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 Oct 2026

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10/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 239

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:49:44

Top 5 authors

1. Marshall Poe (2 shows)

2. New Books Network (2 shows)

3. Digging a Hole Podcast (1 shows)

4. Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett (1 shows)

5. Arabcast (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Libsyn (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Podbean (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	518	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	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	221	Simplecast	58
11	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	346	Simplecast	53
12	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	742	Megaphone	63
13	Stanford Psychology Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Stanford Psychology	Science	181	Buzzsprout	42
14	Skeptoid	Brian Dunning	Science	1094	PRX	63
15	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
16	Inquiry with Kelly Chase	Kelly Chase	Science	68	Megaphone	53
17	GraveYard Tales	Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph	Science	381	Audioboom	63
18	Navigating Neuropsychology	John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro	Science	200	Libsyn	48
19	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
20	Behavior Bitches	Study Notes ABA, LLC	Science	200	Captivate	38
21	The Couples Therapist Couch	Shane Birkel	Science	302	Libsyn	52
22	The Social Work Podcast	Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW	Science	157	Unknown	43
23	NASW Social Work Talks	National Association of Social Workers (NASW)	Science	150	Libsyn	58
24	The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria	Matt Cicoria	Science	340	Libsyn	47
25	The Pie: An Economics Podcast	Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago	Science	136	Megaphone	48
27	The Thoughtful Counselor	The Thoughful Counselor Team	Science	320	Libsyn	38
28	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	63
29	Quantitude	Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran	Science	200	Buzzsprout	78
30	Dark Side Of Psychology	Dr. Elio Martino	Science	11	Podomatic	N/A
31	Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg	Spencer Greenberg	Science	325	Unknown	48
32	UCLA Housing Voice Details temporarily unavailable	UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies	Science	130	Buzzsprout	78
33	Messy Social Work	Rich and Tim	Science	122	Buzzsprout	48
34	ABA Inside Track	ABA Inside Track	Science	613	Libsyn	58
35	The Sociology of Everything Podcast	Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)	Science	41	Buzzsprout	57
36	The Bulletproof Musician	Noa Kageyama	Science	417	Buzzsprout	48
37	دغدغه ایران	محمد فاضلی	Science	169	Spreaker	69
38	The Medical Mind Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychiatric Association	Science	95	Libsyn	49
39	一口經濟學 bitesize economics	Charles Liao	Science	199	Spotify for Podcasters	38
40	New Books in Sociology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	69
41	PsychCrunch	The British Psychological Society Research Digest	Science	50	Libsyn	48
42	One in Ten	National Children's Alliance	Science	149	Buzzsprout	73
43	Imaginology	Deena Weisberg	Science	1	RedCircle	59
44	Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.	Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård	Science	100	Libsyn	32
45	Blurry Photos	David Flora	Science	424	Spreaker	49
46	Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips	Stephanie Keith	Science	402	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	EPPP Study Podcast-	Circle Of Insight Productions	Science	105	Spreaker	38
48	The Animal Turn Details temporarily unavailable	Claudia Hirtenfelder	Science	111	Buzzsprout	58
49	Anew Narrative	Sam Zagar	Science	73	Libsyn	58
50	Statistics Made Simple Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Brad R. Fulton, PhD	Social Sciences	26	N/A	N/A
51	Under the Cortex	psychologicalscience	Science	100	Podbean	53
52	Queens of Social Work	Queen P, LCSW & Queen H, LCSW	Science	97	Buzzsprout	78
53	VoxTalks Economics	VoxTalks	Science	484	Audioboom	63
54	Inquiring Minds	Indre Viskontas	Science	461	Simplecast	43
55	Psychology of the Strange	Tara Perreault	Science	52	Acast	73
56	Kohn's Zone	Alfie Kohn	Science	32	Blubrry	59
57	The Litigation Psychology Podcast	Courtroom Sciences	Science	329	Podbean	37
58	The Social Work Stories Podcast	The Social Work Stories Team	Science	96	Podbean	47
59	Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)	Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof	Science	65	Podbean	31
60	Paranormal Almanac	Curt Sandvig	Science	366	Podbean	42
61	Spooky Psychology	Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker	Science	50	Libsyn	43
62	Misguided: The Podcast	Matthew Facciani	Science	23	Substack	48
63	Aporia Podcast	Aporia Magazine	Science	152	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human	SAPIENS	Science	92	PRX	78
65	DeltaPi \| دلتاپی	Farzad Fakhrizadeh	Science	4	RSS.com	52
66	The Perception & Action Podcast	Rob Gray	Science	595	Libsyn	37
67	Hidden Brain	fertr	Science	628	Spreaker	53
68	Markus' Academy	MarkusAcademy	Science	181	Spotify for Podcasters	32
69	Talks On Psychoanalysis	International Psychoanalytical Association	Science	100	Podbean	58
70	Experimental History	Adam Mastroianni	Science	78	Buzzsprout	38
71	It’s a Very Exciting Time	Scott Vandehey and Chuck Lauer Vose	Science	97	Spotify for Podcasters	52
72	Great Talks at American Philosophical Society	American Philosophical Society	Science	9	Simplecast	58
73	Templeton Ideas Podcast	John Templeton Foundation	Science	87	Libsyn	72
74	The Skeptic Podcast	The Skeptic	Science	85	Libsyn	48
75	The International Security Podcast	International Security	Science	28	Simplecast	58
76	Dead Rabbit Radio The Daily Paranormal Podcast	Jason Carpenter	Science	1495	Libsyn	57
77	Plasticity Means Possibility: Developing Policy for Developing Brains	UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent	Science	1	Libsyn	32
78	The Science of Personality Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Hogan Assessments	Science	186	Buzzsprout	27
79	Two Psychologists Four Beers	Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett	Science	135	Fireside	48
80	VoxDev Development Economics	VoxDev.org	Science	341	Audioboom	52
81	New Books in Anthropology	New Books Network	Science	600	Simplecast	63
82	Rad N Bad Podcast	Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group	Science	64	Spotify for Podcasters	47
83	NEU DENKEN	Mission Wertvoll	Science	42	Podigee	79
84	The Human Behavior Podcast	The Human Behavior Podcast	Science	292	Buzzsprout	52
85	The Answer Is Transaction Costs Details temporarily unavailable	Michael Munger	Science	84	Buzzsprout	48
86	Shifting Ground	Foreign Policy Research Institute	Science	10	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
88	بودكاست آن	Arabcast	Science	46	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	Guns for Hire	Atlantic Council	Science	29	Buzzsprout	78
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	Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast	Digging a Hole Podcast	Science	81	Spotify for Podcasters	27
92	'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast	The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Science	425	Audioboom	38
93	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Questions & Answers	Jacob Martinez	Science	6	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	the Building Performance Podcast	the Building Performance Workshop	Science	93	Libsyn	38
95	New Books in Economics	Marshall Poe	Science	600	Simplecast	69
96	Latin American Perspectives	Alexander Scott	Science	33	Libsyn	48
97	The Human Progress Podcast	HumanProgress.org	Science	86	Spotify for Podcasters	17
98	The Global Health Politics Podcast	Joseph Harris	Science	29	Buzzsprout	47
99	Inner Propaganda with Owen Fitzpatrick	Owen Fitzpatrick	Science	100	Libsyn	68
100	Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind	Podimo & TellTale	Science	42	Audioboom	N/A

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