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 02 août 2026

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08/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 392

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:48:44

Top 5 authors

1. New Books Network (7 shows)

2. Marshall Poe (3 shows)

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

4. MarkusAcademy (1 shows)

5. Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Something You Should Know	Mike Carruthers \| OmniCast Media	Science	1334	Megaphone	58
2	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
3	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse	Agoric Media	Science	28	ART19	73
5	Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life	Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor	Science	338	Simplecast	63
6	Pursuit of the Paranormal	Ash and Greg	Science	315	RSS.com	32
7	Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews	Mysterious Radio	Science	22	Captivate	48
8	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
9	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
10	The Science of Happiness	PRX and Greater Good Science Center	Science	352	PRX	53
11	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
12	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
13	Choiceology with Katy Milkman Details temporarily unavailable	Charles Schwab	Social Sciences	117	N/A	N/A
14	Therapist Uncensored Podcast	Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD	Science	309	Blubrry	33
15	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1092	PRX	63
16	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
17	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	324	Unknown	48
18	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	379	Audioboom	63
19	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
20	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
21	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	66	Megaphone	53
22	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	300	Libsyn	52
23	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	199	Libsyn	48
24	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
25	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	610	Libsyn	58
26	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
27	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
28	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
29	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
30	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
31	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	168	Spreaker	69
32	Two Guys on Your Head	KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke	Science	299	Blubrry Podcasting	38
33	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	149	Libsyn	58
34	Jung Chicago Radio	C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago	Science	151	Blubrry	59
35	Scott Carney Investigates	Scott Carney	Science	95	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
37	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
38	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
39	Beyond the Human	Beyond the Human	Science	39	Spotify for Podcasters	48
40	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
41	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	594	Libsyn	37
42	Podcast de Juan Ramón Rallo	Juan Ramón Rallo	Science	2253	Acast	28
43	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	134	Fireside	48
44	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
45	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
46	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	198	Buzzsprout	78
47	The Marginal Revolution Podcast	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	0	Libsyn	57
48	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
50	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
51	New Books in Political Science	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
52	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	63	Podbean	31
53	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	3750	Megaphone	59
54	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
55	Converging Dialogues	Converging Dialogues	Science	506	Substack	53
56	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	85	Spotify for Podcasters	17
57	New Books in Science, Technology, and Society	New Books Network	Science	2001	Megaphone	53
58	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
59	پادکست فارسی امروز فهمیدم Emrooz Fahmidam	احمد صديق پور	Science	53	RedCircle	73
60	Shot At Love	Kerry Brett	Science	245	Simplecast	58
61	Century Lives	Stanford Center on Longevity	Science	78	Megaphone	59
62	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	481	Audioboom	63
63	Teamcast	Mission Critical Team Institute	Science	81	Captivate	53
64	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
65	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	327	Podbean	37
66	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	1574	Megaphone	59
67	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
68	Sur-Urbano	Latin American Cities Working Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	The Addiction Psychologist	Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery	Science	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
70	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
71	Ideas of India	Mercatus Center at George Mason University	Science	169	Libsyn	58
72	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	102	Spreaker	38
73	The Kingless Generation	Fergal Schmudlach	Science	96	Acast	69
74	Jung in the World	Patricia Martin	Science	49	Blubrry	59
75	MissPerceived	Audiocrafty	Science	123	Acast	69
76	The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast	Matthew Roth	Science	100	Libsyn	62
77	Behavioral Grooves Podcast	Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan	Science	489	Podbean	57
78	Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity	The Brookings Institution	Science	45	Libsyn	47
79	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	179	Spotify for Podcasters	32
80	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	62	Spotify for Podcasters	47
81	Logically Answered	Logically Answered	Science	311	Megaphone	53
82	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	135	Megaphone	48
83	Cold Takes Audio	coldtakes	Science	50	Buzzsprout	32
84	New Books in Geography	Marshall Poe	Science	646	Megaphone	59
85	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	31	Blubrry	59
86	洪晃\|晃然大悟	洪晃\|晃然大悟	Science	213	lizhi.fm	38
87	گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری	Dr. Shiri	Science & Medicine	190	Unknown	33
88	New Books in Gender	New Books Network	Science	1120	Megaphone	69
89	New Books in Law	New Books Network	Science	1912	Megaphone	59
90	New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work	New Books Network	Science	521	Megaphone	53
91	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	120	Buzzsprout	48
92	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	291	Buzzsprout	52
93	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	80	Spotify for Podcasters	32
94	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
95	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
96	A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism	Hans-Hermann Hoppe	Science	10	Unknown	48
97	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
98	Filosofía, Psicología, Historias	Hernán Melana	Science	600	Spreaker	33
99	HazChat	HazMat 101 Consultants	Social Sciences	51	Blubrry	38
100	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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