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 18 Aug 2026

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08/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 263

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:52:19

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (2 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

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

4. Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan (1 shows)

5. Mission Wertvoll (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1311	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	622	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	473	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Health & Fitness	22	Acast	63
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	333	Podetize	63
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	115	N/A	N/A
7	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1102	Audioboom	48
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	348	PRX	53
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & LORE Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	75	WideOrbit	48
11	Somewhere in the Skies	Ryan Sprague/ Entertainment One (eOne)	Science	911	Acast	59
12	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	343	Simplecast	53
13	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
14	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	376	Audioboom	63
15	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
16	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1086	PRX	69
17	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	217	Simplecast	52
18	Stanford Psychology Podcast	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
19	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	316	Libsyn	43
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	293	Libsyn	58
22	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	196	Libsyn	53
23	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	321	Unknown	48
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
25	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	69	Libsyn	63
26	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
27	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	337	Libsyn	52
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	604	Libsyn	63
29	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase & Jay Christopher King	Science	74	Simplecast	63
30	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Social Sciences	167	N/A	N/A
31	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
32	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
33	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	396	Spotify for Podcasters	22
34	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Social Sciences	35	N/A	N/A
35	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
36	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	94	Spotify for Podcasters	52
37	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	132	Megaphone	48
38	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	588	Libsyn	42
39	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	148	Libsyn	63
40	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	13	Libsyn	62
41	CSPI Podcast	CSPI	Science	76	Substack	48
42	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
43	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
44	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	196	Buzzsprout	78
45	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
46	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	68
47	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
48	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	83	Spotify for Podcasters	17
49	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	941	Libsyn	54
50	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
51	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
52	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	79	Captivate	53
53	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	92	Spotify for Podcasters	32
55	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	59	Spotify for Podcasters	47
56	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	81	Acast	84
57	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	148	Blubrry	49
58	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	323	Podbean	37
59	Statistics Made Simple	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
60	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
61	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	52
62	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	166	Libsyn	63
63	The Answer Is Transaction Costs	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
64	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	503	Substack	53
65	In Pursuit of Development	Dan Banik	Science	178	Simplecast	73
66	Social Worker's Break Room	Treehouse Sound Inc.	Science	39	Buzzsprout	62
68	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
69	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
70	Behaviour Speak with Ben Reiman	Ben Reiman	Science	289	Podbean	52
71	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	38	Podigee	79
72	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	29	Blubrry	59
73	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	49	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer	Science	72	Captivate	63
75	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	133	Fireside	48
76	The Observable Unknown	Dr. Juan Carlos Rey	Science	160	Podbean	48
77	International Law	Yale Law School	Social Sciences	17	N/A	N/A
78	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1567	Megaphone	59
79	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
80	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
81	Solutionary Voices	Zoe Weil	Science	22	RSS.com	52
82	Finding Our Voice	American Psychiatric Association Publishing	Science	15	Libsyn	59
83	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast	James Morris	Science	31	Buzzsprout	57
84	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	1348	Megaphone	69
85	ABA on Call	CentralReach	Science	76	Libsyn	73
86	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	41	Spotify for Podcasters	52
87	Heal NPD	Mark Ettensohn, Psy.D.	Science	62	Podbean	48
88	رادیو پانوراما	Sobhan Yahyaei	Science	26	Unknown	52
89	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	48	Blubrry	59
90	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	1054	Megaphone	63
91	Femmes d'exception	France Inter	Social Sciences	5	N/A	N/A
92	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
93	The GLaD Podcast	The GLaD Podcast	Science	36	Podbean	52
94	International Politics	Yale University	Social Sciences	10	N/A	N/A
95	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
96	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
97	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
98	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	22
99	Joure-digar \| پادکست جور دیگر	joure-digar	Science	18	Podbean	37
100	The Social-Engineer Podcast	Social-Engineer, LLC	Science	200	Libsyn	57

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