Apple Podcast Rankings - Canada - Social Sciences

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Canada

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Canada. 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 09 Jan 2026

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01/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 229

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:46:26

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (8 shows)

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

3. France Inter (2 shows)

4. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

5. Indre Viskontas (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Simplecast (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (16 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 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	547	Spotify for Podcasters	28
3	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1360	Megaphone	58
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	Proxy with Yowei Shaw	Yowei Shaw	Society & Culture	33	PRX	59
7	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	358	PRX	53
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	20	Libsyn	53
10	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1099	PRX	63
11	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
12	EverydaySpy Podcast	Andrew Bustamante	Business	280	Megaphone	38
13	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	120	N/A	N/A
14	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	269	Omny Studio	63
15	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
16	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	224	Simplecast	58
17	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	345	Simplecast	63
18	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
19	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
20	Public Health is Dead	Public Health is Dead	Science	15	Simplecast	69
21	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
22	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
23	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
24	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
26	IA Québec: Le balado	iaquebec	Science	22	Podbean	58
27	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
28	I.A. Café - Enquête au cœur de la recherche sur l’intelligence artificielle	Jean-François Sénéchal, Frédérick Plamondon, David Beauchemin, Ève Gaumond, Sylvain Munger, Shirley Plumerand, Véronique Tremblay, Stéphane Mineo, Benjamin Leblanc, Louis Cormier, Marie-Ève Vachon Savary, .	Science	144	Buzzsprout	53
29	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	68	Podbean	31
30	Questions du soir : l'idée Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Social Sciences	22	N/A	N/A
31	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
32	On a fait nos recherches	Fred Savard	Science	12	Transistor	53
33	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
34	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	753	Megaphone	63
35	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	306	Libsyn	52
36	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	349	Audioboom	52
37	Dose de psy: le podcast	Dre Janick Coutu, psychologue	Science	32	Captivate	78
38	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
39	Big Thinking Podcast	Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences	Science	37	Buzzsprout	32
41	Game Theory	Game Theory	Science	120	Spotify for Podcasters	33
42	Au sujet des sciences humaines et sociales…	Alexandre Beaupré-Lavallée et Sébastien Béland	Science	58	Buzzsprout	52
43	Anthr'potes	Laurence Alain, Vicky Langlois	Science	25	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
45	Philosophy	Cambridge University	Social Sciences	3	Unknown	49
46	The BRAVE OT Podcast \| Real Conversations with Occupational Therapy Trailblazers	Carlyn Neek - OT Entrepreneur Coach, Educator, Founder of ACTivate Vitality	Science	59	Libsyn	73
47	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
48	Le temps d'une rencontre	Cairn.info	Science	46	Acast	74
49	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	22	Libsyn	58
50	Poverty Research & Policy	Institute for Research on Poverty	Science	100	Libsyn	32
51	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
52	APRIORI	AÉAPRI	Science	52	RSS.com	58
53	Doing Social Research: The Podcast	Doing Social Research	Science	10	Unknown	32
54	Afrique	Afrique	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	33
55	Dr. Mia Paquin: A Psychology Podcast	Dr. Mia Paquin	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	22
56	Social Protection Podcast	socialprotection.org	Science	79	Podbean	47
57	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	617	Libsyn	58
58	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	102	Spotify for Podcasters	32
59	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	79
60	Queens of Social Work Details temporarily unavailable	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
61	Ethics & Psychology	johngavazzi@aol.com (John Gavazzi)	Science	25	Libsyn	48
62	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
63	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
64	Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology	Dr. Daniel W Cox	Science	97	Buzzsprout	73
65	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	84	Captivate	53
66	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	172	Libsyn	58
67	60 Mindful Minutes	Kristen Manieri	Science	301	Libsyn	78
68	For Sociology	Kohli Foundation	Science	8	Libsyn	48
69	APA HAI	APA HAI section	Science	106	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	Cadence Podcast: What Music Tells us About the Mind	Indre Viskontas	Science	50	Zencastr	17
71	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
72	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
73	Perspectives on Public Space	JSTOR Daily	Science	7	Libsyn	52
74	Matters of Engagement	mattersofengagement	Science	56	Podbean	68
75	Les Balados du CAPED	Collectif de Recherche Action Politique et Démocratie	Science	41	Buzzsprout	48
76	L'art du mentaliste	Taha Mansour	Education	113	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
78	Миражи	Ali Wodan	Science	92	mave	94
79	The Humanist Hour	unknown_author	Social Sciences	150	Unknown	32
80	Crimes en France Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	9	N/A	N/A
81	New Books in Public Policy	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
82	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	201	Libsyn	48
83	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
84	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
85	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
86	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
87	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
88	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
89	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
90	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
91	Stanford Computational Antitrust	Thibault Schrepel	Science	42	Spotify for Podcasters	22
92	Les idées mènent le monde	QUB radio	Science	100	Omny Studio	78
93	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
94	New Books in National Security	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
95	The Science of Self \| Personal Development Podcast	Peter Hollins \| Personal Development Author	Science	244	Captivate	42
96	Psychology, Actually	Dr Marianne Trent	Science	266	Captivate	79
97	Les Aventuriers de la pensée (sciences sociales : sociologie, anthropologie, psychologie, histoire)	HD_Doc	Science	127	Spotify for Podcasters	32
98	The IR thinker	Martin Zubko	Science	132	Acast	73
99	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	184	Buzzsprout	37
100	Femmes d'exception Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A

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