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 Nov 2026

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11/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 264

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:50:19

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (5 shows)

2. United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (1 shows)

3. Circle Of Insight Productions (1 shows)

4. The Skeptic (1 shows)

5. Stanford Psychology (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (17 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1363	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	633	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	553	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	36	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	346	Simplecast	63
6	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	328	RSS.com	32
7	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	121	N/A	N/A
8	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	500	Audioboom	48
11	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	359	PRX	53
12	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	384	Audioboom	63
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	72	Megaphone	53
15	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	348	Simplecast	53
16	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	225	Simplecast	58
17	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	754	Megaphone	63
18	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1100	PRX	63
19	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	327	Unknown	48
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	307	Libsyn	52
22	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	9	RSS.com	52
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	202	Libsyn	48
24	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
25	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
26	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	203	Buzzsprout	78
27	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
28	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	618	Libsyn	58
29	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	151	Libsyn	58
30	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	322	Libsyn	38
32	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
33	Reverse Psychology	Reverse PsychCast	Science	10	Pinecast	79
34	The Autistic VOICE Project	The Autistic VOICE Project	Science	54	Spotify for Podcasters	42
35	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	342	Libsyn	47
36	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	138	Megaphone	48
37	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
38	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
39	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
40	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	511	Substack	53
41	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
42	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
43	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
44	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	598	Libsyn	37
45	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	73
46	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	89	Libsyn	48
47	AEA Research Highlights	American Economic Association	Science	100	Libsyn	58
48	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	76	Libsyn	58
49	Scott Carney Investigates	unknown_author	Science	104	Megaphone	27
50	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	34	Blubrry	59
51	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
52	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
53	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	170	Spreaker	69
54	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2311	Acast	28
55	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
56	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
57	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	0	Unknown	33
58	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	84	Spotify for Podcasters	27
59	Ideas in Development	Ideas in Development	Science	34	Audioboom	32
60	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
61	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	334	Podbean	37
62	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1595	Libsyn	57
63	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	351	Audioboom	52
64	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
65	MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment	Jasper Manders	Science	45	Spotify for Podcasters	52
66	魏知超聊心理学	魏知超	Science	78	Ximalaya	43
67	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	500	Podbean	57
68	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
69	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	127	Buzzsprout	48
70	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
71	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	430	Audioboom	38
72	Introduction To Marx/Marxsim	John Molyneux	Science	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
73	That Implementation Science Podcast	Mike Pullmann	Science	24	Podbean	37
74	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	69	Spotify for Podcasters	47
75	The Eye of Jupiter Podcast	Thomas Franklin	Science	235	Spreaker	53
76	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	151	Buzzsprout	73
77	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
78	Bridging the Gap: Implementation Science in Action	National Implementation Research Network	Science	3	Spotify for Podcasters	22
79	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	88	Spotify for Podcasters	17
80	Cultures of Energy	Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe	Science	267	Libsyn	48
81	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	293	Buzzsprout	52
82	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	80	Buzzsprout	38
83	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Simplecast	63
84	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Let's Talk Forensic Psychology	Science	55	Spotify for Podcasters	22
85	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
86	Multilateralism UNpacked	United Nations University Centre for Policy Research	Science	15	Captivate	63
87	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	118	Spreaker	38
88	Economics In Ten	Economics In Ten	Science	72	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	Antifragil Podcast	Omar Enfedaque & Tribal Uri	Science	156	Megaphone	53
90	Couched	Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant, Dr. Billie Pivnick & Dr. Romy Reading, Produced by Hangar Studios, NYC	Science	28	Acast	73
91	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	52	Spotify for Podcasters	22
92	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
93	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	70	Spotify for Podcasters	27
94	ABA Beyond the Data	J. L. Burton, MA, BCBA, LBA	Science	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
96	Choosing Better	Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor	Science	82	Spotify for Podcasters	58
97	複心瀚	Ben	Science	38	Spotify for Podcasters	42
98	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
99	The Reflective Urbanist	Peter Hendee Brown	Science	66	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	48	Libsyn	47

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