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 01 Apr 2026

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04/01/2026

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Episodes: 275

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:54:52

Top 5 authors

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

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (2 shows)

4. David Flora (1 shows)

5. HumanProgress.org (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
2	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1341	Megaphone	58
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	514	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	30	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
7	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	354	PRX	53
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	42	Libsyn	53
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
12	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
13	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1093	PRX	63
14	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
16	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
17	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	67	Megaphone	53
18	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
19	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
20	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
21	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	301	Libsyn	52
23	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
24	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
25	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32
26	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
27	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	612	Libsyn	58
29	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
30	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
31	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
32	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
33	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
34	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
35	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
38	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
39	Psychoanalysis & You	APsA American Psychoanalytic Association	Science	23	Unknown	73
40	CSPI Podcast	CSPI	Science	76	Substack	48
41	Stream Full Audiobook in Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind	hotaudiobook.com	Science	2000	Unknown	53
42	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	199	Buzzsprout	78
43	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
44	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
45	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
46	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
47	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
48	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	53	Spotify for Podcasters	42
49	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
50	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
51	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
52	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
53	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	82	Captivate	53
54	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	64	Podbean	31
55	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
56	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
57	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	365	Podbean	42
58	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Society & Culture	48	Blubrry	64
59	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
60	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	170	Libsyn	58
61	UCLA Housing Voice	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	133	Buzzsprout	78
62	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
63	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	198	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	508	Substack	53
65	Sex Life Science	Justin Gregory Briggs, Ph.D., LMFT	Science	70	Libsyn	58
66	The Africa Urban Lab Podcast	Kurtis Lockhart	Science	3	Buzzsprout	37
67	Money & Macro Talks	Money & Macro Talks	Science	55	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
69	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
70	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
71	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
72	The Skeptic Zone	Richard Saunders	Science	939	Libsyn	49
73	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
74	HOPEful Conversations about Child Development	HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experience	Science	10	Podbean	48
75	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
76	Hellbilly: The Darker Side of Appalachia	Kelly Sheets	Science	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	Sociology Ruins Everything	Matt Sedlar	Science	26	Spotify for Podcasters	42
78	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
79	Sustain What?	Andy @Revkin	Science	109	Substack	59
80	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
81	The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations about Compassion, Curiosity, and Courage	Ben and Jamesa	Science	81	Buzzsprout	37
83	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
84	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
85	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	71	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
87	Moving the Middle: The Gender Compass Podcast	Plan Podcasts	Science	11	Buzzsprout	52
88	Cryptic Chronicles	Cryptic Chronicles	Science	100	Blubrry Podcasting	33
89	Talking Child Development	ccfdau	Science	40	Podbean	42
90	PSYC 101: General Psychology (DSM-5 Edition) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	David Bailey	Social Sciences	28	N/A	N/A
91	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
92	Ology	Creation Brand Media	Science	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
93	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	339	Audioboom	52
94	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
95	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
96	PIIE Insider LIVE	Peterson Institute for International Economics	Science	21	Libsyn	58
97	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32
98	The Adoption Files	Ande Stanley	Science	168	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2270	Acast	28
100	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22

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