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 Oct 2026

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10/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 273

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:48:03

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (3 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

3. Agoric Media (1 shows)

4. Joseph Harris (1 shows)

5. The Human Behavior Podcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Buzzsprout (18 shows)

2. Libsyn (17 shows)

3. Simplecast (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Spreaker (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1343	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	628	Simplecast	48
3	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	340	Simplecast	63
4	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	517	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	31	ART19	73
6	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	118	N/A	N/A
7	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
8	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	355	PRX	53
9	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
10	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
11	How To Stop Being A Loser	Bella Dane	Education	28	Libsyn	32
12	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
13	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1094	PRX	63
14	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	741	Megaphone	63
15	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
16	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
17	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	380	Audioboom	63
19	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
20	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
21	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
23	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
24	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
27	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
28	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
29	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
30	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
31	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
32	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
33	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
35	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
36	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
37	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
38	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
39	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
40	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	402	Spotify for Podcasters	22
41	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
42	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
43	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
44	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
45	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	105	Spreaker	38
46	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
47	Imaginology	Deena Weisberg	Science	1	RedCircle	59
48	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	4	RSS.com	52
49	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	628	Spreaker	53
50	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
51	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
52	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
53	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	483	Audioboom	63
54	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
55	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
56	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
57	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
58	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
59	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	199	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
61	Taboo Science	Ashley Hamer Pritchard	Science	72	Spreaker	69
62	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
63	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
64	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
65	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	29	Buzzsprout	47
66	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32
67	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
68	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
69	The Animal Turn Details temporarily unavailable	Claudia Hirtenfelder	Science	111	Buzzsprout	58
70	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	73	Libsyn	58
71	Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function	Sucheta Kamath	Science	210	Buzzsprout	68
72	Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast	Policy Press	Science	10	Acast	62
73	Between the Lines	Institute of Development Studies	Science	82	Acast	84
74	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	79	Spotify for Podcasters	58
75	Ático Primera con Laia Castel	laiascastel	Science	171	Spotify for Podcasters	22
76	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
77	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
79	Anthropological Theory: A podcast created by anthropology students	Laurette McGuire	Science	43	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
81	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	78	Buzzsprout	38
82	SuperHumanizer Podcast	Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen	Science	25	Buzzsprout	73
83	Sage Sociology	Sage Publications	Science	100	Libsyn	38
84	Great Talks at American Philosophical Society	American Philosophical Society	Science	9	Simplecast	58
85	New Books in Genocide Studies	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
86	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
87	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	84	Libsyn	48
88	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
89	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2273	Acast	28
90	Functionally Speaking	Daniel J. Moran, Ph.D., BCBA	Science & Medicine	17	Podbean	38
91	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
92	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
93	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
94	Human Action: A Treatise on Economics	Ludwig von Mises	Social Sciences	71	Unknown	48
95	The Sociology Show	Matthew Wilkin	Science	213	Spreaker	43
96	The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.	John Greenewald, Jr.	Science	25	Unknown	43
97	The Social Work Bubble Podcast	Laura Swanson	Science	102	Buzzsprout	57
98	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
99	The Colour Connection	Kate Harrison	Science	6	Buzzsprout	73
100	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	32

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