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 24 Aug 2026

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08/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 365

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:46:57

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (8 shows)

2. New Books Network (7 shows)

3. Spencer Greenberg (1 shows)

4. Vicki Shevlin (1 shows)

5. Mj Jahangirzade (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	500	Spotify for Podcasters	28
2	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
3	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
4	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
5	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
6	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
7	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1333	Megaphone	58
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
9	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
10	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
11	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
12	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1091	PRX	63
16	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
18	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
19	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
21	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Captivate	48
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	198	Libsyn	48
23	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
24	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2252	Acast	28
25	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
26	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
27	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	422	Audioboom	38
28	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
29	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
30	Elfonomics - with Elf Lyons and Dr Gerard Lyons	Elfonomics	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	48
31	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
32	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
33	Talking Child Development	ccfdau	Science	40	Podbean	42
34	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
35	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
36	50 Years of Life in Britain	Centre for Longitudinal Studies – UCL Institute of Education	Science	7	Omny Studio	68
37	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	28
38	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
39	Out Of The Rut	Amy Hughes	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	58
40	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
41	Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast	Julian Jaynes Society	Science	44	Spotify for Podcasters	47
42	The Kenyanist	Kamau Wairuri	Science	29	Spotify for Podcasters	53
43	The Qual Report: Exploring the Depths of Qualitative Research	Adam Rosenthal	Science	16	Spotify for Podcasters	28
44	The Abnormal Psychologist	Dr. Colby Taylor	Science	89	Buzzsprout	47
45	Underground History	Chelsea Rose	Science	63	Unknown	43
46	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
47	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	108	Buzzsprout	69
48	The Forensic Update Podcast	The British Psychological Society	Science	9	Libsyn	37
49	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
50	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
51	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
52	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	1120	Megaphone	69
53	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
54	New Books in Communications	Marshall Poe	Science	1955	Megaphone	63
55	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	257	Captivate	79
56	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1575	Megaphone	59
57	The Second Cold War Observatory	Jessica DiCarlo and Seth Schindler	Science	21	Simplecast	63
58	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	171	Buzzsprout	48
59	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	646	Megaphone	59
60	Anthropology on Air	Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen	Science	25	Simplecast	58
61	The Nordic Asia Podcast	NIAS and its academic partners	Science	285	Simplecast	58
62	Global Media & Communication	New Books Network	Science	16	Megaphone	63
63	New Books in Language and Translation	Marshall Poe	Science	593	Megaphone	53
64	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	649	Megaphone	53
65	New Books in Education	Marshall Poe	Science	1237	Megaphone	59
66	New Books in Journalism	Marshall Poe	Science	524	Megaphone	59
67	Over Onderwijs & Opvoeding	Universiteit van Amsterdam / UvA / Pedagogische en Onderwijswetenschappen	Science	29	Buzzsprout	47
68	Philosophers on Medicine	Jonathan Fuller	Science & Medicine	17	Squarespace	49
69	پادکست روانشناسی کودک و نوجوان	Mj Jahangirzade	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	La chronique de Jeune Afrique	France Inter	Science	1	Unknown	43
71	Science for the People	Rachelle Saunders, Bethany Brookshire, and Carolyn Wilke	Science & Medicine	300	Feedburner	49
72	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	399	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
74	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
75	The Phenomenology Collective	Dr Lewis Barrett-Rodger and Dr Sally Goldspink	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	32
76	Social Sessions	Sean Toal	Science	108	Acast	59
77	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
78	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
79	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
80	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
81	Space & Sexuality	Joe Jukes	Science	7	Spreaker	84
82	The Student Social Work Hub	The Student Social Work Hub	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
84	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1912	Megaphone	59
85	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	937	Libsyn	49
86	The Criminology Academy	Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe	Science	139	Podbean	48
87	ExChange Wales: Social care training & resource	ExChange Wales	Science	24	Buzzsprout	62
88	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	41	Podigee	79
89	Guns for Hire	Atlantic Council	Science	27	Buzzsprout	78
90	Social Workers Matter	Dr. Sylvia	Science	107	Omny Studio	84
91	Barnpsykologerna	Liv Svirsky, Kajsa Lönn Rhodin, Maria Lalouni och Lars Klintwall	Science	506	Acast	53
92	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	122	Acast	69
93	懂心理，調出好關係《Healthy Relationship》	姜尚文心理師，朴世光心理師	Science	333	Firstory	48
94	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	179	Spotify for Podcasters	32
95	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	593	Libsyn	37
96	The Human Risk Podcast	Human Risk	Science	381	Spreaker	48
97	Psychology in 10 Minutes	David B. Feldman - psychology \| social science \| politics \| mental health	Science	55	Podbean	32
98	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
99	Wide Atlantic Weird	Cian	Science	151	Spotify for Podcasters	53
100	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63

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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