King's College Cambridge (1 shows)

4. 8th Kind (1 shows)

5. AcSS (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Podbean (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
2	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	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	King's of Curiosity with Gillian Tett	King's College Cambridge	Science	7	Libsyn	52
6	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
7	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
8	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
9	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
10	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
13	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
14	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
16	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
17	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
18	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
19	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
20	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
21	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
22	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	108	Buzzsprout	69
23	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	257	Captivate	79
24	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
25	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
26	The Coaching Psychology Update	Division of Coaching	Science	37	Libsyn	42
27	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
28	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
29	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
32	PRIO's Peace in a Pod	Peace Research Institute Oslo	Science	112	Acast	59
33	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	62	Podbean	31
34	芭樂人類學@左岸	芭樂人類學、左岸文化	Science	28	SoundOn	73
35	Public Health Insight	PHI Media	Science	338	Buzzsprout	63
36	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
37	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	29	Unknown	52
38	Social Work Sessions	The Social Work Sessions	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
39	通往奴役之路 \| 哈耶克著作	多云下的蛋	Science	20	Ximalaya	49
40	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	32	Audioboom	32
41	50 Years of Life in Britain	Centre for Longitudinal Studies – UCL Institute of Education	Science	7	Omny Studio	68
42	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
43	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
44	AI in Qualitative Research	Dr Susanne Friese	Science	21	Spotify for Podcasters	48
45	World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast	World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group	Science	25	Podbean	37
46	The Great Psychology Delusion	TheGreatPsychologyDelusion	Science	11	Podbean	42
47	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
48	Social Sessions	Sean Toal	Science	108	Acast	59
49	The Social Matters Podcast	Nadia, Fran, Eugene	Science	144	Buzzsprout	57
50	The Coaching UnpACT Podcast	Rachael Skews and Hazel Anderson Turner	Science	27	Substack	37
51	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
52	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
54	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
55	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
56	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
57	The IR thinker	Martin Zubko	Science	131	Acast	73
58	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
59	Classroom Psychology	Cora Sargeant	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	33
60	Financing a Sustainable Future	Financial Markets Group	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	42
61	In Common	The In Common Team	Science	245	Podbean	42
62	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	263	Libsyn	48
63	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
64	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
65	Risk InSight	Society for Risk Analysis	Science	51	Libsyn	43
66	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
67	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
68	Surviving Social Work Training	Donna	Social Sciences	3	N/A	N/A
69	Changing Climate, Changing Migration	Migration Policy Institute	Science	55	Podbean	52
70	Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre	Flyover Radio, Inc.	Science	104	Buzzsprout	52
71	Sociology Sessions	A Sociology Experiment	Science	11	Spreaker	49
72	Broomedocs POdcast	Dr Casey Parker	Science	96	Libsyn	43
73	Hear This Idea	Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti	Science	90	Pinecast	79
74	Peak Performance Psychology	Lauren Pierce	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
76	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
77	To the Righthouse	Global Campus of Human Rights	Science	23	Spotify for Podcasters	63
78	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	242	Wistia	48
79	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
80	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
81	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
82	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
83	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
84	Resolution Foundation Events Podcast	externalaffairs	Science	100	Podbean	57
85	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
86	Urban Radar	Sheffield Urbanism	Science	33	Buzzsprout	63
87	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	134	Megaphone	48
88	The Forensic Update Podcast	The British Psychological Society	Science	9	Libsyn	37
89	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	96	Spotify for Podcasters	52
90	Utblick	Utrikespolitiska institutet	Science	162	Acast	59
91	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
92	The Psychology Perspective	ellie2302d	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
93	BJKS Podcast	Benjamin James Kuper-Smith	Science	119	Buzzsprout	42
94	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	8	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	The Mind Behind It	Huda Cadekiwala and Sahil Saluja	Science	41	Captivate	63
96	Who Knew? We Didn't!	Marta & Meaghan	Science & Medicine	49	Podbean	58
97	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
98	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media	David Beckemeyer	Science	159	Buzzsprout	58
100	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

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