Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Social Sciences

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in USA

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in USA. 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 15 Jun 2026

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06/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:51:32

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

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

3. احمد صديق پور (1 shows)

4. Fight Club International (1 shows)

5. Noa Kageyama (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	691	Simplecast	53
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1281	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	409	Spotify for Podcasters	33
4	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	325	Podetize	63
5	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1075	Audioboom	48
6	Somewhere in the Skies	Ryan Sprague/ Entertainment One (eOne)	Science	887	Acast	59
7	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	341	PRX	59
9	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
10	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	212	Simplecast	52
11	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	369	Audioboom	63
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	Choiceology with Katy Milkman	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	114	N/A	N/A
14	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Social Sciences	31	N/A	N/A
15	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
16	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase & Jay Christopher King	Science	72	Simplecast	63
17	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	338	Simplecast	53
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1075	PRX	69
19	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	178	Buzzsprout	42
20	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	41	Podbean	68
21	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Health & Fitness	16	Acast	63
22	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO and Lore Interviews	Podcast Audio House	Science	590	Spreaker	59
23	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	315	Unknown	53
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
25	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	334	Libsyn	52
26	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	192	Libsyn	53
27	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	128	Megaphone	48
28	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	291	Libsyn	58
29	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
30	Promise Hill-- Faith-Based Fiction to Inspire Personal Transformation	Kimberlee Herman, MSW, LCPC \| Christian Counselor and Soul-Care Coach	Fiction	9	Ausha	79
31	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Education	238	Buzzsprout	48
32	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	127	Buzzsprout	78
33	Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast	The Center for Environment, Community, and Equity	Science	4	Spotify for Podcasters	37
34	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	146	Libsyn	63
35	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	595	Libsyn	63
36	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	416	Buzzsprout	48
37	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Social Sciences	100	N/A	N/A
38	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	22
39	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
40	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	580	Libsyn	42
41	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	95	Podbean	47
42	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
43	The TBRI Podcast	Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU	Science	106	Spotify for Podcasters	58
44	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	934	Libsyn	54
45	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	313	Libsyn	43
46	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	189	Unknown	39
47	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	1058	Megaphone	63
49	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
50	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	87	Spreaker	38
51	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	195	Buzzsprout	78
52	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	63	Libsyn	63
53	The Medical Mind	American Psychiatric Association	Science	90	Libsyn	49
54	Statistics Made Simple	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
55	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	13	Libsyn	62
56	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	1348	Megaphone	69
57	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
58	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	57	Podbean	37
59	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	68
60	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
61	Hayek Program Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	236	Wistia	53
62	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	72	Spotify for Podcasters	63
63	Hidden Brain	liuo	Science	612	Spreaker	59
64	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
65	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	147	Blubrry	49
66	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast	James Morris	Science	30	Buzzsprout	57
67	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1672	Libsyn	62
68	Messy Social Work	Messy Social Work	Science	109	Buzzsprout	48
69	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
70	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
71	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
72	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	52
73	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	321	Audioboom	52
74	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	51	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales	Science	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	Meet the Authors: A Neuropsychology Podcast	Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN)	Science	18	Libsyn	62
77	The Answer Is Transaction Costs	Michael Munger	Science	76	Buzzsprout	48
78	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2012	Acast	28
79	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash & Greg	Science	300	Zencastr	48
80	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	495	Substack	59
81	From Is to Ought	Michael Lewis	Science	14	Squarespace	73
82	The Leading Voices in Food	Duke World Food Policy Center	Science	293	Libsyn	78
83	Naruhodo	Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9	Science	580	Simplecast	53
84	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
85	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	313	Podbean	42
86	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	31	Podigee	79
87	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
88	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	The Counseling Student Podcast	Bria Brown	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
90	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
91	Think.Fight.Learn.Repeat.	Fight Club International	Science	11	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	The Humanistic Counselor	Journal of Humanistic Counseling	Science	17	Podbean	48
93	Dangerous World Podcast	Ryan Dean	Science	436	RedCircle	38
94	Be Reasonable	Merseyside Skeptics Society	Science	83	Libsyn	49
95	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
96	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
97	The Science of Psychotherapy	Dahlitz Media	Science	100	Libsyn	48
98	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
99	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	356	Podbean	48
100	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	460	Audioboom	58

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