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 25 Jan 2026

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01/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 240

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:47:40

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

3. Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery (1 shows)

4. Jack Houser (1 shows)

5. The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (14 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (12 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	549	Spotify for Podcasters	28
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	632	Simplecast	48
3	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
4	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
5	Human Potential Lab	Scott Barry Kaufman	Science	482	ART19	69
6	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
7	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
8	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
10	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
11	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
12	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
13	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
14	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A
15	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
16	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
17	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
18	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
19	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
20	The Systemic Way	Sezer and Julie	Science	112	Buzzsprout	69
21	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	126	Buzzsprout	48
22	Everything's Psychology	a Behaviour podcast	Science	43	Buzzsprout	72
23	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
24	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
25	The Human Risk Podcast	Human Risk	Science	382	Spreaker	48
26	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
27	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
28	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	429	Audioboom	38
29	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	327	RSS.com	32
31	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
32	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
33	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
34	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
35	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
36	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
37	The Counselling Psychology Lens	Mary	Science	20	Spotify for Podcasters	37
38	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast	Science	30	Spotify for Podcasters	17
39	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
40	Social Work Radio	Social Work Radio	Science	156	Podbean	48
41	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
42	Social Sessions	Sean Toal	Science	108	Acast	59
43	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
44	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
45	Multiverse 5D Podcast \| Spirituality, Metaphysics, Multiverse and Ancient Secrets	Multiverse 5D Network	Religion & Spirituality	999	Podbean	27
46	催稿拉黑 Philosophically Procrastinating	Yao Lin	Science	47	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	The We Society with Will Hutton	Academy of Social Sciences	Science	95	Audioboom	73
48	The ABCs of SBC	UNICEF SBC	Science	18	Buzzsprout	69
49	Influence Psychology and Persuasion - Mike Sweet - 10 Minute Coach - Develop and Discover	Mike Sweet	Science	22	Libsyn	32
50	The Developmental	Alis Anagnostakis (Ph.D.)	Science	23	Substack	64
51	The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work	Sarah Lonbay	Science	31	Acast	58
52	La Suite dans les idées Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	14	N/A	N/A
53	Whiskey & International Relations Theory	Drs. Patrick Thaddeus Jackson & Daniel Nexon	Science	35	Podomatic	58
54	International Law Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
55	JurisDictions: International law podcast	T.M.C. Asser Instituut	Science	15	stationista	42
56	J-PAL Voices	J-PAL North America	Science	13	Simplecast	73
57	School of Psych \| Insightful interviews and stories about psychology, culture, and relationships.	Jared DeFife, Ph.D. interviews experts on relationships, happiness, love, p	Science	8	Libsyn	48
58	Can I Run Something By You?	Stephanie	Science	9	Buzzsprout	38
59	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
60	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2307	Acast	28
61	The Coaching UnpACT Podcast	Rachael Skews and Hazel Anderson Turner	Science	28	Substack	37
62	Talking Child Development	ccfdau	Science	40	Podbean	42
63	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	266	Captivate	79
64	Unlocking Behaviour Change	Robert West	Science	73	Podbean	63
65	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
66	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
67	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
69	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	136	Fireside	48
70	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	488	Audioboom	63
71	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52
72	Pogi Podcast	Pogátsa Zoltán	Science	243	Megaphone	42
73	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
74	Talk On — Debates in Anthropology	Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology	Science	15	podcaster.de	58
75	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
76	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
77	Everything Hertz	Dan Quintana	Science	195	Fireside	59
78	ClassClinPsych	ClassClinPsych Collective	Science	13	Spotify for Podcasters	58
79	Social Science for Public Good	Social Science for Public Good	Science	24	Spotify for Podcasters	68
80	Cognitive Bias	The Cognitive Bias Thinkbois	Science	12	Transistor	53
81	Oasis	Oasis	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
82	Not My Type Enneagram	Jack Houser	Science	29	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
84	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
85	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
86	The Social Matters Podcast	Nadia, Fran, Eugene	Science	147	Buzzsprout	57
87	The Student Social Work Hub	The Student Social Work Hub	Science	34	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
89	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	181	Simplecast	73
90	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
91	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	600	Simplecast	53
92	Influence Anyone	Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company	Science	101	Unknown	58
93	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
94	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	97	Podbean	47
95	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
96	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
97	Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin	Vicki Shevlin	Science	173	Buzzsprout	48
98	Grey Dynamics	Grey Dynamics	Science	79	Acast	89
99	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
100	The Answer Is Transaction Costs	Michael Munger	Science	87	Buzzsprout	48

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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